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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.

RAFAEL J FERNANDEZ
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RAFAEL J FERNANDEZ

Listed Specialty: Orthopaedic Surgery
1797 CORAL WAY SW 22ND ST, MIAMI, FL, 33145
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DR. RAFAEL FERNANDEZ,
Yearly Payment Breakdown:

2018 Payments At a Glance

13

payments

$3,029

payment total

4

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
 7 $1,427
Education
 1 $1,086
Food and Beverage
 5 $515

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†
AMISTEM

device

 $1,114
Payments with no listed product

N/A

 $1,086
CORAIL

device

 $395
MI-EYE

device

 $305
ME1000 SURGICAL IMPACTOR

device

 $128
SPEEDTRAP

device

 $128
TFN ADVANCED

device

 $128
TRUESPAN

device

 $128
VA-LCP PLATES & SCREWS

device

 $128
† 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
Jun 30, 2018 $1,086 No Listed Product Education SOUTHERN EDGE ORTHOPAEDICS, INC.
Jun 15, 2018 $576 AMISTEM Travel and Lodging MEDACTA USA, INC.
Jan 15, 2018 $454 AMISTEM Travel and Lodging MEDACTA USA, INC.
Jan 31, 2018 $305 MI-EYE Food and Beverage TRICE MEDICAL, INC.
Jan 26, 2018 $304 CORAIL Travel and Lodging DEPUY SYNTHES SALES INC.
Jul 27, 2018 $128 TFN ADVANCED ME1000 SURGICAL IMPACTOR TRUESPAN SPEEDTRAP VA-LCP PLATES & SCREWS Food and Beverage DEPUY SYNTHES SALES INC.
Jun 15, 2018 $58 AMISTEM Travel and Lodging MEDACTA USA, INC.
Jan 26, 2018 $38 CORAIL Food and Beverage DEPUY SYNTHES SALES INC.
Jan 26, 2018 $26 CORAIL Food and Beverage DEPUY SYNTHES SALES INC.
Jan 9, 2018 $19 AMISTEM Travel and Lodging MEDACTA USA, INC.
Jan 26, 2018 $18 CORAIL Food and Beverage DEPUY SYNTHES SALES INC.
Jan 26, 2018 $9 CORAIL Travel and Lodging DEPUY SYNTHES SALES INC.
Jan 9, 2018 $7 AMISTEM Travel and Lodging MEDACTA 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.