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.

JOHN SAMAS
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JOHN SAMAS

Listed Specialty: Surgery
2201 HEMPSTEAD TPKE, EAST MEADOW, NY, 11554-1859
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DR. JOHN SAMAS,
Yearly Payment Breakdown:

2018 Payments At a Glance

10

payments

$875

payment total

5

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
Food and Beverage
9 $571
Education
1 $304

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
MF SETS

device

$426
AMNIOEXCEL

device

$164
IDRT

device

$164
OMNIGRAFT

device

$164
PRIMATRIX

device

$164
TCC-EZ

device

$164
Payments with no listed product

N/A

$141
BOTOX

drug

$125
EXPAREL

drug

$19
† 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 3, 2018 $304 MF SETS Education STRYKER CORPORATION
Nov 13, 2018 $134 AMNIOEXCEL TCC-EZ PRIMATRIX IDRT OMNIGRAFT Food and Beverage DERMA SCIENCES, INC.
Nov 1, 2018 $124 No Listed Product Food and Beverage ACELL, INC.
Jul 12, 2018 $105 BOTOX Food and Beverage ALLERGAN INC.
Mar 9, 2018 $71 MF SETS Food and Beverage STRYKER CORPORATION
Mar 5, 2018 $51 MF SETS Food and Beverage STRYKER CORPORATION
Oct 12, 2018 $30 AMNIOEXCEL TCC-EZ PRIMATRIX IDRT OMNIGRAFT Food and Beverage DERMA SCIENCES, INC.
Jul 12, 2018 $20 BOTOX Food and Beverage ALLERGAN INC.
Apr 6, 2018 $19 EXPAREL Food and Beverage PACIRA PHARMACEUTICALS INCORPORATED
May 23, 2018 $17 No Listed Product Food and Beverage ACELL, INC.
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This site includes data published by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services on June 28, 2019.