Device Mini-Lcp

Sps

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

$13Kassociated payments (2023-2025)
109clinicians with associated payments
1company reporting

By year

2023 $5,440
2024 $1,927
2025 $6,007

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

Who makes it

Specialties most often involved

Orthopaedic Trauma $4,760
Orthopaedic Surgery $3,833
Sports Medicine (Orthopaedic Surgery) $585
Foot & Ankle Surgery $512
Foot and Ankle Surgery $464
Hand Surgery $204

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

Clinicians most associated with Sps

These are the largest totals companies reported as associated with Sps. 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)
George Ochenjele Cleveland, OH Orthopaedic Trauma $1,060.96
Robert Wetzel Cleveland, OH Orthopaedic Trauma $570.42
Stephen Bigach Alexandria, VA Orthopaedic Surgery $546.15
Anokha Padubidri Cleveland, OH Orthopaedic Trauma $475.32
Alexander Benedick Cleveland, OH Orthopaedic Trauma $433.61
Joshua Napora Cleveland, OH Orthopaedic Trauma $404.48
Nolan Farrell Cleveland, OH Orthopaedic Surgery $322.12
John Sontich Youngstown, OH Orthopaedic Surgery $309.38
Damien Billow Cleveland, OH Orthopaedic Trauma $309.38
James Darnley Akron, OH Orthopaedic Surgery $309.38

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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.