Device Orthopedics/Orthopedic Surgery

Identiti

Payments companies reported to CMS as associated with Identiti. "Associated with" is CMS's wording: it links a payment to a product without saying the money was spent on it.

$6.0Massociated payments (2023-2025)
317clinicians with associated payments
1company reporting

By year

2023 $1.4M
2024 $1.9M
2025 $2.6M

Payments reported as associated with Identiti, per program year, as reported to CMS.

Who makes it

Specialties most often involved

Orthopaedic Surgery of The Spine $3.0M
Neurological Surgery $2.2M
Orthopaedic Surgery $771K
Surgery $12K
Surgical $625
Physician Assistant $499

Where the associated payments went, by the receiving clinician's specialty.

Clinicians most associated with Identiti

These are the largest totals companies reported as associated with Identiti. They are typically speaking or consulting arrangements, which companies must report by law; appearing here is not evidence of anything improper.

ClinicianLocationSpecialtyAssociated payments (2023-2025)
Antoine Tohmeh Spokane, WA Orthopaedic Surgery of The Spine $1,073,998.90
Bret Abshire Murrieta, CA Neurological Surgery $939,808.59
Christopher Hamill Buffalo, NY Orthopaedic Surgery $685,995.01
Christopher Dewald Chicago, IL Orthopaedic Surgery of The Spine $685,075.81
Winston Fong Oklahoma City, OK Orthopaedic Surgery of The Spine $500,014.07
Stacey Bederman Orange, CA Orthopaedic Surgery of The Spine $369,871.90
Mathew Alexander Corpus Christi, TX Neurological Surgery $192,884.02
David Jones Rock Hill, SC Neurological Surgery $192,538.70
David Schwartz Indianapolis, IN Orthopaedic Surgery of The Spine $182,059.57
Melissa Macias Rockford, IL Neurological Surgery $177,235.53

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Source: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019-2025, as reported to CMS by drug and device makers (published June 30, 2026). Drug and device detail covers 2023-2025.