Device Neurology

Inspire

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

$11Massociated payments (2023-2025)
41,045clinicians with associated payments
1company reporting

By year

2023 $2.5M
2024 $3.8M
2025 $4.9M

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

Who makes it

Specialties most often involved

Otolaryngology $3.5M
Family $983K
Sleep Medicine (Internal Medicine) $859K
Pulmonary Disease $769K
Physician Assistant $518K
Internal Medicine $446K

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

Clinicians most associated with Inspire

These are the largest totals companies reported as associated with Inspire. 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)
Thomas Heineman Cedar Rapids, IA Otolaryngology $255,647.20
Ruchir Patel Scottsdale, AZ Sleep Medicine (Internal Medicine) $254,224.87
Ryan Nord Richmond, VA Otolaryngology $205,327.32
Athica Vatanapradith Dallas, TX Internal Medicine $154,248.36
Nicholas Beckmann Colorado Springs, CO Otolaryngology $147,337.43
Margaret Hovda Middleburg, FL Pulmonary Disease $134,366.45
Jeremy Mcconnell Bradenton, FL Sleep Medicine (Family Medicine) $133,972.18
Myriam Curet Stanford, CA Surgery $115,556.91
Michael Jacobson Fort Collins, CO Medical $109,677.97
Maria Suurna Miami, FL Otolaryngology $101,230.83

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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.