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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.

GEORGE R BOOKER
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GEORGE R BOOKER

Listed Specialty: Orthopaedic Surgery
4517 SOUTHLAKE PKWY, BIRMINGHAM, AL, 35244-3280
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DR. GEORGE BOOKER,
Yearly Payment Breakdown:

2018 Payments At a Glance

18

payments

$1,204

payment total

6

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
2 $745
Food and Beverage
16 $459

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
REGENETEN

device

$457
FIRSTPASS

device

$399
ACL REDUX

device

$376
TRUNAV

device

$376
WEREWOLF SYSTEM

device

$127
ZILRETTA

drug

$65
MENISCAL ROOT REPAIR SYSTEM

device

$64
Q-FIX

device

$58
660HD IMAGE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

device

$47
CAMERA CONTROL UNITS

device

$47
SPIDER/2

device

$47
SYNVISC-ONE

device

$34
HEALICOIL

device

$33
MULTIFIX S

device

$31
DUROLANE

device

$17
PROLIA

drug

$15
PENNSAID

drug

$12
† 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
Sep 25, 2018 $399 FIRSTPASS Travel and Lodging SMITH & NEPHEW, INC.
Sep 25, 2018 $346 ACL REDUX REGENETEN TRUNAV Travel and Lodging SMITH & NEPHEW, INC.
Feb 7, 2018 $127 WEREWOLF SYSTEM Food and Beverage SMITH & NEPHEW, INC.
Sep 25, 2018 $33 HEALICOIL MENISCAL ROOT REPAIR SYSTEM REGENETEN Food and Beverage SMITH & NEPHEW, INC.
Sep 26, 2018 $31 Q-FIX MENISCAL ROOT REPAIR SYSTEM MULTIFIX S Food and Beverage SMITH & NEPHEW, INC.
Sep 25, 2018 $31 ACL REDUX REGENETEN TRUNAV Food and Beverage SMITH & NEPHEW, INC.
Dec 20, 2018 $27 ZILRETTA Food and Beverage FLEXION THERAPEUTICS, INC.
Sep 25, 2018 $27 Q-FIX REGENETEN Food and Beverage SMITH & NEPHEW, INC.
Oct 2, 2018 $25 660HD IMAGE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM CAMERA CONTROL UNITS SPIDER/2 Food and Beverage SMITH & NEPHEW, INC.
Oct 2, 2018 $22 660HD IMAGE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM CAMERA CONTROL UNITS SPIDER/2 Food and Beverage SMITH & NEPHEW, INC.
Aug 20, 2018 $21 REGENETEN Food and Beverage SMITH & NEPHEW, INC.
Jul 27, 2018 $20 ZILRETTA Food and Beverage FLEXION THERAPEUTICS, INC.
Feb 1, 2018 $19 SYNVISC-ONE Food and Beverage SANOFI-AVENTIS U.S. LLC
Oct 10, 2018 $18 ZILRETTA Food and Beverage FLEXION THERAPEUTICS, INC.
Mar 13, 2018 $17 DUROLANE Food and Beverage BIOVENTUS LLC
Jan 10, 2018 $15 PROLIA Food and Beverage AMGEN INC.
Apr 12, 2018 $15 SYNVISC-ONE Food and Beverage SANOFI-AVENTIS U.S. LLC
Apr 17, 2018 $12 PENNSAID Food and Beverage HORIZON PHARMA PLC
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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.