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Protege Rx

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

$24Kassociated payments (2023-2025)
281clinicians with associated payments
1company reporting

By year

2023 $223
2024 $230
2025 $24K

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

Who makes it

Specialties most often involved

Vascular Surgery $8,584
Interventional Cardiology $4,798
Cardiovascular Disease $2,383
Internal Medicine $1,011
Family $978
Physician Assistant $664

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

Clinicians most associated with Protege Rx

These are the largest totals companies reported as associated with Protege Rx. 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)
Christopher Mcquinn Raleigh, NC Vascular Surgery $2,000.00
Neelima Katragunta Chattanooga, TN Vascular Surgery $375.43
Charles Joels Chattanooga, TN Vascular Surgery $375.42
Benjamin Robalino Vidalon Mcallen, TX Cardiovascular Disease $373.59
Sabina Modelska Madison, WI Emergency Medicine $352.42
Brandon Diaz Miami, FL Vascular Surgery $352.42
Mitchell Silver Columbus, OH Interventional Cardiology $247.50
Elizabeth Hartmann Murfreesboro, TN Vascular Surgery $212.24
Julia Ruffo Visalia, CA $212.23
Brett Matoian Baltimore, MD Surgery $212.23

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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.