Device Spine

T-Pal

Payments companies reported to CMS as associated with T-Pal. "Associated with" is CMS's wording: it links a payment to a product without saying the money was spent on it.

$48Kassociated payments (2023-2025)
16clinicians with associated payments
2companies reporting

By year

2023 $15K
2024 $33K
2025 $196

Payments reported as associated with T-Pal, per program year, as reported to CMS.

Who makes it

Specialties most often involved

Orthopaedic Surgery of The Spine $48K
Neurological Surgery $393
Anesthesiology $22.82
Orthopaedic Surgery $20.97
Surgical $20.81
Sports Medicine (Orthopaedic Surgery) $4.96

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

Clinicians most associated with T-Pal

These are the largest totals companies reported as associated with T-Pal. 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)
Andrew Sama Ny, NY Orthopaedic Surgery of The Spine $47,635.37
Daryn Cass Maywood, IL Neurological Surgery $187.71
Gary Flangas Las Vegas, NV Neurological Surgery $59.06
Debra Nelson Las Vegas, NV Neurological Surgery $38.25
Vadim Fuchs Columbus, OH Neurological Surgery $38.07
Sanjit Shah Cincinnati, OH $38.07
Efrem Cox Las Vegas, NV Neurological Surgery $29.47
Amber Gaulden Detroit, MI $22.82
Christiana Cornea Cincinnati, OH $22.82
Jaime Mcgrath Cincinnati, OH Anesthesiology $22.82

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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.