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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.

ROBERT L SIMONS
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ROBERT L SIMONS

Listed Specialty: Neurological Surgery
1313 E HERNDON AVE, SUITE 101, FRESNO, CA, 93720-3306
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ROBERT SIMONS,
Yearly Payment Breakdown:

2018 Payments At a Glance

32

payments

$3,147

payment total

9

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
11 $2,131
Food and Beverage
21 $1,016

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
VIPER

device

$1,290
IGA

device

$494
O-ARM-ST

device

$444
ALIF

device

$442
Payments with no listed product

N/A

$403
LESSRAY

device

$347
NUVALINE/NUVAMAP O.R.

device

$255
ELSA

device

$121
EXPAREL

drug

$115
COALITION AGX

device

$106
EXPEDIUM

device

$69
PNEUMATIC KAIRISON

device

$21
PARSABIV

drug

$20
FORTEO

drug

$17
O-ARM-SPINE

device

$14
RISE

device

$14
TYMLOS

drug

$13
† 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
Aug 10, 2018 $562 VIPER Travel and Lodging MEDICAL DEVICE BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.
Aug 10, 2018 $384 VIPER Travel and Lodging MEDICAL DEVICE BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.
May 24, 2018 $368 No Listed Product Travel and Lodging NUVASIVE, INC.
Jun 2, 2018 $255 LESSRAY NUVALINE/NUVAMAP O.R. ALIF IGA Travel and Lodging NUVASIVE, INC.
Nov 10, 2018 $236 O-ARM-ST Travel and Lodging MEDTRONIC USA, INC.
Apr 12, 2018 $147 IGA Food and Beverage NUVASIVE, INC.
Nov 10, 2018 $124 O-ARM-ST Travel and Lodging MEDTRONIC USA, INC.
Aug 10, 2018 $123 VIPER Food and Beverage MEDICAL DEVICE BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.
May 1, 2018 $121 ELSA Food and Beverage GLOBUS MEDICAL, INC.
Nov 13, 2018 $106 COALITION AGX Food and Beverage GLOBUS MEDICAL, INC.
Jun 1, 2018 $92 IGA ALIF LESSRAY Travel and Lodging NUVASIVE, INC.
Aug 12, 2018 $89 EXPAREL VIPER Food and Beverage DEPUY SYNTHES SALES INC.
Apr 19, 2018 $69 EXPEDIUM Food and Beverage DEPUY SYNTHES SALES INC.
Aug 10, 2018 $39 VIPER Travel and Lodging MEDICAL DEVICE BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.
Nov 10, 2018 $36 O-ARM-ST Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC USA, INC.
Jan 2, 2018 $35 ALIF Food and Beverage NUVASIVE, INC.
May 24, 2018 $35 No Listed Product Travel and Lodging NUVASIVE, INC.
Aug 10, 2018 $34 VIPER Food and Beverage MEDICAL DEVICE BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.
Aug 11, 2018 $33 VIPER Food and Beverage MEDICAL DEVICE BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.
Nov 10, 2018 $32 O-ARM-ST Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC USA, INC.
Aug 11, 2018 $26 VIPER Food and Beverage MEDICAL DEVICE BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.
Aug 12, 2018 $26 EXPAREL Food and Beverage DEPUY SYNTHES SALES INC.
Jun 2, 2018 $22 ALIF Travel and Lodging NUVASIVE, INC.
May 30, 2018 $21 PNEUMATIC KAIRISON Food and Beverage AESCULAP, INC.
Jun 1, 2018 $21 ALIF Food and Beverage NUVASIVE, INC.
Aug 29, 2018 $20 PARSABIV Food and Beverage AMGEN INC.
Mar 2, 2018 $17 FORTEO Food and Beverage LILLY USA, LLC
Jun 1, 2018 $16 ALIF Food and Beverage NUVASIVE, INC.
Nov 10, 2018 $16 O-ARM-ST Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC USA, INC.
Nov 9, 2018 $14 O-ARM-SPINE Travel and Lodging MEDTRONIC USA, INC.
Mar 9, 2018 $14 RISE Food and Beverage GLOBUS MEDICAL, INC.
Feb 28, 2018 $13 TYMLOS Food and Beverage RADIUS HEALTH, 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.