Ascension

Device Smith+Nephew, Inc.
Total Payments
$21,159
Transactions
186
Doctors
129
Companies
2

Payment Trends by Year

Year Amount Transactions Doctors
2024 $8,016 63 45
2023 $1,893 48 39
2022 $11,231 74 58
2020 $18.84 1 1

Payments by Nature

Nature of Payment Amount Transactions Share
Food and Beverage $7,896 164 37.3%
Consulting Fee $4,688 10 22.2%
Space rental or facility fees (teaching hospital only) $4,025 1 19.0%
Travel and Lodging $3,551 8 16.8%
Compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program $1,000 3 4.7%

Top Doctors Receiving Payments for Ascension — Page 6

Doctor Specialty Location Total Records
, MD Orthopaedic Surgery Birmingham, AL $12.34 1
, DPM Foot & Ankle Surgery Malvern, PA $12.32 1
, DO Orthopaedic Surgery Tulsa, OK $12.16 1
, MD Orthopaedic Surgery Folsom, CA $11.90 1
, MD Orthopaedic Surgery West Palm Beach, FL $10.38 1

About Ascension

Ascension is a device associated with $21,159 in payments to 129 healthcare providers, recorded across 186 transactions in the CMS Open Payments database. The primary manufacturer is Smith+Nephew, Inc..

Payment data is available from 2020 to 2024. In 2024, $8,016 was paid across 63 transactions to 45 doctors.

The most common payment nature for Ascension is "Food and Beverage" ($7,896, 37.3% of total).