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RAMY N ELIAS
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RAMY N ELIAS

Listed Specialty: Orthopaedic Surgery
5750 DOWNEY AVE STE 308, LAKEWOOD, CA, 90712-1482
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MR. RAMY ELIAS,
Yearly Payment Breakdown:

2018 Payments At a Glance

24

payments

$1,134

payment total

10

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
 23 $914
Travel and Lodging
 1 $220

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†
ACCUFILL

device

 $220
LENS SURGICAL IMAGING SYSTEM

device

 $185
REUNION

device

 $139
GENERAL THERAPIES

device

 $111
REELX STT

device

 $89
PICO

device

 $71
DYNASPLINT

device

 $55
AQUAMANTYS

device

 $53
ACLPCL FLEXIBLE INSTRUMENTATION

device

 $49
DUEXIS

drug

 $39
NONE

device

 $34
AMBIENT MEGAVAC 90

device

 $34
LINVATEC KNEE PRESERVATION SYSTEM

device

 $29
EXOGEN

device

 $25
PENNSAID

drug

 $19
FORTEO

drug

 $17
† 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 13, 2018 $220 ACCUFILL Travel and Lodging ZIMMER BIOMET HOLDINGS, INC.
Dec 6, 2018 $130 LENS SURGICAL IMAGING SYSTEM Food and Beverage SMITH & NEPHEW, INC.
Aug 30, 2018 $119 REUNION Food and Beverage STRYKER CORPORATION
Jan 16, 2018 $111 GENERAL THERAPIES Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Aug 30, 2018 $89 REELX STT Food and Beverage STRYKER CORPORATION
Nov 27, 2018 $55 DYNASPLINT Food and Beverage DYNASPLINT SYSTEMS INC.
Feb 10, 2018 $53 AQUAMANTYS Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC USA, INC.
Apr 24, 2018 $49 ACLPCL FLEXIBLE INSTRUMENTATION Food and Beverage STRYKER CORPORATION
Nov 29, 2018 $34 NONE Food and Beverage STRYKER CORPORATION
Dec 6, 2018 $34 AMBIENT MEGAVAC 90 LENS SURGICAL IMAGING SYSTEM Food and Beverage SMITH & NEPHEW, INC.
May 30, 2018 $29 LINVATEC KNEE PRESERVATION SYSTEM Food and Beverage LINVATEC CORPORATION
Mar 20, 2018 $25 EXOGEN Food and Beverage BIOVENTUS LLC
Sep 5, 2018 $23 PICO Food and Beverage SMITH & NEPHEW, INC.
May 26, 2018 $20 REUNION Food and Beverage STRYKER CORPORATION
Feb 7, 2018 $20 DUEXIS Food and Beverage HORIZON PHARMA PLC
Dec 4, 2018 $19 PENNSAID Food and Beverage HORIZON PHARMA PLC
Apr 4, 2018 $19 DUEXIS Food and Beverage HORIZON PHARMA PLC
Apr 25, 2018 $19 PICO Food and Beverage SMITH & NEPHEW, INC.
Mar 22, 2018 $17 FORTEO Food and Beverage LILLY USA, LLC
Jul 11, 2018 $15 PICO Food and Beverage SMITH & NEPHEW, INC.
Jun 30, 2018 $11 LENS SURGICAL IMAGING SYSTEM Food and Beverage SMITH & NEPHEW, INC.
Jun 2, 2018 $11 LENS SURGICAL IMAGING SYSTEM Food and Beverage SMITH & NEPHEW, INC.
Jan 10, 2018 $9 PICO Food and Beverage SMITH & NEPHEW, INC.
Nov 16, 2018 $4 PICO Food and Beverage SMITH & NEPHEW, INC.
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This site includes data published by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services on June 28, 2019.