Device Catheters

Launcher

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

$5,381associated payments (2023-2025)
125clinicians with associated payments
1company reporting

By year

2023 $2,219
2024 $1,711
2025 $1,452

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

Who makes it

Specialties most often involved

Cardiovascular Disease $2,049
Interventional Cardiology $1,859
Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology $245
Family $239
Internal Medicine $234
Nephrology (Internal Medicine) $78.06

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

Clinicians most associated with Launcher

These are the largest totals companies reported as associated with Launcher. 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)
Tarif Kanaan Toledo, OH Cardiovascular Disease $315.01
Mohammed Taleb Toledo, OH Cardiovascular Disease $315.01
Syed Ali Toledo, OH Cardiovascular Disease $221.60
Ameer Kabour Appleton, WI Cardiovascular Disease $216.61
Hemindermeet Singh Perrysburg, OH Cardiovascular Disease $191.81
Wayne Batchelor Falls Church, VA Interventional Cardiology $169.53
Wes Holiday Lorain, OH Interventional Cardiology $127.43
Manuel Cortes Lorain, OH Cardiovascular Disease $127.42
Geetha Mohan Lorain, OH Interventional Cardiology $127.42
Jamie Cohen Middleburg Heights, OH Interventional Cardiology $100.90

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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.