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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.

CHRISTOPHER M BETZ
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CHRISTOPHER M BETZ

Listed Specialty: Orthopaedic Surgery
5115 BEACH CHANNEL DR, FAR ROCKAWAY, NY, 11691-1042
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CHRISTOPHER BETZ,
Yearly Payment Breakdown:

2018 Payments At a Glance

20

payments

$5,079

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
Education
 4 $4,116
Food and Beverage
 16 $963

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

 $4,144
EXPAREL

drug

 $232
REUNION

device

 $208
REGENETEN

device

 $117
SHOULDER IMPLANTS BICEPS REPAIR SWIVELOCK TENODESIS

device

 $104
VARIAX

device

 $90
ZILRETTA

drug

 $73
AXSOS

device

 $69
VIVIGEN

device

 $58
GAMMA

device

 $54
DYNASPLINT

device

 $45
MONOVISC

device

 $17
ORTHOVISC

device

 $17
PEAK

device

 $17
PENNSAID

drug

 $13
† 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 23, 2018 $2,827 No Listed Product Education ARTHREX, INC.
Nov 9, 2018 $635 No Listed Product Education KAIROS SURGICAL INC
Apr 6, 2018 $435 No Listed Product Education KAIROS SURGICAL INC
Aug 24, 2018 $219 No Listed Product Education PRODIGY SURGICAL DISTRIBUTION, INC.
Aug 1, 2018 $125 EXPAREL Food and Beverage PACIRA PHARMACEUTICALS INCORPORATED
Jan 16, 2018 $117 REGENETEN Food and Beverage SMITH & NEPHEW, INC.
Oct 29, 2018 $107 EXPAREL Food and Beverage PACIRA PHARMACEUTICALS INCORPORATED
Oct 29, 2018 $104 SHOULDER IMPLANTS BICEPS REPAIR SWIVELOCK TENODESIS Food and Beverage ARTHREX, INC.
Aug 10, 2018 $76 VARIAX REUNION Food and Beverage STRYKER CORPORATION
Jun 20, 2018 $73 ZILRETTA Food and Beverage FLEXION THERAPEUTICS, INC.
Jun 22, 2018 $69 REUNION AXSOS Food and Beverage STRYKER CORPORATION
Jun 22, 2018 $64 REUNION Food and Beverage STRYKER CORPORATION
Feb 28, 2018 $58 VIVIGEN Food and Beverage DEPUY SYNTHES SALES INC.
Dec 13, 2018 $45 DYNASPLINT Food and Beverage DYNASPLINT SYSTEMS INC.
Jun 22, 2018 $33 GAMMA Food and Beverage STRYKER CORPORATION
Feb 23, 2018 $28 No Listed Product Food and Beverage ARTHREX, INC.
Jun 29, 2018 $21 GAMMA Food and Beverage STRYKER CORPORATION
Jan 3, 2018 $17 ORTHOVISC MONOVISC PEAK Food and Beverage DEPUY SYNTHES SALES INC.
Aug 7, 2018 $15 VARIAX Food and Beverage STRYKER CORPORATION
Jan 30, 2018 $13 PENNSAID Food and Beverage HORIZON PHARMA PLC
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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.