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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.

STEPHEN M HOWELL
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STEPHEN M HOWELL

Listed Specialty: Adult Reconstructive Orthopaedic Surgery
8120 TIMBERLAKE WAY, SUITE 112, SACRAMENTO, CA, 95823-5412
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STEPHEN HOWELL,
Yearly Payment Breakdown:

2018 Payments At a Glance

102

payments

$778,386

payment total

4

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
16 $414K
Royalty or License
4 $295K
Travel and Lodging
43 $50,602
Honoraria
1 $16,400
Food and Beverage
38 $2,342

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
GMK SPHERE

device

$368K
TOGGLELOC

device

$157K
EZ LOC FMRL FIXATION

device

$138K
TSOLUTION ONE SURGICAL SYSTEM

device

$96,277
GMK

device

$55,500
MYKNEE

device

$2,484
AMISTEM

device

$1,533
VERASENSE

device

$78
MOTO PARTIAL KNEE

device

$55
Payments with no listed product

N/A

$53
† 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 19, 2018 $133,072 GMK SPHERE Consulting MEDACTA USA, INC.
Aug 3, 2018 $104,600 GMK SPHERE Consulting MEDACTA USA, INC.
Feb 20, 2018 $85,555 TOGGLELOC Royalty or License ZIMMER BIOMET HOLDINGS, INC.
May 15, 2018 $73,716 EZ LOC FMRL FIXATION Royalty or License ZIMMER BIOMET HOLDINGS, INC.
Aug 13, 2018 $71,519 TOGGLELOC Royalty or License ZIMMER BIOMET HOLDINGS, INC.
Nov 13, 2018 $64,130 EZ LOC FMRL FIXATION Royalty or License ZIMMER BIOMET HOLDINGS, INC.
Apr 12, 2018 $41,350 GMK SPHERE Consulting MEDACTA USA, INC.
Jan 18, 2018 $39,100 GMK GMK SPHERE Consulting MEDACTA USA, INC.
Jun 5, 2018 $16,400 GMK Honoraria MEDACTA USA, INC.
Nov 13, 2018 $11,029 GMK SPHERE Travel and Lodging MEDACTA USA, INC.
Mar 29, 2018 $10,344 GMK SPHERE Travel and Lodging MEDACTA USA, INC.
Aug 16, 2018 $8,000 TSOLUTION ONE SURGICAL SYSTEM Consulting THINK SURGICAL, INC.
Jun 19, 2018 $8,000 TSOLUTION ONE SURGICAL SYSTEM Consulting THINK SURGICAL, INC.
Oct 23, 2018 $8,000 TSOLUTION ONE SURGICAL SYSTEM Consulting THINK SURGICAL, INC.
Sep 18, 2018 $8,000 TSOLUTION ONE SURGICAL SYSTEM Consulting THINK SURGICAL, INC.
Jul 17, 2018 $8,000 TSOLUTION ONE SURGICAL SYSTEM Consulting THINK SURGICAL, INC.
Dec 13, 2018 $8,000 TSOLUTION ONE SURGICAL SYSTEM Consulting THINK SURGICAL, INC.
Jan 18, 2018 $8,000 TSOLUTION ONE SURGICAL SYSTEM Consulting THINK SURGICAL, INC.
Nov 13, 2018 $8,000 TSOLUTION ONE SURGICAL SYSTEM Consulting THINK SURGICAL, INC.
Feb 20, 2018 $8,000 TSOLUTION ONE SURGICAL SYSTEM Consulting THINK SURGICAL, INC.
May 17, 2018 $8,000 TSOLUTION ONE SURGICAL SYSTEM Consulting THINK SURGICAL, INC.
Mar 22, 2018 $8,000 TSOLUTION ONE SURGICAL SYSTEM Consulting THINK SURGICAL, INC.
Apr 20, 2018 $8,000 TSOLUTION ONE SURGICAL SYSTEM Consulting THINK SURGICAL, INC.
Nov 12, 2018 $6,321 GMK SPHERE Travel and Lodging MEDACTA USA, INC.
May 23, 2018 $4,987 GMK SPHERE Travel and Lodging MEDACTA USA, INC.
Feb 13, 2018 $2,736 GMK SPHERE Travel and Lodging MEDACTA USA, INC.
Aug 22, 2018 $2,652 GMK SPHERE Travel and Lodging MEDACTA USA, INC.
Mar 29, 2018 $1,814 GMK SPHERE Travel and Lodging MEDACTA USA, INC.
Feb 20, 2018 $1,777 GMK SPHERE Travel and Lodging MEDACTA USA, INC.
Aug 31, 2018 $1,372 GMK SPHERE Travel and Lodging MEDACTA USA, INC.
Oct 23, 2018 $1,153 GMK SPHERE Travel and Lodging MEDACTA USA, INC.
May 10, 2018 $857 GMK SPHERE Travel and Lodging MEDACTA USA, INC.
Jul 28, 2018 $669 MYKNEE Travel and Lodging MEDACTA USA, INC.
Apr 20, 2018 $450 GMK SPHERE AMISTEM Travel and Lodging MEDACTA USA, INC.
Jul 27, 2018 $337 MYKNEE Travel and Lodging MEDACTA USA, INC.
Feb 26, 2018 $277 TSOLUTION ONE SURGICAL SYSTEM Travel and Lodging THINK SURGICAL, INC.
Jul 31, 2018 $275 MYKNEE Travel and Lodging MEDACTA USA, INC.
May 11, 2018 $267 GMK SPHERE Travel and Lodging MEDACTA USA, INC.
Jul 26, 2018 $260 MYKNEE Travel and Lodging MEDACTA USA, INC.
Mar 29, 2018 $260 GMK SPHERE Travel and Lodging MEDACTA USA, INC.
Apr 8, 2018 $257 GMK SPHERE Travel and Lodging MEDACTA USA, INC.
Jul 28, 2018 $232 MYKNEE Travel and Lodging MEDACTA USA, INC.
Nov 18, 2018 $229 GMK SPHERE Travel and Lodging MEDACTA USA, INC.
Dec 17, 2018 $206 GMK SPHERE Travel and Lodging MEDACTA USA, INC.
Nov 2, 2018 $188 GMK SPHERE Travel and Lodging MEDACTA USA, INC.
Dec 17, 2018 $185 GMK SPHERE Travel and Lodging MEDACTA USA, INC.
Sep 21, 2018 $170 GMK SPHERE AMISTEM Travel and Lodging MEDACTA USA, INC.
Jul 27, 2018 $156 MYKNEE Food and Beverage MEDACTA USA, INC.
Jul 26, 2018 $150 MYKNEE Food and Beverage MEDACTA USA, INC.
Jul 30, 2018 $150 MYKNEE Travel and Lodging MEDACTA USA, INC.
Apr 20, 2018 $141 AMISTEM GMK SPHERE Travel and Lodging MEDACTA USA, INC.
Dec 5, 2018 $132 GMK SPHERE Travel and Lodging MEDACTA USA, INC.
May 11, 2018 $131 GMK SPHERE Food and Beverage MEDACTA USA, INC.
Jul 14, 2018 $120 GMK SPHERE Food and Beverage MEDACTA USA, INC.
Nov 13, 2018 $119 GMK SPHERE Travel and Lodging MEDACTA USA, INC.
Mar 8, 2018 $119 GMK SPHERE Travel and Lodging MEDACTA USA, INC.
Mar 10, 2018 $119 AMISTEM GMK SPHERE Travel and Lodging MEDACTA USA, INC.
Apr 9, 2018 $118 GMK SPHERE Food and Beverage MEDACTA USA, INC.
Aug 26, 2018 $111 GMK SPHERE Food and Beverage MEDACTA USA, INC.
Sep 21, 2018 $107 GMK SPHERE AMISTEM Food and Beverage MEDACTA USA, INC.
Nov 2, 2018 $106 GMK SPHERE AMISTEM Food and Beverage MEDACTA USA, INC.
Apr 20, 2018 $106 GMK SPHERE AMISTEM Food and Beverage MEDACTA USA, INC.
Mar 9, 2018 $102 GMK SPHERE Food and Beverage MEDACTA USA, INC.
Mar 8, 2018 $100 GMK SPHERE Food and Beverage MEDACTA USA, INC.
Sep 21, 2018 $97 AMISTEM GMK SPHERE Travel and Lodging MEDACTA USA, INC.
Jul 28, 2018 $95 MYKNEE Food and Beverage MEDACTA USA, INC.
Dec 5, 2018 $82 GMK SPHERE Food and Beverage MEDACTA USA, INC.
Jul 10, 2018 $78 VERASENSE Food and Beverage ORTHOSENSOR INC.
Sep 17, 2018 $76 GMK SPHERE Food and Beverage MEDACTA USA, INC.
Jul 28, 2018 $72 MYKNEE Travel and Lodging MEDACTA USA, INC.
May 11, 2018 $72 GMK SPHERE Travel and Lodging MEDACTA USA, INC.
Dec 5, 2018 $71 GMK SPHERE Food and Beverage MEDACTA USA, INC.
Feb 20, 2018 $59 GMK SPHERE Travel and Lodging MEDACTA USA, INC.
Apr 22, 2018 $55 MOTO PARTIAL KNEE Food and Beverage MEDACTA USA, INC.
Oct 19, 2018 $55 GMK SPHERE Food and Beverage MEDACTA USA, INC.
May 15, 2018 $53 No Listed Product Food and Beverage ZIMMER BIOMET HOLDINGS, INC.
Jan 9, 2018 $52 GMK SPHERE Food and Beverage MEDACTA USA, INC.
Dec 8, 2018 $50 GMK SPHERE Travel and Lodging MEDACTA USA, INC.
Apr 20, 2018 $48 GMK SPHERE AMISTEM Food and Beverage MEDACTA USA, INC.
Dec 5, 2018 $41 GMK SPHERE Travel and Lodging MEDACTA USA, INC.
Oct 26, 2018 $39 TOGGLELOC Food and Beverage ZIMMER BIOMET HOLDINGS, INC.
Apr 20, 2018 $38 AMISTEM GMK SPHERE Food and Beverage MEDACTA USA, INC.
Apr 20, 2018 $36 GMK SPHERE AMISTEM Food and Beverage MEDACTA USA, INC.
Apr 20, 2018 $35 AMISTEM GMK SPHERE Travel and Lodging MEDACTA USA, INC.
Apr 20, 2018 $34 AMISTEM GMK SPHERE Food and Beverage MEDACTA USA, INC.
Sep 23, 2018 $32 MYKNEE Food and Beverage MEDACTA USA, INC.
May 11, 2018 $30 GMK SPHERE Travel and Lodging MEDACTA USA, INC.
Nov 3, 2018 $27 GMK SPHERE Food and Beverage MEDACTA USA, INC.
May 10, 2018 $26 GMK SPHERE Travel and Lodging MEDACTA USA, INC.
Apr 20, 2018 $23 GMK SPHERE AMISTEM Food and Beverage MEDACTA USA, INC.
Sep 20, 2018 $23 GMK SPHERE Food and Beverage MEDACTA USA, INC.
Dec 5, 2018 $22 GMK SPHERE Food and Beverage MEDACTA USA, INC.
Dec 17, 2018 $19 GMK SPHERE Travel and Lodging MEDACTA USA, INC.
Mar 11, 2018 $17 GMK SPHERE Food and Beverage MEDACTA USA, INC.
Dec 6, 2018 $16 GMK SPHERE Travel and Lodging MEDACTA USA, INC.
Jul 27, 2018 $15 MYKNEE Food and Beverage MEDACTA USA, INC.
Jul 28, 2018 $13 MYKNEE Food and Beverage MEDACTA USA, INC.
Apr 20, 2018 $12 GMK SPHERE AMISTEM Food and Beverage MEDACTA USA, INC.
Jul 30, 2018 $12 MYKNEE Food and Beverage MEDACTA USA, INC.
Apr 20, 2018 $10 AMISTEM GMK SPHERE Food and Beverage MEDACTA USA, INC.
Jul 30, 2018 $8 MYKNEE Food and Beverage MEDACTA USA, INC.
Jul 30, 2018 $7 MYKNEE Food and Beverage MEDACTA USA, INC.
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This site includes data published by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services on June 28, 2019.