Dollars for Docs

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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.

DAVID A FERNANDEZ
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Listed Specialty: Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine
4466 W BRISTOL RD, FLINT, MI, 48507-3170
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DAVID FERNANDEZ,
Yearly Payment Breakdown:

2018 Payments At a Glance

21

payments

$1,560

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
Entertainment
 1 $884
Food and Beverage
 20 $676

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

 $1,026
ACTIVL ARTIFICIAL DISC

device

 $113
MAZORX - RENAISSANCE

device

 $70
COFLEX

device

 $68
MAKO

device

 $59
HEMICAP PATELLA-FEMORAL XL

device

 $57
KYPHON BALLOON KYPHOPLASTY

device

 $47
SPECTRA WAVEWRITER

device

 $29
S4 SRI SPONDYLOLISTHESIS REDUCTION INSTRUMENT

device

 $26
EXTERNAL FIXATION

device

 $24
CESPACE XP

device

 $17
ARCADIUS XP L

device

 $16
OSTEOCOOL RF ABLATION

device

 $9
† 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
Oct 3, 2018 $884 No Listed Product Entertainment ULRICH MEDICAL USA, INC.
Apr 16, 2018 $143 No Listed Product Food and Beverage MAZOR ROBOTICS INC.
Mar 26, 2018 $72 ACTIVL ARTIFICIAL DISC Food and Beverage AESCULAP IMPLANT SYSTEMS, LLC
Apr 13, 2018 $70 MAZORX - RENAISSANCE Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC USA, INC.
Feb 12, 2018 $68 COFLEX Food and Beverage PARADIGM SPINE, LLC
Apr 19, 2018 $59 MAKO Food and Beverage STRYKER CORPORATION
Nov 29, 2018 $57 HEMICAP PATELLA-FEMORAL XL Food and Beverage ARTHROSURFACE INCORPORATED
Feb 27, 2018 $41 ACTIVL ARTIFICIAL DISC Food and Beverage AESCULAP IMPLANT SYSTEMS, LLC
Mar 22, 2018 $24 EXTERNAL FIXATION Food and Beverage DEPUY SYNTHES SALES INC.
Dec 14, 2018 $23 KYPHON BALLOON KYPHOPLASTY Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC USA, INC.
Feb 12, 2018 $17 CESPACE XP Food and Beverage AESCULAP IMPLANT SYSTEMS, LLC
Jun 13, 2018 $16 ARCADIUS XP L Food and Beverage AESCULAP IMPLANT SYSTEMS, LLC
May 11, 2018 $15 SPECTRA WAVEWRITER Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Sep 14, 2018 $14 SPECTRA WAVEWRITER Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Aug 1, 2018 $11 S4 SRI SPONDYLOLISTHESIS REDUCTION INSTRUMENT Food and Beverage AESCULAP IMPLANT SYSTEMS, LLC
Oct 10, 2018 $10 S4 SRI SPONDYLOLISTHESIS REDUCTION INSTRUMENT Food and Beverage AESCULAP IMPLANT SYSTEMS, LLC
Jul 14, 2018 $10 KYPHON BALLOON KYPHOPLASTY Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC USA, INC.
Aug 18, 2018 $9 KYPHON BALLOON KYPHOPLASTY Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC USA, INC.
Jul 13, 2018 $9 OSTEOCOOL RF ABLATION Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC USA, INC.
Jun 8, 2018 $6 KYPHON BALLOON KYPHOPLASTY Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC USA, INC.
Aug 22, 2018 $5 S4 SRI SPONDYLOLISTHESIS REDUCTION INSTRUMENT Food and Beverage AESCULAP IMPLANT SYSTEMS, LLC
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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.