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RAKESH DONTHINENI
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RAKESH DONTHINENI

Listed Specialty: Orthopaedic Surgery
5700 TELEGRAPH AVENUE, OAKLAND, CA, 94609-1710
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RAKESH DONTHINENI,
Yearly Payment Breakdown:

2018 Payments At a Glance

36

payments

$6,213

payment total

10

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
Promotional Speaking/Other
 1 $4,573
Food and Beverage
 33 $1,371
Travel and Lodging
 2 $270

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†
OSTEOCOOL RF ABLATION

device

 $5,029
SPECTRA WAVEWRITER

device

 $240
EQUINOXE

device

 $223
SYNCHROMED

device

 $184
GENERAL PAIN MANAGEMENT

device

 $110
SIMMETRY SACROILIAC JOINT FUSION SYSTEM

device

 $95
IFUSE IMPLANT

device

 $77
SMARTPREP MULTICELLULAR PROCESSING SYSTEM

device

 $61
CAVUX CERVICAL CAGE

device

 $40
DTRAX SPINAL SYSTEM

device

 $40
ALLY BONE SCREW

device

 $40
BIOLOGIX ALLOGRAFT BONE

device

 $40
MOBILE BEARING HIP SYSTEM

device

 $38
MYSTIM

device

 $34
SCS IPGS

device

 $27
KYPHON BALLOON KYPHOPLASTY

device

 $23
ACTIS

device

 $18
SPECTRA WAVEWRITER (REFURBISHED)

device

 $10
COVEREDGE

device

 $5
† 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
Jun 19, 2018 $4,573 OSTEOCOOL RF ABLATION Promotional Speaking/Other MEDTRONIC USA, INC. Rakesh Donthineni Md Inc
Jun 9, 2018 $251 OSTEOCOOL RF ABLATION Travel and Lodging MEDTRONIC USA, INC.
Oct 5, 2018 $204 EQUINOXE Food and Beverage EXACTECH, INC.
Oct 5, 2018 $155 SYNCHROMED Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC USA, INC.
May 10, 2018 $95 SIMMETRY SACROILIAC JOINT FUSION SYSTEM Food and Beverage RTI SURGICAL, INC.
Nov 15, 2018 $77 IFUSE IMPLANT Food and Beverage SI-BONE, INC.
Oct 23, 2018 $76 SPECTRA WAVEWRITER Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Jun 9, 2018 $75 OSTEOCOOL RF ABLATION Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC USA, INC.
May 21, 2018 $69 GENERAL PAIN MANAGEMENT Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Jun 9, 2018 $69 OSTEOCOOL RF ABLATION Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC USA, INC.
Jun 1, 2018 $63 SPECTRA WAVEWRITER Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Jun 9, 2018 $62 OSTEOCOOL RF ABLATION Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC USA, INC.
Jun 28, 2018 $61 SMARTPREP MULTICELLULAR PROCESSING SYSTEM Food and Beverage TERUMO BCT, INC.
Oct 10, 2018 $48 SPECTRA WAVEWRITER Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Jun 11, 2018 $40 CAVUX CERVICAL CAGE DTRAX SPINAL SYSTEM ALLY BONE SCREW BIOLOGIX ALLOGRAFT BONE Food and Beverage PROVIDENCE MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY, INC.
Feb 13, 2018 $38 MOBILE BEARING HIP SYSTEM Food and Beverage STRYKER CORPORATION
Oct 19, 2018 $38 SPECTRA WAVEWRITER Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Apr 3, 2018 $29 SYNCHROMED Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC USA, INC.
Mar 9, 2018 $27 SCS IPGS Food and Beverage ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Oct 5, 2018 $19 EQUINOXE Travel and Lodging EXACTECH, INC.
Apr 21, 2018 $18 ACTIS Food and Beverage MEDICAL DEVICE BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.
Jan 11, 2018 $15 MYSTIM Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC USA, INC.
Nov 6, 2018 $12 KYPHON BALLOON KYPHOPLASTY Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC USA, INC.
Sep 13, 2018 $11 KYPHON BALLOON KYPHOPLASTY Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC USA, INC.
May 25, 2018 $11 MYSTIM Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC USA, INC.
May 10, 2018 $10 GENERAL PAIN MANAGEMENT Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Dec 18, 2018 $10 GENERAL PAIN MANAGEMENT Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Jun 5, 2018 $10 SPECTRA WAVEWRITER (REFURBISHED) Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Jan 30, 2018 $8 MYSTIM Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC USA, INC.
Sep 25, 2018 $7 GENERAL PAIN MANAGEMENT Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Sep 18, 2018 $7 GENERAL PAIN MANAGEMENT Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Nov 13, 2018 $7 SPECTRA WAVEWRITER Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Oct 2, 2018 $6 GENERAL PAIN MANAGEMENT Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Aug 7, 2018 $5 SPECTRA WAVEWRITER Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Jul 24, 2018 $5 COVEREDGE Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Sep 11, 2018 $3 SPECTRA WAVEWRITER Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
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This site includes data published by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services on June 28, 2019.