Device Orthopedic

Ion

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

$1.6Massociated payments (2023-2025)
466clinicians with associated payments
3companies reporting

By year

2023 $1.2M
2024 $316K
2025 $31K

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

Who makes it

Specialties most often involved

Pulmonary Disease $829K
Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) $183K
Critical Care Medicine (Internal Medicine) $165K
Neurological Surgery $132K
Interventional Pain Medicine $117K
Orthopaedic Surgery $51K

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

Clinicians most associated with Ion

These are the largest totals companies reported as associated with Ion. 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)
Jonathan Grossman Visalia, CA Interventional Pain Medicine $54,872.74
Robert Tibbs Oklahoma City, OK Neurological Surgery $40,929.52
Micah Smith Fort Wayne, IN Orthopaedic Surgery $37,125.07
David Wells-Roth Edison, NJ Neurological Surgery $28,718.46
Shannon Garitty Waco, TX Interventional Pain Medicine $26,457.78
Pedro Ramirez Lake Mary, FL Neurological Surgery $22,399.31
Timothy Oconnor Boca Raton, FL Neurological Surgery $17,828.33
Kyle Petersen Palm Beach Gardens, FL Orthopaedic Surgery of The Spine $15,000.00
John Williams Fort Wayne, IN Orthopaedic Surgery $13,665.75
Pankaj Mehta Killeen, TX Interventional Pain Medicine $12,907.02

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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.