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NICHOLAS J VIOLANTE
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NICHOLAS J VIOLANTE

Listed Specialty: Orthopaedic Surgery
3925 SHERIDAN DR, AMHERST, NY, 14226-1738
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NICHOLAS VIOLANTE,
Yearly Payment Breakdown:

2018 Payments At a Glance

21

payments

$10,371

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
Consulting
 2 $8,294
Travel and Lodging
 8 $1,609
Food and Beverage
 11 $469

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†
ATTUNE

device

 $8,441
CORAIL

device

 $8,360
PINNACLE

device

 $8,360
MAKO

device

 $1,350
TRUESPAN

device

 $498
MOBILE BEARING HIP SYSTEM

device

 $107
BME NITINOL CONTINUOUS COMPRESSION IMPLANTS

device

 $89
ACTIS

device

 $59
TFN ADVANCED

device

 $59
BAXDELA

drug

 $32
ORBACTIV

drug

 $32
VABOMERE

drug

 $32
MENOCIN

drug

 $32
TSV NG SURGICAL

device

 $20
TRIATHLON

device

 $9
† 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
Jan 18, 2018 $4,344 ATTUNE CORAIL PINNACLE Consulting MEDICAL DEVICE BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.
Jan 9, 2018 $3,950 ATTUNE CORAIL PINNACLE Consulting MEDICAL DEVICE BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.
Apr 27, 2018 $618 MAKO Travel and Lodging STRYKER CORPORATION
May 30, 2018 $318 MAKO Travel and Lodging STRYKER CORPORATION
May 11, 2018 $153 TRUESPAN Travel and Lodging MEDICAL DEVICE BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.
May 24, 2018 $120 TRUESPAN Travel and Lodging MEDICAL DEVICE BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.
Apr 29, 2018 $120 MAKO Food and Beverage STRYKER CORPORATION
May 11, 2018 $112 TRUESPAN Travel and Lodging MEDICAL DEVICE BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.
May 11, 2018 $112 TRUESPAN Travel and Lodging MEDICAL DEVICE BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.
Jun 12, 2018 $108 MAKO Travel and Lodging STRYKER CORPORATION
Nov 4, 2018 $107 MOBILE BEARING HIP SYSTEM MAKO Food and Beverage STRYKER CORPORATION
Jan 18, 2018 $66 ATTUNE CORAIL PINNACLE Travel and Lodging MEDICAL DEVICE BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.
Jun 1, 2018 $59 ATTUNE TFN ADVANCED BME NITINOL CONTINUOUS COMPRESSION IMPLANTS ACTIS Food and Beverage DEPUY SYNTHES SALES INC.
May 1, 2018 $57 MAKO Food and Beverage STRYKER CORPORATION
Aug 8, 2018 $30 BME NITINOL CONTINUOUS COMPRESSION IMPLANTS Food and Beverage DEPUY SYNTHES SALES INC.
May 24, 2018 $21 ATTUNE Food and Beverage DEPUY SYNTHES SALES INC.
Dec 7, 2018 $20 TSV NG SURGICAL Food and Beverage ZIMMER BIOMET HOLDINGS, INC.
May 24, 2018 $17 BAXDELA VABOMERE ORBACTIV MENOCIN Food and Beverage MELINTA THERAPEUTICS, INC.
Jun 27, 2018 $16 BAXDELA VABOMERE ORBACTIV MENOCIN Food and Beverage MELINTA THERAPEUTICS, INC.
Apr 29, 2018 $14 MAKO Food and Beverage STRYKER CORPORATION
Apr 30, 2018 $9 TRIATHLON MAKO Food and Beverage STRYKER CORPORATION
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This site includes data published by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services on June 28, 2019.