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

$140Kassociated payments (2023-2025)
482clinicians with associated payments
2companies reporting

By year

2023 $24K
2024 $65K
2025 $50K

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

Who makes it

Specialties most often involved

Urology $43K
Otolaryngology $35K
Critical Care Medicine (Internal Medicine) $15K
Pediatric Otolaryngology $14K
Obstetrics & Gynecology $7,949
Gynecology $3,358

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

Clinicians most associated with N.A.

These are the largest totals companies reported as associated with N.A.. 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)
Nancy Bauman Iowa City, IA Otolaryngology $30,087.32
Alan Heffner Charlotte, NC Critical Care Medicine (Internal Medicine) $14,832.52
Charles Miller Naperville, IL Obstetrics & Gynecology $7,175.71
Donald Neff Kansas City, MO Urology $6,532.22
Marawan El Tayeb Temple, TX Urology $5,985.12
Smita De Nashville, TN Urology $5,890.77
Joseph Kerschner Milwaukee, WI Pediatric Otolaryngology $4,950.00
Amit Patel Hinsdale, IL Urology $3,412.33
Rose Eapen Manhattan Beach, CA Pediatric Otolaryngology $3,375.00
Richard Rosenfeld Brooklyn, NY Pediatric Otolaryngology $2,572.00

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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.