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.

EDWARD L SMITH
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EDWARD L SMITH

Listed Specialty: Orthopaedic Surgery
1430 TULANE AVE # SL32, ORTHOPAEDICS DEPT, NEW ORLEANS, LA, 70112-2632
* Note: This physician had a Rhode Island practice address when the most recent payments were reported.
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DR. EDWARD SMITH,
Yearly Payment Breakdown:

2018 Payments At a Glance

28

payments

$3,246

payment total

8

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
24 $1,737
Travel and Lodging
3 $1,239
Education
1 $270

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
NONE

device

$931
TRITANIUM

device

$511
NEW PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT

device

$308
Payments with no listed product

N/A

$270
XIA

device

$204
AVIATOR

device

$149
AUGMENT

device

$141
AQUAMANTYS

device

$129
MESA SPINAL SYSTEM

device

$123
OSTEOCOOL RF ABLATION

device

$122
ILIOS

device

$122
ARIA

device

$87
AVS

device

$87
TEMPUS

device

$59
KYPHON BALLOON KYPHOPLASTY

device

$55
FOOT & ANKLE

drug

$52
DERMABOND PORTFOLIO

device

$45
SURGICEL FAMILY OF ABSORBABLE HEMOSTATS

device

$37
INFINITY

device

$21
ORTHOLOC

device

$17
OASYS

device

$15
COFLEX

device

$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
Jun 6, 2018 $536 NONE Travel and Lodging STRYKER CORPORATION
Jun 6, 2018 $395 NONE Travel and Lodging STRYKER CORPORATION
Aug 9, 2018 $308 NEW PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT Travel and Lodging STRYKER CORPORATION
May 23, 2018 $270 No Listed Product Education MEDICAL DEVICE BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.
Nov 27, 2018 $149 AVIATOR TRITANIUM Food and Beverage STRYKER CORPORATION
Mar 7, 2018 $147 TRITANIUM Food and Beverage STRYKER CORPORATION
Mar 8, 2018 $141 AUGMENT Food and Beverage WRIGHT MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY, INC.
Nov 16, 2018 $129 AQUAMANTYS Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC USA, INC.
Dec 7, 2018 $126 TRITANIUM Food and Beverage STRYKER CORPORATION
May 18, 2018 $123 MESA SPINAL SYSTEM Food and Beverage K2M, INC.
Nov 6, 2018 $122 OSTEOCOOL RF ABLATION Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC USA, INC.
Aug 22, 2018 $122 ILIOS Food and Beverage STRYKER CORPORATION
Jul 11, 2018 $118 XIA Food and Beverage STRYKER CORPORATION
Dec 10, 2018 $87 ARIA AVS Food and Beverage STRYKER CORPORATION
Mar 8, 2018 $73 TRITANIUM Food and Beverage STRYKER CORPORATION
Aug 20, 2018 $70 XIA Food and Beverage STRYKER CORPORATION
Feb 15, 2018 $52 FOOT & ANKLE Food and Beverage ORTHOFIX MEDICAL, INC.
Dec 5, 2018 $46 TEMPUS Food and Beverage STRYKER CORPORATION
Apr 5, 2018 $45 DERMABOND PORTFOLIO Food and Beverage ETHICON US, LLC
Apr 28, 2018 $37 SURGICEL FAMILY OF ABSORBABLE HEMOSTATS Food and Beverage ETHICON US, LLC
Sep 22, 2018 $30 KYPHON BALLOON KYPHOPLASTY Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC USA, INC.
Sep 22, 2018 $25 KYPHON BALLOON KYPHOPLASTY Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC USA, INC.
Jan 6, 2018 $21 INFINITY Food and Beverage WRIGHT MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY, INC.
Apr 21, 2018 $17 ORTHOLOC Food and Beverage WRIGHT MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY, INC.
Sep 12, 2018 $16 XIA Food and Beverage STRYKER CORPORATION
Aug 10, 2018 $15 OASYS TRITANIUM Food and Beverage STRYKER CORPORATION
Nov 28, 2018 $13 COFLEX Food and Beverage PARADIGM SPINE, LLC
Aug 1, 2018 $13 TEMPUS Food and Beverage STRYKER CORPORATION
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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.