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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.

EDWARD L BIRDSONG
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EDWARD L BIRDSONG

Listed Specialty: Orthopaedic Surgery
1307 FEDERAL ST, 2ND FLOOR, PITTSBURGH, PA, 15212-4769
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DR. EDWARD BIRDSONG,
Yearly Payment Breakdown:

2018 Payments At a Glance

26

payments

$23,109

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
Promotional Speaking/Other
 7 $19,422
Travel and Lodging
 14 $3,326
Food and Beverage
 5 $361

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

 $23,011
REGENETEN

device

 $84
APTUS

device

 $14
† 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
Jul 26, 2018 $10,850 No Listed Product Promotional Speaking/Other ARTHREX, INC.
Jul 26, 2018 $5,600 No Listed Product Promotional Speaking/Other ARTHREX, INC.
Jul 26, 2018 $2,800 No Listed Product Promotional Speaking/Other ARTHREX, INC.
Oct 17, 2018 $520 No Listed Product Travel and Lodging ARTHREX, INC.
May 9, 2018 $469 No Listed Product Travel and Lodging ARTHREX, INC.
Nov 14, 2018 $348 No Listed Product Travel and Lodging ARTHREX, INC.
May 3, 2018 $330 No Listed Product Travel and Lodging ARTHREX, INC.
Nov 28, 2018 $281 No Listed Product Travel and Lodging ARTHREX, INC.
Jun 13, 2018 $269 No Listed Product Travel and Lodging ARTHREX, INC.
Nov 27, 2018 $205 No Listed Product Travel and Lodging ARTHREX, INC.
Nov 26, 2018 $189 No Listed Product Travel and Lodging ARTHREX, INC.
Jun 13, 2018 $169 No Listed Product Travel and Lodging ARTHREX, INC.
Jun 25, 2018 $144 No Listed Product Travel and Lodging ARTHREX, INC.
Mar 26, 2018 $143 No Listed Product Travel and Lodging ARTHREX, INC.
Jun 26, 2018 $126 No Listed Product Travel and Lodging ARTHREX, INC.
May 4, 2018 $124 No Listed Product Food and Beverage ARTHREX, INC.
Nov 26, 2018 $104 No Listed Product Food and Beverage PINNACLE, INC
Aug 31, 2018 $84 REGENETEN Food and Beverage SMITH & NEPHEW, INC.
May 16, 2018 $75 No Listed Product Travel and Lodging ARTHREX, INC.
Jul 26, 2018 $72 No Listed Product Promotional Speaking/Other ARTHREX, INC.
May 22, 2018 $59 No Listed Product Travel and Lodging ARTHREX, INC.
Jul 26, 2018 $58 No Listed Product Promotional Speaking/Other ARTHREX, INC.
May 21, 2018 $35 No Listed Product Food and Beverage ARTHREX, INC.
Jul 26, 2018 $24 No Listed Product Promotional Speaking/Other ARTHREX, INC.
Jul 26, 2018 $18 No Listed Product Promotional Speaking/Other ARTHREX, INC.
Mar 20, 2018 $14 APTUS Food and Beverage MEDARTIS 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.