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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.

ARI D KRAMER
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ARI D KRAMER

Listed Specialty: Surgery
100 E WOOD ST, SUITE 202, SPARTANBURG, SC, 29303-3004
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DR. ARI KRAMER,
Yearly Payment Breakdown:

2018 Payments At a Glance

7

payments

$955

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
1 $708
Food and Beverage
6 $247

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
CHAMELEON

device

$708
ENSEAL PRODUCT FAMILY

device

$140
MEGA POWER

device

$140
SURGICEL FAMILY OF ABSORBABLE HEMOSTATS

device

$140
VIABAHN ENDOPROSTHESIS WITH HEPARIN BIOACTIVE SURFACE

device

$46
RESTOREFLO

device

$29
GRAFIX & STRAVIX

drug

$20
AZUR

device

$12
GLIDEWIRE

device

$12
† 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
Dec 3, 2018 $708 CHAMELEON Travel and Lodging AV MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIES LTD.
Sep 17, 2018 $140 SURGICEL FAMILY OF ABSORBABLE HEMOSTATS ENSEAL PRODUCT FAMILY MEGA POWER Food and Beverage ETHICON US, LLC
May 16, 2018 $46 VIABAHN ENDOPROSTHESIS WITH HEPARIN BIOACTIVE SURFACE Food and Beverage W. L. GORE & ASSOCIATES, INC.
Jul 12, 2018 $29 RESTOREFLO Food and Beverage LEMAITRE VASCULAR, INC.
Aug 1, 2018 $12 GRAFIX & STRAVIX Food and Beverage OSIRIS THERAPEUTICS INC.
Dec 7, 2018 $12 AZUR GLIDEWIRE Food and Beverage TERUMO MEDICAL CORPORATION
Aug 15, 2018 $7 GRAFIX & STRAVIX Food and Beverage OSIRIS THERAPEUTICS INC.
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This site includes data published by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services on June 28, 2019.