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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.

HEATHER KISTKA
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HEATHER KISTKA

Listed Specialty: Neurological Surgery
500 ARCADE AVE, SUITE 200, ELKHART, IN, 46514-2477
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DR. HEATHER KISTKA,
Yearly Payment Breakdown:

2018 Payments At a Glance

20

payments

$443

payment total

14

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
Food and Beverage
 19 $383
Gift
 1 $60

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†
Payments with no listed product

N/A

 $80
GLIADEL

drug

 $63
ALL SPINE STIMULATION

drug

 $50
IFUSE IMPLANT

device

 $43
VITOSS

device

 $28
MOBI-C

device

 $22
COFLEX

device

 $21
COUGAR

device

 $21
GELFOAM

device

 $18
KCENTRA

drug

 $18
MAZORX - RENAISSANCE

device

 $17
BASE

device

 $16
BENDINI

device

 $16
COHERE

device

 $16
OSTEOCEL

device

 $16
PRECEPT

device

 $16
APTIOM

drug

 $16
BRECKENRIDE INTERBODY

device

 $15
1.5MM NEURO

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
Nov 15, 2018 $60 No Listed Product Gift INTEGRITY IMPLANTS INC
Mar 16, 2018 $45 GLIADEL Food and Beverage ARBOR PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
Dec 13, 2018 $30 IFUSE IMPLANT Food and Beverage SI-BONE, INC.
Feb 23, 2018 $28 VITOSS Food and Beverage STRYKER CORPORATION
Jun 21, 2018 $22 MOBI-C Food and Beverage ZIMMER BIOMET HOLDINGS, INC.
Jun 15, 2018 $21 ALL SPINE STIMULATION Food and Beverage ORTHOFIX MEDICAL, INC.
Dec 6, 2018 $21 COFLEX Food and Beverage PARADIGM SPINE, LLC
Jan 12, 2018 $21 COUGAR Food and Beverage DEPUY SYNTHES SALES INC.
Dec 31, 2018 $20 No Listed Product Food and Beverage NANOVIS LLC
Oct 2, 2018 $18 ALL SPINE STIMULATION Food and Beverage ORTHOFIX MEDICAL, INC.
Nov 14, 2018 $18 GELFOAM Food and Beverage HOSPIRA, INC.
Nov 28, 2018 $18 GLIADEL Food and Beverage ARBOR PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
Oct 17, 2018 $18 KCENTRA Food and Beverage CSL BEHRING
Jun 28, 2018 $17 MAZORX - RENAISSANCE Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC USA, INC.
Sep 26, 2018 $16 BENDINI COHERE OSTEOCEL PRECEPT BASE Food and Beverage NUVASIVE, INC.
Jun 28, 2018 $16 APTIOM Food and Beverage SUNOVION PHARMACEUTICALS INC.
Mar 23, 2018 $15 BRECKENRIDE INTERBODY Food and Beverage ZIMMER BIOMET HOLDINGS, INC.
Jan 10, 2018 $14 1.5MM NEURO Food and Beverage ZIMMER BIOMET HOLDINGS, INC.
Jun 14, 2018 $13 IFUSE IMPLANT Food and Beverage SI-BONE, INC.
Apr 17, 2018 $11 ALL SPINE STIMULATION Food and Beverage ORTHOFIX MEDICAL, 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.