Spinal Simplicity, LLC: payments to clinicians
1,727 clinicians received $784,768 from Spinal Simplicity, LLC in 2025; Pain Medicine, Interventional Pain Medicine is the most common specialty among the largest recipients. Travel and lodging was the largest category at 29%, then food and beverage (28%). The largest single recipient (Pain Medicine, Interventional Pain Medicine, Texas) received $53,554.
| Program year | Total | Payments | Clinicians paid |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $784,768 | 6,287 | 1,727 |
| 2024 | $752,580 | 4,988 | 1,356 |
Largest recipients in 2025
| # | Clinician | Specialty | Location | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chad B. Stephens, DO | Pain Medicine, Interventional Pain Medicine | Southlake, TX | $53,554 |
| 2 | Usman Latif, M.D. | Anesthesiology, Pain Medicine | Kansas City, KS | $38,903 |
| 3 | Christopher John Bovinet, D.O. | Pain Medicine, Interventional Pain Medicine | Brunswick, GA | $26,719 |
| 4 | Jason Douglas Williams, M.D. | Pain Medicine, Interventional Pain Medicine | Meridian, ID | $23,788 |
| 5 | James Matthew North, MD | Pain Medicine, Pain Medicine | Winston Salem, NC | $23,052 |
| 6 | Nasir Khatri, M.D. | Pain Medicine, Interventional Pain Medicine | Flint, MI | $23,011 |
| 7 | Mazhar Rasul, MD | Pain Medicine, Pain Medicine | Lexington, KY | $20,747 |
| 8 | Gabriel L. Pagani-Estevez, MD | Pain Medicine, Interventional Pain Medicine | Rochester, MN | $18,650 |
| 9 | Kristin Jarzombek, M.D. | Pain Medicine, Interventional Pain Medicine | Kyle, TX | $17,436 |
| 10 | Baher S. Yanni, M.D. | Anesthesiology | East Brunswick, NJ | $17,041 |
| 11 | Ryan Budwany, MD | Pain Medicine, Interventional Pain Medicine | Lawrenceville, GA | $16,653 |
| 12 | Ashley Cocilova, FNP-C | Nurse Practitioner, Family | Flowood, MS | $16,650 |
| 13 | Giuseppe Gabriele Paese, D.O. | Pain Medicine, Interventional Pain Medicine | Boca Raton, FL | $16,502 |
| 14 | Jeffery J. Rowe, MD | Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation | King Of Prussia, PA | $10,014 |
| 15 | Richard Scott Stayner, M.D. | Anesthesiology, Pain Medicine | Edina, MN | $8,967 |
| 16 | Andrew Khoury, M.D. | Anesthesiology, Pain Medicine | Spring, TX | $8,713 |
| 17 | William Daniel Bradley, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery, Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine | Meridian, ID | $8,417 |
| 18 | Daniel Dawson Atkinson | Anesthesiology, Pain Medicine | Greenville, SC | $7,910 |
| 19 | Justin S. Field, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery, Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine | Phoenix, AZ | $7,875 |
| 20 | Sandeep Amin, MD | Pain Medicine, Interventional Pain Medicine | Chicago, IL | $7,483 |
| 21 | Tolga Suvar | Pain Medicine, Interventional Pain Medicine | Chicago, IL | $6,483 |
| 22 | Stephen Howard Hochschuler, M.D | Orthopaedic Surgery | Plano, TX | $6,165 |
| 23 | Ryan Joseph Hill-Falkenthal, PA-C | Physician Assistant, Surgical | Goodyear, AZ | $6,097 |
| 24 | Ajay Berry Antony, M.D. | Pain Medicine, Interventional Pain Medicine | Gainesville, FL | $5,713 |
| 25 | Lauren Marie Ziegler, PA-C | Physician Assistant, Medical | Havertown, PA | $5,150 |
| 26 | Ron Linehan, MD | Pain Medicine, Interventional Pain Medicine | Lancaster, OH | $5,001 |
| 27 | Morteza Rabii, DNP, APRN | Nurse Practitioner | Overland Park, KS | $4,890 |
| 28 | Richard Burrell, PA-C, ATC | Physician Assistant | Brunswick, GA | $4,780 |
| 29 | Richard Blake Kline, MD | Anesthesiology, Pain Medicine | Conway, SC | $4,570 |
| 30 | Ashley Gunno Comer, APRN-CNP; FNP-C; MSN | Nurse Practitioner, Family | Charleston, WV | $4,441 |
| 31 | Douglas P. Beall, MD | Radiology, Diagnostic Radiology | Edmond, OK | $4,123 |
| 32 | Matthew Thomas Davies, MD | Neurological Surgery | Duluth, MN | $3,583 |
| 33 | Jason C. Rosenberg, M. D. | Pain Medicine, Interventional Pain Medicine | Murrells Inlet, SC | $3,536 |
| 34 | Timothy Ray Deer, MD | Pain Medicine, Interventional Pain Medicine | Charleston, WV | $3,431 |
| 35 | Steve Chun-Yu Lee, MD | Pain Medicine, Interventional Pain Medicine | Slidell, LA | $3,300 |
| 36 | Daniel R. Kloster, M. D. | Pain Medicine, Interventional Pain Medicine | Overland Park, KS | $3,185 |
| 37 | James R. McAtee, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery | Manhattan, KS | $3,052 |
| 38 | Siddardth Umapathy, DO | Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, Pain Medicine | Fort Eisenhower, GA | $2,977 |
| 39 | Rayhan A. Tariq, M.D. | Anesthesiology, Pain Medicine | Laurel, MS | $2,909 |
| 40 | Honghui Feng, M.D. | Anesthesiology | Old Saybrook, CT | $2,825 |
| 41 | Samuel Pearce Brown, D.O. | Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, Pain Medicine | Southold, NY | $2,571 |
| 42 | Abhijeet Rastogi, MD | Anesthesiology, Pain Medicine | Hainesport, NJ | $2,454 |
| 43 | Jennifer B. Marjama, PA-C | Physician Assistant, Medical | Chiefland, FL | $2,280 |
| 44 | Jung Uck Yoo, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery, Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine | Portland, OR | $2,261 |
| 45 | Srinand Mandyam, MD | Anesthesiology | Lawrenceville, GA | $2,198 |
| 46 | Kaku Barkoh, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery, Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine | Kingwood, TX | $2,151 |
| 47 | Quang Thanh Nguyen, MD | Internal Medicine | Ocala, FL | $2,099 |
| 48 | Jonathan S. Daitch, MD | Pain Medicine, Pain Medicine | Fort Myers, FL | $2,081 |
| 49 | David Magdy Roufaiel, M.D. | Anesthesiology, Pain Medicine | Jupiter, FL | $2,070 |
| 50 | Jeremy Ashton Scarlett, MD | Anesthesiology, Pain Medicine | Sheboygan, WI | $2,062 |
| 51 | Hamzah Adel Ramawad, MD | Pain Medicine, Interventional Pain Medicine | Fargo, ND | $2,039 |
| 52 | Christopher Mallard, M.D. | Anesthesiology, Pain Medicine | Lexington, KY | $2,031 |
| 53 | Katie Pendleton, FNP-C | Nurse Practitioner, Family | Flowood, MS | $2,030 |
| 54 | Morgan P. Lorio, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery, Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine | Nashville, TN | $1,950 |
| 55 | Steven B. Kirshner, M.D. | Orthopaedic Surgery, Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine | Marlton, NJ | $1,934 |
| 56 | Harsha Rajashekar, D.O. | Psychiatry & Neurology, Pain Medicine | The Villages, FL | $1,926 |
| 57 | Richard Stuart Epter, M.D.,DABPM,FIPP | Pain Medicine, Interventional Pain Medicine | Augusta, GA | $1,916 |
| 58 | Andrew Scott Phillips, M.D. | Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, Pain Medicine | Killeen, TX | $1,891 |
| 59 | Dominic C. Maggio, MD | Internal Medicine | Miami, FL | $1,850 |
| 60 | Adam Matheson, NP-C | Nurse Practitioner, Family | Ocala, FL | $1,802 |
| 61 | Michael Franklin Esposito, M.D. | Pain Medicine, Interventional Pain Medicine | Vero Beach, FL | $1,783 |
| 62 | Nnaemeka Anthony Nweke, MD | Pain Medicine, Pain Medicine | Houston, TX | $1,770 |
| 63 | Vidyasagar Mokureddy, M.D. | Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, Pain Medicine | Horseheads, NY | $1,766 |
| 64 | Nameer Haider, M.D. | Pain Medicine, Interventional Pain Medicine | Utica, NY | $1,735 |
| 65 | Robert Anthony Lugo III, D.O. | Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation | Colton, CA | $1,714 |
| 66 | Vijay Babu, M.D. | Pain Medicine, Interventional Pain Medicine | Ocala, FL | $1,685 |
| 67 | Eduardo Ozuna, M.D. | Anesthesiology, Pain Medicine | New Braunfels, TX | $1,637 |
| 68 | Richard Perry Davis, M.D. | Radiology, Diagnostic Radiology | Melbourne, FL | $1,631 |
| 69 | Prasanth Bobby Katta, D.O. | Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation | Sycamore, IL | $1,622 |
| 70 | Joe Christopher Cook I, MD, M.P.H., A.T.C | Anesthesiology, Pain Medicine | Byram, MS | $1,616 |
| 71 | Robert L. Mousselli, DO | Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, Pain Medicine | Austin, TX | $1,611 |
| 72 | Michael A. Greene, D.O. | Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, Pain Medicine | Middleburg, FL | $1,579 |
| 73 | Nicole Antoinette Busch, MSN, APRN, AGCNS-BC | Clinical Nurse Specialist, Adult Health | Austin, TX | $1,556 |
| 74 | Lindsay Brooke Carter, NP-C | Nurse Practitioner, Family | Tucson, AZ | $1,554 |
| 75 | Anuj A. Shah, DO | Pain Medicine, Interventional Pain Medicine | Charleston, WV | $1,529 |
| 76 | Geeta Nagpal, MD | Pain Medicine, Interventional Pain Medicine | West Jordan, UT | $1,524 |
| 77 | Edward William Baumgartner Jr., M.D. | Pain Medicine, Pain Medicine | Houston, TX | $1,513 |
| 78 | Eric G. Cornidez, M.D. | Pain Medicine, Pain Medicine | Tucson, AZ | $1,508 |
| 79 | Richard G. Burke, MD | Anesthesiology | Traverse City, MI | $1,505 |
| 80 | Michael Jung, M.D. | Pain Medicine, Pain Medicine | West Bend, WI | $1,500 |
| 81 | Morad Nasseri, M.D. | Psychiatry & Neurology, Neurology | Walnut Creek, CA | $1,495 |
| 82 | Timothy Lubenow | Pain Medicine, Interventional Pain Medicine | Chicago, IL | $1,491 |
| 83 | Thomas Buford, DO | Anesthesiology, Pain Medicine | Flowood, MS | $1,463 |
| 84 | Cathy Dowen, NP | Internal Medicine | Wakefield, MA | $1,454 |
| 85 | Simon Faynzilberg, MD | Anesthesiology, Pain Medicine | Brookline, MA | $1,421 |
| 86 | Susan E. Gutierrez, MD | Pain Medicine, Pain Medicine | San Ramon, CA | $1,416 |
| 87 | Rodolfo Alberto Herrera, M.D. | Family Medicine | Bedford, TX | $1,411 |
| 88 | Rosemary De La Cruz, M.D. | Anesthesiology, Pain Medicine | El Paso, TX | $1,405 |
| 89 | Omar Horacio Henriquez, M.D. | Pain Medicine, Interventional Pain Medicine | Venice, FL | $1,394 |
| 90 | Jonas Joaquin Gopez, MD | Neurological Surgery | Willow Grove, PA | $1,362 |
| 91 | Brannon Frank, M.D. | Pain Medicine, Interventional Pain Medicine | Austin, TX | $1,348 |
| 92 | Evgeny Bulat, MD, MA | Pain Medicine, Interventional Pain Medicine | New York, NY | $1,342 |
| 93 | John Harrison Irons, M.D. | Pain Medicine, Interventional Pain Medicine | Vestavia, AL | $1,326 |
| 94 | Patrick Dennis Buchanan, M.D. | Pain Medicine, Interventional Pain Medicine | Camarillo, CA | $1,323 |
| 95 | Fredrick C. Wittleder, PA | Physician Assistant, Surgical | Oak Park Heights, MN | $1,320 |
| 96 | Christian William Roehmer, MD | Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, Pain Medicine | Greenville, SC | $1,317 |
| 97 | Timothy Daniel Kwiecien, M.D. | Anesthesiology | Marshall, MI | $1,317 |
| 98 | Roland D. Reinhart, M.D. | Anesthesiology, Pain Medicine | Palm Desert, CA | $1,273 |
| 99 | Robert Todd Seabrook, MD | Anesthesiology | Jackson, MS | $1,266 |
| 100 | Joshua Dibble | Anesthesiology | Gulfport, MS | $1,261 |
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