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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.

AMIT W BHANDARKAR
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AMIT W BHANDARKAR

Listed Specialty: Orthopaedic Surgery
619 19TH ST S, BIRMINGHAM, AL, 35249-0001
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AMIT BHANDARKAR,
Yearly Payment Breakdown:

2018 Payments At a Glance

22

payments

$4,252

payment total

6

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
Travel and Lodging
 10 $3,641
Food and Beverage
 12 $611

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†
O-ARM-ST

device

 $1,623
SPECTRA WAVEWRITER

device

 $1,411
RISE INTRA LIF

device

 $712
MAZORX - RENAISSANCE

device

 $259
O-ARM-SPINE

device

 $117
CREO MCS

device

 $45
VIPER

device

 $44
IGA

device

 $27
TLIF

device

 $27
XLIF

device

 $27
PICO

device

 $14
† 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 9, 2018 $978 O-ARM-ST Travel and Lodging MEDTRONIC USA, INC.
Apr 12, 2018 $712 RISE INTRA LIF Travel and Lodging GLOBUS MEDICAL, INC.
Nov 10, 2018 $529 O-ARM-ST Travel and Lodging MEDTRONIC USA, INC.
May 4, 2018 $345 SPECTRA WAVEWRITER Travel and Lodging BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
May 5, 2018 $271 SPECTRA WAVEWRITER Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
May 5, 2018 $263 SPECTRA WAVEWRITER Travel and Lodging BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
May 4, 2018 $243 SPECTRA WAVEWRITER Travel and Lodging BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Dec 17, 2018 $217 MAZORX - RENAISSANCE Travel and Lodging MEDTRONIC USA, INC.
May 5, 2018 $144 SPECTRA WAVEWRITER Travel and Lodging BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
May 4, 2018 $144 SPECTRA WAVEWRITER Travel and Lodging BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Nov 10, 2018 $83 O-ARM-SPINE Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC USA, INC.
Nov 10, 2018 $64 O-ARM-ST Travel and Lodging MEDTRONIC USA, INC.
Mar 7, 2018 $45 CREO MCS Food and Beverage GLOBUS MEDICAL, INC.
Nov 10, 2018 $36 O-ARM-ST Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC USA, INC.
Dec 18, 2018 $35 MAZORX - RENAISSANCE Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC USA, INC.
Dec 17, 2018 $34 O-ARM-SPINE Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC USA, INC.
Dec 21, 2018 $31 VIPER Food and Beverage DEPUY SYNTHES SALES INC.
Mar 26, 2018 $27 TLIF IGA XLIF Food and Beverage NUVASIVE, INC.
Nov 10, 2018 $16 O-ARM-ST Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC USA, INC.
Nov 7, 2018 $14 PICO Food and Beverage SMITH & NEPHEW, INC.
May 7, 2018 $12 VIPER Food and Beverage DEPUY SYNTHES SALES INC.
Dec 18, 2018 $6 MAZORX - RENAISSANCE Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC USA, 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.