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GALEN S KAM
Listed Specialty: Orthopaedic Surgery
10135 W TWAIN AVE, SUITE 100, LAS VEGAS, NV, 89147-6720
DR. GALEN KAM,
Yearly Payment Breakdown:
2018 Payments At a Glance
20
payments
$7,370
payment total
7
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 |
2 | $5,670 |
Travel and Lodging |
1 | $865 |
Food and Beverage |
17 | $836 |
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† |
|---|---|---|
EQUINOXE |
device |
$5,937 |
Payments with no listed product |
N/A |
$865 |
VIRAGE |
device |
$131 |
ASCEND FLEX |
device |
$126 |
Q-FIX |
device |
$79 |
REGENETEN |
device |
$56 |
COBLATION WANDS |
device |
$51 |
PHYSIO-STIM |
drug |
$33 |
SPIDER/2 |
device |
$26 |
GOFLO POLE PUMP |
device |
$25 |
STEMLESS INSTRUMENTS |
device |
$23 |
EXTERNAL FIXATION SYSTEM |
device |
$17 |
FREEDOM WRIST |
device |
$17 |
PYRO MCP |
device |
$17 |
TITAN-SHOULDER |
device |
$17 |
TSSM - TOTAL SHOULDER SYSTEM METAL |
device |
$17 |
T-MAX |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 17, 2018 | $3,990 | EQUINOXE | Consulting | EXACTECH, INC. | |
| May 4, 2018 | $1,680 | EQUINOXE | Consulting | EXACTECH, INC. | |
| Aug 1, 2018 | $865 | No Listed Product | Travel and Lodging | SHOULDER INNOVATIONS, INC. | |
| Mar 23, 2018 | $267 | EQUINOXE | Food and Beverage | EXACTECH, INC. | |
| Jul 25, 2018 | $131 | VIRAGE | Food and Beverage | ZIMMER BIOMET HOLDINGS, INC. | |
| Oct 23, 2018 | $126 | ASCEND FLEX | Food and Beverage | WRIGHT MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY, INC. | |
| Oct 6, 2018 | $43 | Q-FIX | Food and Beverage | SMITH & NEPHEW, INC. | |
| Sep 26, 2018 | $42 | REGENETEN | Food and Beverage | SMITH & NEPHEW, INC. | |
| Sep 14, 2018 | $36 | Q-FIX | Food and Beverage | SMITH & NEPHEW, INC. | |
| Sep 17, 2018 | $30 | COBLATION WANDS | Food and Beverage | SMITH & NEPHEW, INC. | |
| Oct 12, 2018 | $25 | GOFLO POLE PUMP | Food and Beverage | SMITH & NEPHEW, INC. | |
| Aug 29, 2018 | $23 | STEMLESS INSTRUMENTS | Food and Beverage | ZIMMER BIOMET HOLDINGS, INC. | |
| Oct 4, 2018 | $22 | COBLATION WANDS | Food and Beverage | SMITH & NEPHEW, INC. | |
| Mar 7, 2018 | $21 | PHYSIO-STIM | Food and Beverage | ORTHOFIX MEDICAL, INC. | |
| May 29, 2018 | $17 | FREEDOM WRIST PYRO MCP TSSM - TOTAL SHOULDER SYSTEM METAL TITAN-SHOULDER EXTERNAL FIXATION SYSTEM | Food and Beverage | INTEGRA LIFESCIENCES CORPORATION | |
| Aug 29, 2018 | $14 | REGENETEN | Food and Beverage | SMITH & NEPHEW, INC. | |
| Oct 5, 2018 | $12 | PHYSIO-STIM | Food and Beverage | ORTHOFIX MEDICAL, INC. | |
| Dec 27, 2018 | $11 | SPIDER/2 | Food and Beverage | SMITH & NEPHEW, INC. | |
| Oct 31, 2018 | $10 | SPIDER/2 T-MAX | Food and Beverage | SMITH & NEPHEW, INC. | |
| Oct 31, 2018 | $5 | SPIDER/2 T-MAX | 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.