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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.

PATRICK M O'BRIEN
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PATRICK M O'BRIEN

Listed Specialty: Orthopaedic Surgery
2165 MEDICAL PARK DR, HICKORY, NC, 28602-8809
* Note: This physician had a South Dakota practice address when the most recent payments were reported.
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DR. PATRICK O'BRIEN,
Yearly Payment Breakdown:

2018 Payments At a Glance

14

payments

$3,843

payment total

5

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
 6 $2,254
Education
 1 $798
Food and Beverage
 7 $791

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

 $1,591
REGENETEN

device

 $1,044
ACCU-PASS

device

 $515
BIORAPTOR

device

 $515
ACCUPASS DIRECT CRESCENT XL

device

 $457
Q-FIX

device

 $457
STUDIO 3

device

 $124
NUEDEXTA

drug

 $93
HEALICOIL

device

 $19
† 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
Aug 8, 2018 $798 No Listed Product Education RSW MEDICAL COMPANY, INC.
Jun 16, 2018 $636 No Listed Product Travel and Lodging RSW MEDICAL COMPANY, INC.
Sep 26, 2018 $515 ACCU-PASS BIORAPTOR Travel and Lodging SMITH & NEPHEW, INC.
Dec 20, 2018 $457 ACCUPASS DIRECT CRESCENT XL Q-FIX Travel and Lodging SMITH & NEPHEW, INC.
Sep 25, 2018 $439 REGENETEN Travel and Lodging SMITH & NEPHEW, INC.
Sep 25, 2018 $183 REGENETEN Travel and Lodging SMITH & NEPHEW, INC.
Sep 28, 2018 $183 REGENETEN Food and Beverage SMITH & NEPHEW, INC.
Sep 27, 2018 $157 REGENETEN Food and Beverage SMITH & NEPHEW, INC.
Jul 7, 2018 $157 No Listed Product Food and Beverage ARTHREX, INC.
Jan 25, 2018 $124 STUDIO 3 Food and Beverage STRYKER CORPORATION
Jul 26, 2018 $93 NUEDEXTA Food and Beverage AVANIR PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
Sep 26, 2018 $58 REGENETEN Food and Beverage SMITH & NEPHEW, INC.
Sep 25, 2018 $24 REGENETEN Travel and Lodging SMITH & NEPHEW, INC.
Apr 4, 2018 $19 HEALICOIL Food and Beverage SMITH & NEPHEW, 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.