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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 P ACKERMAN
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GEORGE P ACKERMAN

Listed Specialty: Orthopaedic Surgery
1101 STEWART AVE, SUITE 100, GARDEN CITY, NY, 11530-4892
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DR. GEORGE ACKERMAN,
Yearly Payment Breakdown:

2018 Payments At a Glance

26

payments

$2,097

payment total

8

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
24 $1,476
Travel and Lodging
2 $622

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

$1,195
GELSYN 3

device

$220
REUNION

device

$187
ADAPT

device

$149
DBM

device

$144
ORTHOVISC

device

$74
DUROLANE

device

$58
ZILRETTA

drug

$48
SCP BONE SUBSTITUTE

device

$23
VISCO-3

drug

$23
MONOVISC

device

$23
† 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
Feb 27, 2018 $604 No Listed Product Travel and Lodging ARTHREX, INC.
Feb 27, 2018 $476 No Listed Product Food and Beverage ARTHREX, INC.
Apr 27, 2018 $149 ADAPT Food and Beverage STRYKER CORPORATION
Feb 8, 2018 $144 DBM Food and Beverage STRYKER CORPORATION
Oct 17, 2018 $136 REUNION Food and Beverage STRYKER CORPORATION
Jul 25, 2018 $98 GELSYN 3 Food and Beverage BIOVENTUS LLC
Feb 8, 2018 $51 REUNION Food and Beverage STRYKER CORPORATION
May 8, 2018 $50 No Listed Product Food and Beverage ERMI INC.
Jun 11, 2018 $33 No Listed Product Food and Beverage ARTHREX, INC.
Aug 23, 2018 $30 GELSYN 3 Food and Beverage BIOVENTUS LLC
Apr 10, 2018 $30 DUROLANE Food and Beverage BIOVENTUS LLC
May 15, 2018 $28 DUROLANE Food and Beverage BIOVENTUS LLC
Jan 30, 2018 $28 GELSYN 3 Food and Beverage BIOVENTUS LLC
Oct 8, 2018 $27 GELSYN 3 Food and Beverage BIOVENTUS LLC
Dec 11, 2018 $25 GELSYN 3 Food and Beverage BIOVENTUS LLC
May 10, 2018 $24 ORTHOVISC Food and Beverage DEPUY SYNTHES SALES INC.
Mar 13, 2018 $23 VISCO-3 SCP BONE SUBSTITUTE Food and Beverage ZIMMER BIOMET HOLDINGS, INC.
Dec 4, 2018 $23 MONOVISC ORTHOVISC Food and Beverage DEPUY SYNTHES SALES INC.
Feb 7, 2018 $17 No Listed Product Travel and Lodging ARTHREX, INC.
Aug 21, 2018 $17 ZILRETTA Food and Beverage FLEXION THERAPEUTICS, INC.
May 7, 2018 $17 ZILRETTA Food and Beverage FLEXION THERAPEUTICS, INC.
Jun 28, 2018 $15 ORTHOVISC Food and Beverage DEPUY SYNTHES SALES INC.
Jun 18, 2018 $15 ZILRETTA Food and Beverage FLEXION THERAPEUTICS, INC.
Jan 19, 2018 $15 No Listed Product Food and Beverage GOTHAM SURGICAL SOLUTIONS & DEVICES, INC.
Jul 25, 2018 $12 GELSYN 3 Food and Beverage BIOVENTUS LLC
Sep 26, 2018 $12 ORTHOVISC Food and Beverage DEPUY SYNTHES SALES 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.