Device Orthodontics

Legacy

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

$766associated payments (2023-2025)
14clinicians with associated payments
2companies reporting

By year

2023 $290
2024 $56.22
2025 $419

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

Who makes it

Specialties most often involved

Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics $402
Pulmonary Disease $101
Interventional Cardiology $101
Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) $87.96
Internal Medicine $56.22
Dentist $16.59

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

Clinicians most associated with Legacy

These are the largest totals companies reported as associated with Legacy. 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)
Robert Merrill East Wenatchee, WA Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics $141.06
James Conley Buffalo, NY Interventional Cardiology $101.21
Robert Lorenz Florence, KY Pulmonary Disease $101.21
Ashleigh Alex Huntington, NY Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics $93.52
Blaine Heric Clearwater, FL Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) $87.96
Salvatore Calandra East Amherst, NY Internal Medicine $56.22
David Degenova Metairie, LA Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics $41.17
Steven Oliver Mobile, AL Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics $37.24
Traci Fernandes Pismo Beach, CA Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics $22.86
Donald Hunt Greenville, SC Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics $19.38

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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.