Device Orthopedics/Orthopedic Surgery

Tools - Wfs

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

$1.2Massociated payments (2023-2025)
565clinicians with associated payments
2companies reporting

By year

2024 $527K
2025 $650K

Payments reported as associated with Tools - Wfs, per program year, as reported to CMS.

Who makes it

Specialties most often involved

Hand Surgery $314K
Surgery of The Hand (Surgery) $293K
Orthopaedic Surgery $215K
Foot and Ankle Surgery $124K
Foot & Ankle Surgery $54K
Podiatrist $44K

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

Clinicians most associated with Tools - Wfs

These are the largest totals companies reported as associated with Tools - Wfs. 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)
Alexander Shin Rochester, MN Surgery of The Hand (Surgery) $275,691.34
Timothy Badwey Kansas City, MO Foot and Ankle Surgery $104,282.92
Jason Nydick Tampa, FL Orthopaedic Surgery $61,511.29
Scott Wolfe Ny, NY Hand Surgery $42,490.11
Michael Hausman New York, NY Hand Surgery $25,454.93
Thomas Trumble Bellevue, WA Hand Surgery $24,251.70
Mark Hofbauer Belle Vernon, PA Podiatrist $19,371.02
Warren Hammert Rochester, NY Plastic Surgery $17,659.62
Nicholas Pulos Rochester, MN Orthopaedic Surgery $17,094.58
Abhiram Bhashyam Boston, MA Orthopaedic Surgery $16,799.34

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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.