Device Communications

S-Series

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

$2,942associated payments (2023-2025)
22clinicians with associated payments
1company reporting

By year

2023 $2,164
2024 $586
2025 $192

Payments reported as associated with S-Series, per program year, as reported to CMS.

Who makes it

Specialties most often involved

Surgery $1,387
Trauma Surgery $368
Anesthesiology $292
Nurse Anesthetist, Certified Registered $278
Family $194
Orthopaedic Surgery $90.39

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

Clinicians most associated with S-Series

These are the largest totals companies reported as associated with S-Series. 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)
Elizabeth Dovec Lakeland, FL Surgery $559.71
Ronald Robertson Little Rock, AR Trauma Surgery $367.84
Ronnie Adams Houston, TX Surgery $364.40
Jennifer Panger Minneapolis, MN Nurse Anesthetist, Certified Registered $278.45
Eric Johnson Minneapolis, MN $278.45
Benjamin Reynolds Minneapolis, MN Anesthesiology $278.45
Bradford King Fredericksburg, VA Surgery $234.00
Alisha Mcvay Delhi, LA Family $164.37
Noah Switzer Columbus, OH Surgery $129.36
Thomas Binzer Weatherford, TX Orthopaedic Surgery $54.13

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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.