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RICHARD J FRIEDMAN
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RICHARD J FRIEDMAN

Listed Specialty: Orthopaedic Surgery
171 ASHLEY AVE, CHARLESTON, SC, 29425-8908
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RICHARD FRIEDMAN,
Yearly Payment Breakdown:

2018 Payments At a Glance

50

payments

$213,889

payment total

2

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
Consulting
 14 $148K
Royalty or License
 4 $38,689
Travel and Lodging
 15 $24,867
Food and Beverage
 17 $1,896

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†
TRULIANT

device

 $107K
OPTETRAK

device

 $99,690
EQUINOXE

device

 $3,896
Payments with no listed product

N/A

 $2,100
XARELTO

drug

 $1,341
† 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
Apr 12, 2018 $25,200 TRULIANT Consulting EXACTECH, INC.
Jan 5, 2018 $18,725 TRULIANT Consulting EXACTECH, INC.
Aug 2, 2018 $18,550 OPTETRAK Consulting EXACTECH, INC.
Nov 30, 2018 $14,700 OPTETRAK Consulting EXACTECH, INC.
Dec 31, 2018 $13,971 TRULIANT Royalty or License EXACTECH, INC.
Apr 1, 2018 $13,475 OPTETRAK Consulting EXACTECH, INC.
Jul 12, 2018 $13,475 TRULIANT Consulting EXACTECH, INC.
Oct 11, 2018 $13,125 OPTETRAK Consulting EXACTECH, INC.
Sep 19, 2018 $12,250 OPTETRAK Consulting EXACTECH, INC.
Nov 29, 2018 $10,683 TRULIANT Royalty or License EXACTECH, INC.
Jun 15, 2018 $9,736 TRULIANT Travel and Lodging EXACTECH, INC.
Aug 30, 2018 $9,196 TRULIANT Royalty or License EXACTECH, INC.
Dec 7, 2018 $8,575 OPTETRAK Consulting EXACTECH, INC.
Sep 19, 2018 $5,971 OPTETRAK Travel and Lodging EXACTECH, INC.
Aug 9, 2018 $4,839 TRULIANT Royalty or License EXACTECH, INC.
Nov 8, 2018 $4,725 OPTETRAK Consulting EXACTECH, INC.
Aug 2, 2018 $3,534 OPTETRAK Travel and Lodging EXACTECH, INC.
Dec 1, 2018 $3,150 OPTETRAK Consulting EXACTECH, INC.
Nov 22, 2018 $2,100 No Listed Product Consulting JANSSEN RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT, LLC CHARLESTON ORTHOPAEDIC ASSOCIATES
Jul 17, 2018 $795 XARELTO Travel and Lodging JANSSEN RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT, LLC
Sep 19, 2018 $721 OPTETRAK Travel and Lodging EXACTECH, INC.
Dec 7, 2018 $576 EQUINOXE Travel and Lodging EXACTECH, INC.
Jan 5, 2018 $525 TRULIANT Travel and Lodging EXACTECH, INC.
Aug 6, 2018 $498 XARELTO Travel and Lodging JANSSEN RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT, LLC
Aug 2, 2018 $482 EQUINOXE Travel and Lodging EXACTECH, INC.
Aug 2, 2018 $462 EQUINOXE Food and Beverage EXACTECH, INC.
Dec 7, 2018 $447 OPTETRAK Travel and Lodging EXACTECH, INC.
Nov 30, 2018 $397 OPTETRAK Travel and Lodging EXACTECH, INC.
Dec 7, 2018 $359 EQUINOXE Food and Beverage EXACTECH, INC.
Nov 30, 2018 $351 EQUINOXE Travel and Lodging EXACTECH, INC.
Dec 7, 2018 $346 EQUINOXE Travel and Lodging EXACTECH, INC.
May 10, 2018 $313 EQUINOXE Travel and Lodging EXACTECH, INC.
Nov 30, 2018 $255 EQUINOXE Food and Beverage EXACTECH, INC.
May 10, 2018 $250 TRULIANT Consulting EXACTECH, INC.
May 10, 2018 $178 EQUINOXE Food and Beverage EXACTECH, INC.
Nov 30, 2018 $172 EQUINOXE Travel and Lodging EXACTECH, INC.
Mar 8, 2018 $155 EQUINOXE Food and Beverage EXACTECH, INC.
Jun 15, 2018 $138 TRULIANT Consulting EXACTECH, INC.
Sep 20, 2018 $113 EQUINOXE Food and Beverage EXACTECH, INC.
May 11, 2018 $98 TRULIANT Food and Beverage EXACTECH, INC.
Nov 28, 2018 $90 EQUINOXE Food and Beverage EXACTECH, INC.
Sep 21, 2018 $43 EQUINOXE Food and Beverage EXACTECH, INC.
Sep 19, 2018 $41 OPTETRAK Food and Beverage EXACTECH, INC.
Sep 21, 2018 $37 XARELTO Food and Beverage JANSSEN RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT, LLC
Jan 5, 2018 $16 TRULIANT Food and Beverage EXACTECH, INC.
Nov 30, 2018 $11 TRULIANT Food and Beverage EXACTECH, INC.
Dec 7, 2018 $10 OPTETRAK Food and Beverage EXACTECH, INC.
Sep 21, 2018 $10 XARELTO Food and Beverage JANSSEN RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT, LLC
Nov 30, 2018 $9 OPTETRAK Food and Beverage EXACTECH, INC.
Aug 2, 2018 $8 OPTETRAK Food and Beverage EXACTECH, INC.
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This site includes data published by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services on June 28, 2019.