M6-C
Payments companies reported to CMS as associated with M6-C. "Associated with" is CMS's wording: it links a payment to a product without saying the money was spent on it.
By year
Payments reported as associated with M6-C, per program year, as reported to CMS.
Who makes it
Specialties most often involved
Where the associated payments went, by the receiving clinician's specialty.
Clinicians most associated with M6-C
These are the largest totals companies reported as associated with M6-C. They are typically speaking or consulting arrangements, which companies must report by law; appearing here is not evidence of anything improper.
| Clinician | Location | Specialty | Associated payments (2023-2025) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leslie Wells | Saint Petersburg, FL | $172,429.11 | |
| Armen Khachatryan | West Jordan, UT | Orthopaedic Surgery | $49,882.05 |
| Gunnar Andersson | Chicago, IL | Orthopaedic Surgery | $41,291.89 |
| Frank Phillips | Chicago, IL | Orthopaedic Surgery of The Spine | $35,257.60 |
| Joshua Jacobs | Chicago, IL | Adult Reconstructive Orthopaedic Surgery | $22,864.09 |
| Kirk Thompson | Germantown, TN | Orthopaedic Surgery | $15,678.00 |
| Peter Whang | New Haven, CT | Orthopaedic Surgery | $14,733.69 |
| Muwaffak Abdulhak | Detroit, MI | $12,912.50 | |
| John Chi | Boston, MA | Neurological Surgery | $9,310.55 |
| Miguelangelo Perez Cruet | Royal Oak, MI | $8,977.50 |
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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.