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KESSIENA AYA
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KESSIENA AYA

Listed Specialty: Orthopaedic Surgery
UTMB, 301 UNIVERSITY BLVD., GALVESTON, TX, 77555-0165
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DR. KESSIENA AYA,
Yearly Payment Breakdown:

2018 Payments At a Glance

23

payments

$1,105

payment total

3

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
 12 $510
Education
 2 $329
Food and Beverage
 9 $266

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†
ARCOS

device

 $589
Payments with no listed product

N/A

 $329
VANGUARD

device

 $140
MAKO

device

 $47
† 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 27, 2018 $199 No Listed Product Education MEDICAL DEVICE BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.
Oct 27, 2018 $159 ARCOS Travel and Lodging ZIMMER BIOMET HOLDINGS, INC.
Oct 27, 2018 $159 ARCOS Travel and Lodging ZIMMER BIOMET HOLDINGS, INC.
Feb 20, 2018 $130 No Listed Product Education MEDICAL DEVICE BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.
Sep 26, 2018 $110 ARCOS Travel and Lodging ZIMMER BIOMET HOLDINGS, INC.
Oct 11, 2018 $54 ARCOS Food and Beverage ZIMMER BIOMET HOLDINGS, INC.
Oct 12, 2018 $49 VANGUARD Food and Beverage ZIMMER BIOMET HOLDINGS, INC.
Sep 12, 2018 $47 MAKO Food and Beverage STRYKER CORPORATION
Oct 11, 2018 $38 ARCOS Food and Beverage ZIMMER BIOMET HOLDINGS, INC.
Oct 12, 2018 $33 VANGUARD Food and Beverage ZIMMER BIOMET HOLDINGS, INC.
Sep 26, 2018 $22 ARCOS Travel and Lodging ZIMMER BIOMET HOLDINGS, INC.
Oct 12, 2018 $15 VANGUARD Travel and Lodging ZIMMER BIOMET HOLDINGS, INC.
Oct 12, 2018 $13 VANGUARD Food and Beverage ZIMMER BIOMET HOLDINGS, INC.
Oct 11, 2018 $13 ARCOS Food and Beverage ZIMMER BIOMET HOLDINGS, INC.
Oct 11, 2018 $9 ARCOS Food and Beverage ZIMMER BIOMET HOLDINGS, INC.
Oct 12, 2018 $9 VANGUARD Food and Beverage ZIMMER BIOMET HOLDINGS, INC.
Oct 12, 2018 $7 VANGUARD Travel and Lodging ZIMMER BIOMET HOLDINGS, INC.
Oct 12, 2018 $7 VANGUARD Travel and Lodging ZIMMER BIOMET HOLDINGS, INC.
Oct 12, 2018 $7 VANGUARD Travel and Lodging ZIMMER BIOMET HOLDINGS, INC.
Oct 11, 2018 $6 ARCOS Travel and Lodging ZIMMER BIOMET HOLDINGS, INC.
Oct 11, 2018 $6 ARCOS Travel and Lodging ZIMMER BIOMET HOLDINGS, INC.
Oct 11, 2018 $6 ARCOS Travel and Lodging ZIMMER BIOMET HOLDINGS, INC.
Oct 11, 2018 $6 ARCOS Travel and Lodging ZIMMER BIOMET HOLDINGS, 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.