Device Interventional Access

Vascband

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

$7,642associated payments (2023-2025)
316clinicians with associated payments
1company reporting

By year

2023 $4,799
2024 $708
2025 $2,136

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

Who makes it

Specialties most often involved

Interventional Cardiology $2,464
Cardiovascular Disease $1,824
Family $406
Physician Assistant $393
Internal Medicine $379
Acute Care (Nurse Practitioner) $263

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

Clinicians most associated with Vascband

These are the largest totals companies reported as associated with Vascband. 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)
Konstantinos Charitakis Houston, TX Interventional Cardiology $151.35
Nils Johnson Houston, TX Cardiovascular Disease $151.35
Salman Arain Houston, TX Interventional Cardiology $151.35
Hildreth Anderson Houston, TX Cardiovascular Disease $126.65
Abhijeet Dhoble Houston, TX Interventional Cardiology $126.65
Richard Smalling Houston, TX Cardiovascular Disease $126.65
Michael Hust Cypress, TX Interventional Cardiology $126.65
Bhavanadhar Penta New York, NY Interventional Cardiology $62.45
Carrie Sepke Boston, MA Medical $59.40
Kaitlyn O'Gorman West Columbia, SC Nurse Anesthetist, Certified Registered $46.39

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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.