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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.

ANTONIO N ROMERO
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ANTONIO N ROMERO

Listed Specialty: Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine
3100 E FLORENCE AVE, STE #5, HUNTINGTON PARK, CA, 90255-5848
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DR. ANTONIO ROMERO,
Yearly Payment Breakdown:

2018 Payments At a Glance

10

payments

$1,171

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
 2 $792
Food and Beverage
 8 $379

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†
QUARTEX

device

 $539
CREO

device

 $334
KRYSTEXXA

drug

 $122
Payments with no listed product

N/A

 $69
RISE-L

device

 $46
STRATAFIX

device

 $42
SURGIFLO HEMOSTATIC MATRIX FAMILY OF PRODUCTS

device

 $42
ACDF RETRACTOR

device

 $20
† 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
Feb 17, 2018 $539 QUARTEX Travel and Lodging GLOBUS MEDICAL, INC.
May 19, 2018 $254 CREO Travel and Lodging GLOBUS MEDICAL, INC.
May 9, 2018 $122 KRYSTEXXA Food and Beverage HORIZON PHARMA PLC
May 19, 2018 $80 CREO Food and Beverage GLOBUS MEDICAL, INC.
Apr 4, 2018 $49 No Listed Product Food and Beverage RENOVIS SURGICAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Feb 13, 2018 $46 RISE-L Food and Beverage GLOBUS MEDICAL, INC.
Jul 12, 2018 $25 STRATAFIX SURGIFLO HEMOSTATIC MATRIX FAMILY OF PRODUCTS Food and Beverage ETHICON US, LLC
Jun 5, 2018 $20 No Listed Product Food and Beverage MYOSCIENCE INC.
Mar 16, 2018 $20 ACDF RETRACTOR Food and Beverage GLOBUS MEDICAL, INC.
Aug 6, 2018 $17 STRATAFIX SURGIFLO HEMOSTATIC MATRIX FAMILY OF PRODUCTS Food and Beverage ETHICON US, LLC
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This site includes data published by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services on June 28, 2019.