Device Spine/Spine Surgery

Secure-C

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

$37Kassociated payments (2023-2025)
73clinicians with associated payments
1company reporting

By year

2023 $20K
2024 $5,429
2025 $12K

Payments reported as associated with Secure-C, per program year, as reported to CMS.

Who makes it

Specialties most often involved

Neurological Surgery $28K
Orthopaedic Surgery of The Spine $8,131
Orthopaedic Surgery $709
Physician Assistant $300
Acute Care (Nurse Practitioner) $101
Surgical $77.50

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

Clinicians most associated with Secure-C

These are the largest totals companies reported as associated with Secure-C. 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)
Victor Chang Detroit, MI Neurological Surgery $11,525.00
Joseph Obrien Bethesda, MD Orthopaedic Surgery of The Spine $7,012.50
Wilson Ray Saint Louis, MO Neurological Surgery $6,113.00
Merritt Kinon Bronx, NY Neurological Surgery $5,500.00
Jason Highsmith N Charleston, SC Neurological Surgery $1,500.00
Thomas Lovely Latham, NY Neurological Surgery $975.00
Matthew Mian Englewood, CO Neurological Surgery $437.64
Ki-Eun Chang Providence, RI Neurological Surgery $222.91
Tianyi Niu Providence, RI Neurological Surgery $211.54
Christopher Chaput San Antonio, TX Orthopaedic Surgery $203.50

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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.