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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.

MICHELLE C WELBORN
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MICHELLE C WELBORN

Listed Specialty: Orthopaedic Surgery
3101 SW SAM JACKSON PARK ROAD, PORTLAND, OR, 97239-3009
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MICHELLE WELBORN,
Yearly Payment Breakdown:

2018 Payments At a Glance

20

payments

$9,482

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
Consulting
 2 $5,688
Nonaccredited Training
 1 $2,000
Food and Beverage
 14 $902
Travel and Lodging
 3 $893

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†
EXPEDIUM

device

 $6,095
CD HORIZON

device

 $2,000
GROWING SPINE

device

 $750
RELINE

device

 $335
Payments with no listed product

N/A

 $253
VITALITY

device

 $32
O-ARM-SPINE

device

 $18
MOUNTAINEER

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
Mar 7, 2018 $4,938 EXPEDIUM Consulting MEDICAL DEVICE BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.
Jun 8, 2018 $2,000 CD HORIZON Nonaccredited Training MEDTRONIC USA, INC. Scoliosis Research Society
Jan 30, 2018 $750 GROWING SPINE Consulting K2M, INC.
Feb 8, 2018 $425 EXPEDIUM Travel and Lodging MEDICAL DEVICE BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.
Feb 8, 2018 $258 EXPEDIUM Travel and Lodging MEDICAL DEVICE BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.
Feb 8, 2018 $210 EXPEDIUM Travel and Lodging MEDICAL DEVICE BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.
Apr 19, 2018 $143 No Listed Product Food and Beverage NUVASIVE, INC.
Feb 8, 2018 $125 EXPEDIUM Food and Beverage MEDICAL DEVICE BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.
Oct 11, 2018 $112 RELINE Food and Beverage NUVASIVE, INC.
Oct 2, 2018 $109 No Listed Product Food and Beverage NUVASIVE, INC.
Jul 12, 2018 $107 RELINE Food and Beverage NUVASIVE, INC.
Jul 13, 2018 $63 RELINE Food and Beverage NUVASIVE, INC.
Feb 9, 2018 $50 EXPEDIUM Food and Beverage MEDICAL DEVICE BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.
Feb 9, 2018 $40 EXPEDIUM Food and Beverage MEDICAL DEVICE BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.
Feb 9, 2018 $35 EXPEDIUM Food and Beverage MEDICAL DEVICE BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.
Nov 16, 2018 $32 VITALITY Food and Beverage ZIMMER BIOMET HOLDINGS, INC.
Jul 13, 2018 $28 RELINE Food and Beverage NUVASIVE, INC.
Nov 15, 2018 $26 RELINE Food and Beverage NUVASIVE, INC.
May 18, 2018 $18 O-ARM-SPINE Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC USA, INC.
Jul 13, 2018 $14 EXPEDIUM MOUNTAINEER Food and Beverage DEPUY SYNTHES SALES 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.