Dollars for Docs

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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.

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Listed Specialty: Neurological Surgery
350 W THOMAS RD, PHOENIX, AZ, 85013-4409
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Yearly Payment Breakdown:

2018 Payments At a Glance

23

payments

$1,475

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
Food and Beverage
 20 $1,130
Education
 3 $345

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†
XLIF

device

 $366
Payments with no listed product

N/A

 $349
COHERE

device

 $181
MAZORX - RENAISSANCE

device

 $158
GENERAL DBS

device

 $126
LESSRAY

device

 $115
HEARTWARE HVAD

device

 $95
MODULUS

device

 $80
MAXCESS

device

 $70
RELINE

device

 $43
ALIF

device

 $35
OSTEOCEL

device

 $26
PULSE

device

 $18
VUEPOINT

device

 $9
† 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
Nov 30, 2018 $195 No Listed Product Education MEDICAL DEVICE BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.
Dec 6, 2018 $181 COHERE Food and Beverage NUVASIVE, INC.
Jun 14, 2018 $158 MAZORX - RENAISSANCE Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC USA, INC.
Mar 1, 2018 $126 GENERAL DBS Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Nov 30, 2018 $110 No Listed Product Education MEDICAL DEVICE BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.
Aug 10, 2018 $107 XLIF Food and Beverage NUVASIVE, INC.
Mar 28, 2018 $80 XLIF LESSRAY MODULUS Food and Beverage NUVASIVE, INC.
Aug 11, 2018 $70 MAXCESS Food and Beverage NUVASIVE, INC.
Jan 18, 2018 $68 XLIF Food and Beverage NUVASIVE, INC.
May 30, 2018 $57 HEARTWARE HVAD Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Dec 14, 2018 $47 XLIF Food and Beverage NUVASIVE, INC.
Jan 21, 2018 $43 RELINE Food and Beverage NUVASIVE, INC.
Nov 30, 2018 $40 No Listed Product Education MEDICAL DEVICE BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.
May 30, 2018 $38 HEARTWARE HVAD Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Jan 19, 2018 $35 LESSRAY ALIF Food and Beverage NUVASIVE, INC.
Jan 19, 2018 $35 XLIF Food and Beverage NUVASIVE, INC.
Sep 25, 2018 $25 XLIF Food and Beverage NUVASIVE, INC.
May 8, 2018 $18 PULSE Food and Beverage NUVASIVE, INC.
Jun 28, 2018 $18 OSTEOCEL Food and Beverage NUVASIVE, INC.
May 8, 2018 $9 VUEPOINT Food and Beverage NUVASIVE, INC.
May 2, 2018 $8 OSTEOCEL Food and Beverage NUVASIVE, INC.
Sep 21, 2018 $4 No Listed Product Food and Beverage NUVASIVE, INC.
Sep 10, 2018 $3 XLIF Food and Beverage NUVASIVE, 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.