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This database was last updated in October 2019 and should only be used as a historical snapshot. Newer data is available at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Open Payments site.

ERIC P HOFMEISTER
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ERIC P HOFMEISTER

Listed Specialty: Hand Surgery
34800 BOB WILSON DR, DEPARTMENT OF ORTHOPEDICS, SAN DIEGO, CA, 92134-1098
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DR. ERIC HOFMEISTER,
Yearly Payment Breakdown:

2018 Payments At a Glance

40

payments

$15,542

payment total

8

companies paid this doctor

Payment Calendar in 2018

This doctor received a payment on days in 2018.

Each box below represents a single day during the disclosure period. A gray box indicates no payments. The darker the color, the more payments a doctor received that day.

2018

Types of Payments in 2018

Category Payments Payment Value
Travel and Lodging
 9 $9,149
Consulting
 4 $4,000
Food and Beverage
 27 $2,393

Drugs & Devices in 2018

Totals listed below account for all payments from that mention this product. Beginning in 2016, the government began classifying products as drugs, devices, biologics or medical supplies. Below, you will see drugs (drugs and biologics) and devices (devices and medical supplies). If a payment record mentions more than one product, the entire value will be included in each of those products. When no products are listed, they are not included in the list below.

Product Name Product Type Payments†
Payments with no listed product

N/A

 $14,390
T2

device

 $236
XIAFLEX

drug

 $230
TRINITY

drug

 $128
TFN ADVANCED

device

 $124
VARIAX

device

 $112
GAMMA

device

 $100
BME NITINOL CONTINUOUS COMPRESSION IMPLANTS

device

 $45
GELSYN 3

device

 $44
BIOMET ORTHOPAK

device

 $44
NO PRODUCT

drug

 $29
ORTHOVISC

device

 $16
BIOLOX

device

 $16
EXOGEN

device

 $13
DUROLANE

device

 $13
VITOSS

device

 $2
† May not add up to dollar total at top of page, since a payment record may not be associated with any product or can be associated with several products.

Payment Details in 2018

When How Much Related To What For From Third Party Payee
Dec 20, 2018 $4,129 No Listed Product Travel and Lodging TRIMED, INC.
May 25, 2018 $3,488 No Listed Product Travel and Lodging TRIMED, INC.
Feb 16, 2018 $2,000 No Listed Product Consulting TRIMED, INC.
Apr 20, 2018 $1,000 No Listed Product Consulting TRIMED, INC.
Oct 13, 2018 $661 No Listed Product Food and Beverage TRIMED, INC.
Jan 27, 2018 $579 No Listed Product Food and Beverage TRIMED, INC.
Jan 27, 2018 $527 No Listed Product Travel and Lodging TRIMED, INC.
Oct 19, 2018 $500 No Listed Product Consulting TRIMED, INC.
Feb 2, 2018 $500 No Listed Product Consulting TRIMED, INC.
Jan 27, 2018 $369 No Listed Product Travel and Lodging TRIMED, INC.
Oct 13, 2018 $292 No Listed Product Travel and Lodging TRIMED, INC.
Aug 17, 2018 $256 No Listed Product Travel and Lodging TRIMED, INC.
Apr 7, 2018 $149 T2 Food and Beverage STRYKER CORPORATION
Apr 25, 2018 $128 TRINITY Food and Beverage ORTHOFIX MEDICAL, INC.
Mar 21, 2018 $124 TFN ADVANCED Food and Beverage DEPUY SYNTHES SALES INC.
Sep 12, 2018 $115 XIAFLEX Food and Beverage ENDO PHARMACEUTICALS INC.
Jul 24, 2018 $115 XIAFLEX Food and Beverage ENDO PHARMACEUTICALS INC.
Feb 23, 2018 $87 T2 Food and Beverage STRYKER CORPORATION
Jan 25, 2018 $51 VARIAX Food and Beverage STRYKER CORPORATION
Oct 19, 2018 $49 No Listed Product Travel and Lodging TRIMED, INC.
May 11, 2018 $48 GAMMA Food and Beverage STRYKER CORPORATION
Dec 1, 2018 $45 BME NITINOL CONTINUOUS COMPRESSION IMPLANTS Food and Beverage DEPUY SYNTHES SALES INC.
Jan 12, 2018 $44 GAMMA Food and Beverage STRYKER CORPORATION
Feb 14, 2018 $39 VARIAX Food and Beverage STRYKER CORPORATION
Feb 3, 2018 $23 VARIAX Food and Beverage STRYKER CORPORATION
Jul 20, 2018 $22 GELSYN 3 Food and Beverage BIOVENTUS LLC
Feb 28, 2018 $22 GELSYN 3 Food and Beverage BIOVENTUS LLC
Jan 27, 2018 $20 No Listed Product Travel and Lodging TRIMED, INC.
Feb 2, 2018 $20 No Listed Product Travel and Lodging TRIMED, INC.
May 10, 2018 $16 ORTHOVISC Food and Beverage DEPUY SYNTHES SALES INC.
Apr 6, 2018 $16 BIOMET ORTHOPAK Food and Beverage ZIMMER BIOMET HOLDINGS, INC.
Jan 22, 2018 $16 BIOLOX Food and Beverage STRYKER CORPORATION
Aug 29, 2018 $15 BIOMET ORTHOPAK Food and Beverage ZIMMER BIOMET HOLDINGS, INC.
Feb 1, 2018 $14 NO PRODUCT Food and Beverage HORIZON PHARMA PLC
Apr 25, 2018 $14 NO PRODUCT Food and Beverage HORIZON PHARMA PLC
Nov 7, 2018 $13 EXOGEN Food and Beverage BIOVENTUS LLC
Mar 15, 2018 $13 DUROLANE Food and Beverage BIOVENTUS LLC
Feb 7, 2018 $12 BIOMET ORTHOPAK Food and Beverage ZIMMER BIOMET HOLDINGS, INC.
Jan 3, 2018 $8 GAMMA Food and Beverage STRYKER CORPORATION
Feb 3, 2018 $2 VITOSS Food and Beverage STRYKER CORPORATION
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Note: We have made some effort to normalize the data and eliminate duplicates, but the data is primarily as it has been reported by the companies to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. To purchase the normalized data, please visit the ProPublica Data Store. If you spot an error, please let us know at [email protected].

This site includes data published by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services on June 28, 2019.