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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.

CHRISTOPHER E BIRCH
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CHRISTOPHER E BIRCH

Listed Specialty: Orthopaedic Surgery
95 CARRIGAN DR, 436 STAFFORD HALL, BURLINGTON, VT, 05405-1746
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CHRISTOPHER BIRCH,
Yearly Payment Breakdown:

2018 Payments At a Glance

36

payments

$4,130

payment total

9

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
 11 $2,565
Food and Beverage
 24 $1,503
Education
 1 $62

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†
DJO SURGICAL ALTIVATE REVERSE

device

 $1,126
ARCOS

device

 $974
DJO SURGICAL TAPERFILL HIP SYSTEM

device

 $711
ANTHOLOGY

device

 $510
REDAPT REVISION HIP SYSTEM

device

 $510
BIRMINGHAM HIP RESURFACING

device

 $434
POLARSTEM

device

 $434
VERILAST HIPS

device

 $434
DJO SURGICAL EMPOWR KNEE SYSTEM

device

 $232
ACCOLADE

device

 $223
ZILRETTA

drug

 $149
TRIATHLON

device

 $148
G7

device

 $81
RESTORATION

device

 $79
TRITANIUM

device

 $79
JOURNEY II BCS

device

 $76
POLARCUP

device

 $76
Payments with no listed product

N/A

 $72
PERSONA

device

 $62
REMEDY SPACER

device

 $40
SPECTRA WAVEWRITER

device

 $31
ANATO

device

 $25
DJO SURGICAL CLP HIP SYSTEM

device

 $21
DJO SURGICAL FOUNDATION KNEE

device

 $21
BME NITINOL CONTINUOUS COMPRESSION IMPLANTS

device

 $18
VIVIGEN

device

 $18
† 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 3, 2018 $737 DJO SURGICAL ALTIVATE REVERSE Travel and Lodging ENCORE MEDICAL, LP
Feb 2, 2018 $605 ARCOS Travel and Lodging ZIMMER BIOMET HOLDINGS, INC.
Apr 19, 2018 $389 DJO SURGICAL ALTIVATE REVERSE Travel and Lodging ENCORE MEDICAL, LP
May 1, 2018 $299 DJO SURGICAL TAPERFILL HIP SYSTEM Travel and Lodging ENCORE MEDICAL, LP
Feb 7, 2018 $214 ARCOS Travel and Lodging ZIMMER BIOMET HOLDINGS, INC.
Jan 12, 2018 $207 ANTHOLOGY BIRMINGHAM HIP RESURFACING POLARSTEM REDAPT REVISION HIP SYSTEM VERILAST HIPS Travel and Lodging SMITH & NEPHEW, INC.
Jul 18, 2018 $143 ACCOLADE Food and Beverage STRYKER CORPORATION
Sep 28, 2018 $139 DJO SURGICAL EMPOWR KNEE SYSTEM DJO SURGICAL TAPERFILL HIP SYSTEM Food and Beverage ENCORE MEDICAL, LP
Jan 12, 2018 $135 ANTHOLOGY BIRMINGHAM HIP RESURFACING POLARSTEM REDAPT REVISION HIP SYSTEM VERILAST HIPS Food and Beverage SMITH & NEPHEW, INC.
Apr 20, 2018 $121 DJO SURGICAL TAPERFILL HIP SYSTEM Food and Beverage ENCORE MEDICAL, LP
Oct 16, 2018 $103 ZILRETTA Food and Beverage FLEXION THERAPEUTICS, INC.
Jan 13, 2018 $83 ANTHOLOGY BIRMINGHAM HIP RESURFACING POLARSTEM REDAPT REVISION HIP SYSTEM VERILAST HIPS Food and Beverage SMITH & NEPHEW, INC.
Dec 12, 2018 $81 G7 Food and Beverage ZIMMER BIOMET HOLDINGS, INC.
Feb 7, 2018 $79 ACCOLADE RESTORATION TRITANIUM TRIATHLON Food and Beverage STRYKER CORPORATION
Mar 1, 2018 $76 ANTHOLOGY POLARCUP REDAPT REVISION HIP SYSTEM JOURNEY II BCS Food and Beverage SMITH & NEPHEW, INC.
Aug 15, 2018 $72 No Listed Product Food and Beverage ESAOTE NORTH AMERICA, INC.
Jun 14, 2018 $72 DJO SURGICAL TAPERFILL HIP SYSTEM DJO SURGICAL EMPOWR KNEE SYSTEM Food and Beverage ENCORE MEDICAL, LP
Feb 7, 2018 $69 TRIATHLON Food and Beverage STRYKER CORPORATION
Sep 28, 2018 $62 PERSONA Education ZIMMER BIOMET HOLDINGS, INC.
Dec 19, 2018 $45 ZILRETTA Food and Beverage FLEXION THERAPEUTICS, INC.
Apr 12, 2018 $40 REMEDY SPACER Food and Beverage OSTEOREMEDIES, LLC
Feb 5, 2018 $37 ARCOS Food and Beverage ZIMMER BIOMET HOLDINGS, INC.
Feb 2, 2018 $34 ARCOS Travel and Lodging ZIMMER BIOMET HOLDINGS, INC.
Apr 22, 2018 $33 DJO SURGICAL TAPERFILL HIP SYSTEM Travel and Lodging ENCORE MEDICAL, LP
Oct 31, 2018 $31 SPECTRA WAVEWRITER Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Feb 5, 2018 $30 ARCOS Food and Beverage ZIMMER BIOMET HOLDINGS, INC.
Apr 20, 2018 $26 DJO SURGICAL TAPERFILL HIP SYSTEM Food and Beverage ENCORE MEDICAL, LP
May 22, 2018 $25 ANATO Food and Beverage STRYKER CORPORATION
Apr 21, 2018 $22 DJO SURGICAL TAPERFILL HIP SYSTEM Food and Beverage ENCORE MEDICAL, LP
Apr 22, 2018 $21 DJO SURGICAL CLP HIP SYSTEM DJO SURGICAL FOUNDATION KNEE Food and Beverage ENCORE MEDICAL, LP
Aug 4, 2018 $21 DJO SURGICAL EMPOWR KNEE SYSTEM Food and Beverage ENCORE MEDICAL, LP
Feb 2, 2018 $19 ARCOS Travel and Lodging ZIMMER BIOMET HOLDINGS, INC.
Feb 2, 2018 $19 ARCOS Travel and Lodging ZIMMER BIOMET HOLDINGS, INC.
Nov 15, 2018 $18 VIVIGEN BME NITINOL CONTINUOUS COMPRESSION IMPLANTS Food and Beverage DEPUY SYNTHES SALES INC.
Feb 5, 2018 $15 ARCOS Food and Beverage ZIMMER BIOMET HOLDINGS, INC.
Jan 12, 2018 $9 ANTHOLOGY BIRMINGHAM HIP RESURFACING POLARSTEM REDAPT REVISION HIP SYSTEM VERILAST HIPS Travel and Lodging 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.