Device Instruments

Npseal

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

$40Kassociated payments (2023-2025)
185clinicians with associated payments
2companies reporting

By year

2024 $311
2025 $39K

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

Who makes it

Specialties most often involved

Orthopaedic Surgery $21K
Colon & Rectal Surgery $6,362
Surgery $6,007
Physician Assistant $2,177
Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) $877
Surgical $612

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

Clinicians most associated with Npseal

These are the largest totals companies reported as associated with Npseal. 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)
Asit Shah Englewood, NJ Orthopaedic Surgery $19,814.52
Anna Serur Westbury, NY Surgery $4,162.38
Sang Lee Los Angeles, CA Colon & Rectal Surgery $2,260.94
Erik Noren Sacramento, CA Colon & Rectal Surgery $2,166.02
Nivedh Paluvoi Miami, FL Surgery $1,000.00
Joongho Shin Los Angeles, CA Colon & Rectal Surgery $640.94
Antonina Michelli Eastchester, NY Physician Assistant $566.17
Michael Hanna Orlando, FL Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) $532.06
Richard Chang Flemington, NJ Orthopaedic Surgery $286.81
William Janes Englewood Cliffs, NJ Physician Assistant $185.56

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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.