Device Orthopedics/Orthopedic Surgery

Ltp

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

$623Kassociated payments (2023-2025)
39clinicians with associated payments
1company reporting

By year

2023 $56K
2024 $306K
2025 $260K

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

Who makes it

Specialties most often involved

Orthopaedic Surgery of The Spine $411K
Neurological Surgery $110K
Orthopaedic Surgery $101K
Surgery $1,125

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

Clinicians most associated with Ltp

These are the largest totals companies reported as associated with Ltp. 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)
Daniel Blizzard Post Falls, ID Orthopaedic Surgery of The Spine $78,602.27
David Schwartz Indianapolis, IN Orthopaedic Surgery of The Spine $75,000.00
Gene Massey Myrtle Beach, SC Orthopaedic Surgery of The Spine $48,250.00
Jeffery Gum Louisville, KY Orthopaedic Surgery of The Spine $42,849.40
David Jackson Phoenix, AZ Orthopaedic Surgery of The Spine $41,875.00
Anthony Kwon Charlotte, NC Orthopaedic Surgery $38,500.00
Juan Uribe Phoenix, AZ Neurological Surgery $36,108.50
Ryan Stuckey Houston, TX Orthopaedic Surgery of The Spine $27,937.50
Christopher Brown Durham, NC Orthopaedic Surgery $23,750.00
Anand Veeravagu Palo Alto, CA Neurological Surgery $22,193.75

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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.