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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.

SAMUEL T WALLER
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SAMUEL T WALLER

Listed Specialty: Neurological Surgery
UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE, DENVER, CO, 80262-0001
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SAMUEL WALLER,
Yearly Payment Breakdown:

2018 Payments At a Glance

33

payments

$9,935

payment total

9

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
 10 $5,044
Promotional Speaking/Other
 2 $3,200
Food and Beverage
 20 $1,191
Consulting
 1 $500

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†
COFLEX

device

 $5,766
CREO MIS

device

 $1,635
TIMBERLINE

device

 $742
VIRAGE

device

 $559
ADJUSTABLE LORDOSIS EXPND ALIF

device

 $500
SPINE

device

 $250
ELSA

device

 $95
CD HORIZON

device

 $92
IFUSE IMPLANT

device

 $85
PENTA SCS LEADS

device

 $72
RAMPART DUO INTERBODY FUSION SYSTEM

device

 $43
AUTOFILL

device

 $35
CREO MCS

device

 $26
HIZENTRA

drug

 $21
SYNFIX

device

 $13
VIPER

device

 $13
† 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
Mar 14, 2018 $3,000 COFLEX Promotional Speaking/Other PARADIGM SPINE, LLC
Mar 14, 2018 $2,250 COFLEX Travel and Lodging PARADIGM SPINE, LLC
May 5, 2018 $1,436 CREO MIS Travel and Lodging GLOBUS MEDICAL, INC.
May 16, 2018 $708 TIMBERLINE Travel and Lodging ZIMMER BIOMET HOLDINGS, INC.
Jun 18, 2018 $500 ADJUSTABLE LORDOSIS EXPND ALIF Consulting GLOBUS MEDICAL, INC.
Mar 14, 2018 $316 COFLEX Travel and Lodging PARADIGM SPINE, LLC
Jun 8, 2018 $293 VIRAGE Travel and Lodging ZIMMER BIOMET HOLDINGS, INC.
Jun 13, 2018 $200 COFLEX Promotional Speaking/Other PARADIGM SPINE, LLC
May 5, 2018 $199 CREO MIS Food and Beverage GLOBUS MEDICAL, INC.
May 4, 2018 $180 SPINE Food and Beverage GLOBUS MEDICAL, INC.
Jun 8, 2018 $179 VIRAGE Food and Beverage ZIMMER BIOMET HOLDINGS, INC.
Dec 3, 2018 $95 ELSA Food and Beverage GLOBUS MEDICAL, INC.
Apr 4, 2018 $92 CD HORIZON Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC USA, INC.
Sep 4, 2018 $75 IFUSE IMPLANT Food and Beverage SI-BONE, INC.
Sep 14, 2018 $72 PENTA SCS LEADS Food and Beverage ABBOTT LABORATORIES
May 6, 2018 $70 SPINE Food and Beverage GLOBUS MEDICAL, INC.
Jul 6, 2018 $45 VIRAGE Food and Beverage ZIMMER BIOMET HOLDINGS, INC.
Jan 15, 2018 $43 RAMPART DUO INTERBODY FUSION SYSTEM Food and Beverage SPINEOLOGY INC.
Apr 20, 2018 $34 TIMBERLINE Travel and Lodging ZIMMER BIOMET HOLDINGS, INC.
Jul 6, 2018 $26 VIRAGE Food and Beverage ZIMMER BIOMET HOLDINGS, INC.
Feb 12, 2018 $26 CREO MCS Food and Beverage GLOBUS MEDICAL, INC.
Sep 8, 2018 $21 HIZENTRA Food and Beverage CSL BEHRING
Feb 21, 2018 $17 AUTOFILL Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC USA, INC.
Nov 26, 2018 $16 AUTOFILL Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC USA, INC.
Jun 5, 2018 $13 VIPER SYNFIX Food and Beverage DEPUY SYNTHES SALES INC.
Apr 18, 2018 $10 IFUSE IMPLANT Food and Beverage SI-BONE, INC.
Jul 6, 2018 $10 VIRAGE Food and Beverage ZIMMER BIOMET HOLDINGS, INC.
Jun 9, 2018 $3 VIRAGE Travel and Lodging ZIMMER BIOMET HOLDINGS, INC.
Jun 9, 2018 $2 VIRAGE Travel and Lodging ZIMMER BIOMET HOLDINGS, INC.
Jun 9, 2018 $2 VIRAGE Travel and Lodging ZIMMER BIOMET HOLDINGS, INC.
Jun 9, 2018 $2 VIRAGE Travel and Lodging ZIMMER BIOMET HOLDINGS, INC.
Nov 26, 2018 $2 AUTOFILL Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC USA, INC.
Feb 21, 2018 $1 AUTOFILL Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC USA, INC.
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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.