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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.

THOMAS B RIVERS
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THOMAS B RIVERS

Listed Specialty: Orthopaedic Surgery
1517 THOMPSON RD, RICHMOND, TX, 77469-4932
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DR. THOMAS RIVERS,
Yearly Payment Breakdown:

2018 Payments At a Glance

10

payments

$3,932

payment total

3

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
Education
 3 $3,423
Food and Beverage
 5 $260
Travel and Lodging
 2 $249

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

 $3,423
PERSONA

device

 $406
COOLIEF COOLED RADIOFREQUENCY

device

 $103
† 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 8, 2018 $1,455 No Listed Product Education MEDINC OF TEXAS
Aug 18, 2018 $988 No Listed Product Education MEDINC OF TEXAS
Dec 8, 2018 $980 No Listed Product Education MEDINC OF TEXAS
Aug 16, 2018 $229 PERSONA Travel and Lodging ZIMMER BIOMET HOLDINGS, INC.
Aug 24, 2018 $107 PERSONA Food and Beverage ZIMMER BIOMET HOLDINGS, INC.
Apr 25, 2018 $103 COOLIEF COOLED RADIOFREQUENCY Food and Beverage AVANOS MEDICAL
Aug 17, 2018 $25 PERSONA Food and Beverage ZIMMER BIOMET HOLDINGS, INC.
Aug 17, 2018 $20 PERSONA Travel and Lodging ZIMMER BIOMET HOLDINGS, INC.
Aug 17, 2018 $18 PERSONA Food and Beverage ZIMMER BIOMET HOLDINGS, INC.
Aug 17, 2018 $7 PERSONA Food and Beverage ZIMMER BIOMET HOLDINGS, 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.