Device Orthopedics/Orthopedic Surgery

Tools - Ws3

Payments companies reported to CMS as associated with Tools - Ws3. "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)
22clinicians with associated payments
1company reporting

By year

2024 $6,649
2025 $6,485

Payments reported as associated with Tools - Ws3, per program year, as reported to CMS.

Who makes it

Specialties most often involved

Orthopaedic Surgery $8,414
Podiatrist $2,277
Surgery of The Hand (Surgery) $1,042
Foot & Ankle Surgery $543
Surgery of The Hand (Plastic Surgery) $316
Hand Surgery $196

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

Clinicians most associated with Tools - Ws3

These are the largest totals companies reported as associated with Tools - Ws3. 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)
Jason Nydick Tampa, FL Orthopaedic Surgery $5,699.84
Mark Hofbauer Belle Vernon, PA Podiatrist $2,221.33
Matthew Nguyen Redlands, CA Orthopaedic Surgery $1,229.61
Alexander Shin Rochester, MN Surgery of The Hand (Surgery) $934.92
Abhiram Bhashyam Boston, MA Orthopaedic Surgery $803.16
Karan Desai Winter Garden, FL Surgery of The Hand (Plastic Surgery) $315.63
Marshall Brustein Decatur, IL Orthopaedic Surgery $294.69
Bradley Wiekrykas Philadelphia, PA Orthopaedic Surgery $214.73
Dana Lin Costa Mesa, CA Foot & Ankle Surgery $178.23
Troy Boffeli Saint Paul, MN Foot & Ankle Surgery $153.59

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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.