Device Spine

T-Plif

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

$1,110associated payments (2023-2025)
21clinicians with associated payments
1company reporting

By year

2023 $698
2024 $268
2025 $145

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

Who makes it

Specialties most often involved

Neurological Surgery $685
Orthopaedic Surgery of The Spine $140
Physician Assistant $67.47
Orthopaedic Surgery $52.61
Neurology (Psychiatry & Neurology) $48.74
Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation $24.37

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

Clinicians most associated with T-Plif

These are the largest totals companies reported as associated with T-Plif. 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)
Gary Flangas Las Vegas, NV Neurological Surgery $206.37
Debra Nelson Las Vegas, NV Neurological Surgery $192.28
Edward Jung Seattle, WA Orthopaedic Surgery of The Spine $87.76
Efrem Cox Las Vegas, NV Neurological Surgery $73.66
Mohammed Alghamdi Lubbock, TX Neurological Surgery $65.10
Brian Karamian Palo Alto, CA Orthopaedic Surgery of The Spine $52.61
Erica Bisson Burlington, MA Neurological Surgery $52.61
Matthew Philippi Salt Lake City, UT Orthopaedic Surgery $52.61
Shaad Bidiwala Dallas, TX $43.10
Snow Nguyen Dallas, TX Physician Assistant $43.10

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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.