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MELISSA M ERICKSON
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MELISSA M ERICKSON

Listed Specialty: Orthopaedic Surgery
30 DUKE MEDICINE CIR, DURHAM, NC, 27710-3000
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DR. MELISSA ERICKSON,
Yearly Payment Breakdown:

2018 Payments At a Glance

21

payments

$9,949

payment total

5

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
Consulting
 1 $8,490
Travel and Lodging
 4 $803
Food and Beverage
 16 $656

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†
EXPEDIUM

device

 $9,425
VIPER

device

 $9,425
OSTEOVUE

device

 $8,584
SYNAPSE

device

 $8,584
NAVIGATION

device

 $841
Payments with no listed product

N/A

 $170
MAZORX - RENAISSANCE

device

 $134
AIRO

device

 $91
PULSE

device

 $73
TLIF

device

 $73
DIVERGENCE-L

device

 $23
TRIGEN META-NAIL

device

 $17
KYPHON BALLOON KYPHOPLASTY

device

 $15
† 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 $8,490 OSTEOVUE SYNAPSE VIPER EXPEDIUM Consulting MEDICAL DEVICE BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.
Mar 1, 2018 $402 EXPEDIUM NAVIGATION VIPER Travel and Lodging MEDICAL DEVICE BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.
Mar 1, 2018 $253 EXPEDIUM NAVIGATION VIPER Travel and Lodging MEDICAL DEVICE BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.
Apr 2, 2018 $140 No Listed Product Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC USA, INC.
Apr 13, 2018 $94 OSTEOVUE SYNAPSE VIPER EXPEDIUM Travel and Lodging MEDICAL DEVICE BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.
Mar 10, 2018 $91 AIRO Food and Beverage BRAINLAB, INC.
Nov 15, 2018 $85 MAZORX - RENAISSANCE Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC USA, INC.
Mar 1, 2018 $83 EXPEDIUM NAVIGATION VIPER Food and Beverage MEDICAL DEVICE BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.
Oct 11, 2018 $73 PULSE TLIF Food and Beverage NUVASIVE, INC.
Mar 1, 2018 $53 EXPEDIUM NAVIGATION VIPER Travel and Lodging MEDICAL DEVICE BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.
Jun 4, 2018 $49 MAZORX - RENAISSANCE Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC USA, INC.
Jul 25, 2018 $30 No Listed Product Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC USA, INC.
Mar 2, 2018 $22 EXPEDIUM NAVIGATION VIPER Food and Beverage MEDICAL DEVICE BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.
Mar 2, 2018 $20 EXPEDIUM NAVIGATION VIPER Food and Beverage MEDICAL DEVICE BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.
Jan 13, 2018 $17 TRIGEN META-NAIL Food and Beverage SMITH & NEPHEW, INC.
Jun 14, 2018 $12 DIVERGENCE-L Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC USA, INC.
Sep 10, 2018 $11 DIVERGENCE-L Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC USA, INC.
Mar 2, 2018 $8 EXPEDIUM NAVIGATION VIPER Food and Beverage MEDICAL DEVICE BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.
Aug 22, 2018 $6 KYPHON BALLOON KYPHOPLASTY Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC USA, INC.
Feb 21, 2018 $4 KYPHON BALLOON KYPHOPLASTY Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC USA, INC.
Apr 27, 2018 $4 KYPHON BALLOON KYPHOPLASTY Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC USA, INC.
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This site includes data published by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services on June 28, 2019.