Device Spine

Zero-P

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

$355Kassociated payments (2023-2025)
36clinicians with associated payments
3companies reporting

By year

2023 $138K
2024 $92K
2025 $124K

Payments reported as associated with Zero-P, per program year, as reported to CMS.

Who makes it

Specialties most often involved

Neurological Surgery $354K
Orthopaedic Surgery of The Spine $374
Orthopaedic Surgery $157
Physician Assistant $118
Pain Medicine (Anesthesiology) $65.66
Family $40.98

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

Clinicians most associated with Zero-P

These are the largest totals companies reported as associated with Zero-P. 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)
Frederick Marciano Scottsdale, AZ Neurological Surgery $237,851.98
Peyman Pakzaban Pasadena, TX Neurological Surgery $115,126.92
William Welch Philadelphia, PA Neurological Surgery $134.33
Curt Conry Kittanning, PA Neurological Surgery $123.44
Francis Kralick Somers Point, NJ Neurological Surgery $101.20
Abhijeet Kadam Newton, KS Orthopaedic Surgery $97.89
June Guillet Galveston, TX Neurological Surgery $90.51
Robert Tatsumi Tualatin, OR Orthopaedic Surgery of The Spine $74.87
Michelle Cecchini San Antonio, TX Neurological Surgery $65.66
George Galvan San Antonio, TX Neurological Surgery $65.66

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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.