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World Class Technology Corporation vs NextStep Arthropedix, LLC

Side-by-side comparison of CMS Open Payments data for Program Year 2024. Select different companies below to start a new comparison.

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Which recorded payment profile is more concentrated?

NextStep Arthropedix, LLC has the more concentrated recorded General Payments recipient profile in Program Year 2024: its recipient-distribution HHI is 1,747, versus 863 for the other company. Its single largest recorded recipient represents 23.4% of that company's General Payments recipient total.

HHI summarizes how payments are distributed across recorded recipients: higher means a less evenly distributed recipient pattern. This is a description of CMS-reported General Payments only, not a finding about conduct, prescribing, quality, or wrongdoing. Read it with the recipient count and underlying records below.

World Class Technology Corporation
HHI 863 · top recipient 27.3%
Ranked #1,082 of 1,838 companies by HHI
NextStep Arthropedix, LLC
HHI 1,747 · top recipient 23.4%
Ranked #802 of 1,838 companies by HHI

Payment Overview

Total Payments
$124.1K
% of Industry
0.0%
Transactions
1,299
Avg per Transaction
$95.55
Recipients
1,299
Avg per Recipient
$95.55
Payment Types
5
Top Payment Type
Food and Beverage
Total Payments
$125.7K
% of Industry
0.0%
Transactions
36
Avg per Transaction
$3.5K
Recipients
36
Avg per Recipient
$3.5K
Payment Types
4
Top Payment Type
Royalty or License

Highlighted values indicate the higher figure for each metric.

Total payments compared

World Class Technology Corporation vs NextStep Arthropedix, LLC - total reported payments in CMS Open Payments PY2024

NextStep Arthropedix, LLC$125.7KWorld Class Technology Corp…$124.1K

General Payment Types Breakdown

Category shares use each company's General Payments total, not the all-tracks (General + Research + Ownership) hero figure.

World Class Technology Corporation

Food and Beverage $63.8K

51.4%

Compensation for Services Other Than Consulting $47.6K

38.4%

Travel and Lodging $6.4K

5.2%

Entertainment $3.6K

2.9%

Gift $2.7K

2.2%

NextStep Arthropedix, LLC

Royalty or License $111.2K

88.4%

Consulting Fee $10.1K

8.0%

Travel and Lodging $4.1K

3.2%

Food and Beverage $420.31

0.3%

Top 5 General-Payment Recipients

This list uses CMS detailed General Payments records only; it excludes research and ownership/investment records, so it does not equal the all-category totals above. A reported payment documents a financial relationship, not evidence of wrongdoing; a higher total reflects reporting volume, not conduct. Verify directly at openpaymentsdata.cms.gov.

World Class Technology Corporation

  1. 1

    THOMAS PITTS

    $33,835.60 · 44 txns

  2. 2

    MATTHEW BRUNER

    $7,820.52 · 12 txns

  3. 3

    JOHN POBANZ

    $6,783.19 · 10 txns

  4. 4

    LEAH WALKER

    $6,685.80 · 28 txns

  5. 5

    JUSTIN DANIEL MACCARO

    $2,494.02 · 3 txns

NextStep Arthropedix, LLC

  1. 1

    Mark E Gittins

    $29,408.00 · 3 txns

  2. 2

    Sherwood Duhon

    $25,169.00 · 3 txns

  3. 3

    Michael A Wilmink

    $23,547.00 · 3 txns

  4. 4

    Robert A Berghoff Jr.

    $21,153.00 · 3 txns

  5. 5

    Michael B Cannone

    $11,879.00 · 3 txns

Summary Comparison

Metric World Class Technology Corporation NextStep Arthropedix, LLC
Total Payments $124.1K $125.7K
% of Industry Total 0.0% 0.0%
Transaction Count 1,299 36
Avg per Transaction $95.55 $3.5K
Recipient Count 1,299 36
Avg per Recipient $95.55 $3.5K
Payment Type Count 5 4
Top Payment Type Food and Beverage Royalty or License

Data Source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Open Payments, Program Year 2024. Data includes general payments, research payments, and physician ownership/investment interests as required by the Physician Payments Sunshine Act. All companies in the CMS Open Payments company corpus are available in the selector. Browse all companies →

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