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MICHAEL P SWORDS
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MICHAEL P SWORDS

Listed Specialty: Foot and Ankle Surgery
2815 S PENNSYLVANIA AVE, SUITE 204, LANSING, MI, 48910-3495
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MICHAEL SWORDS,
Yearly Payment Breakdown:

2018 Payments At a Glance

41

payments

$41,358

payment total

12

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
 7 $29,362
Travel and Lodging
 9 $5,946
Honoraria
 4 $3,296
Accredited Training
 1 $2,040
Food and Beverage
 20 $714

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†
VA-LCP PLATES & SCREWS

device

 $31,288
CONFORM FLEX

device

 $14,385
Payments with no listed product

N/A

 $9,583
HEALIX

device

 $7,670
VIVIGEN

device

 $7,670
BME NITINOL CONTINUOUS COMPRESSION IMPLANTS

device

 $1,503
LIFENET VIVIGEN

device

 $1,503
LCP PLATES & SCREWS

device

 $590
GORILLA PLATING SYSTEM

device

 $154
MONSTER SCREW SYSTEM

device

 $154
PHANTOM LAPIDUS NAIL

device

 $154
PROMO

device

 $154
EXTERNAL FIXATION

device

 $111
FIRSTPASS

device

 $67
HEALICOIL

device

 $67
MULTIFIX S

device

 $67
Q-FIX

device

 $67
ULTRATAPE

device

 $67
TYMLOS

drug

 $35
CANNULATED SCREW

device

 $30
EUFLEXXA

device

 $23
PROLIA

drug

 $23
TRAUMA

device

 $16
SURGISEAL

device

 $15
THROMBIN

drug

 $15
EXT-EXTREMILOCK ANKLE

device

 $13
† 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
Mar 22, 2018 $14,155 VA-LCP PLATES & SCREWS CONFORM FLEX Consulting MEDICAL DEVICE BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.
Feb 23, 2018 $5,312 VA-LCP PLATES & SCREWS Consulting MEDICAL DEVICE BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.
Sep 6, 2018 $2,950 VA-LCP PLATES & SCREWS HEALIX VIVIGEN Consulting MEDICAL DEVICE BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.
Sep 6, 2018 $2,360 VA-LCP PLATES & SCREWS HEALIX VIVIGEN Consulting MEDICAL DEVICE BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.
Sep 6, 2018 $2,360 VA-LCP PLATES & SCREWS HEALIX VIVIGEN Consulting MEDICAL DEVICE BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.
Dec 2, 2018 $2,040 No Listed Product Accredited Training SYNTHES GMBH
Mar 6, 2018 $1,635 VA-LCP PLATES & SCREWS Consulting MEDICAL DEVICE BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.
Jan 19, 2018 $1,055 No Listed Product Travel and Lodging SYNTHES GMBH
Dec 7, 2018 $1,055 No Listed Product Travel and Lodging SYNTHES GMBH
Sep 28, 2018 $1,055 No Listed Product Travel and Lodging SYNTHES GMBH
May 3, 2018 $1,055 No Listed Product Travel and Lodging SYNTHES GMBH
Sep 28, 2018 $824 No Listed Product Honoraria SYNTHES GMBH
Dec 7, 2018 $824 No Listed Product Honoraria SYNTHES GMBH
Jan 19, 2018 $824 No Listed Product Honoraria SYNTHES GMBH
May 3, 2018 $824 No Listed Product Honoraria SYNTHES GMBH
Feb 23, 2018 $648 LIFENET VIVIGEN VA-LCP PLATES & SCREWS BME NITINOL CONTINUOUS COMPRESSION IMPLANTS Travel and Lodging MEDICAL DEVICE BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.
Sep 6, 2018 $590 VA-LCP PLATES & SCREWS LCP PLATES & SCREWS Consulting MEDICAL DEVICE BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.
Feb 23, 2018 $472 LIFENET VIVIGEN VA-LCP PLATES & SCREWS BME NITINOL CONTINUOUS COMPRESSION IMPLANTS Travel and Lodging MEDICAL DEVICE BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.
Mar 22, 2018 $230 VA-LCP PLATES & SCREWS CONFORM FLEX Travel and Lodging MEDICAL DEVICE BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.
Feb 23, 2018 $193 VA-LCP PLATES & SCREWS Travel and Lodging MEDICAL DEVICE BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.
Feb 23, 2018 $183 LIFENET VIVIGEN VA-LCP PLATES & SCREWS BME NITINOL CONTINUOUS COMPRESSION IMPLANTS Travel and Lodging MEDICAL DEVICE BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.
Jun 1, 2018 $154 GORILLA PLATING SYSTEM MONSTER SCREW SYSTEM PROMO PHANTOM LAPIDUS NAIL Food and Beverage PARAGON 28, INC.
Feb 23, 2018 $102 LIFENET VIVIGEN VA-LCP PLATES & SCREWS BME NITINOL CONTINUOUS COMPRESSION IMPLANTS Food and Beverage MEDICAL DEVICE BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.
Jan 20, 2018 $74 EXTERNAL FIXATION Food and Beverage SYNTHES USA PRODUCTS LLC
May 31, 2018 $67 FIRSTPASS HEALICOIL Q-FIX ULTRATAPE MULTIFIX S Food and Beverage SMITH & NEPHEW, INC.
Feb 24, 2018 $42 LIFENET VIVIGEN VA-LCP PLATES & SCREWS BME NITINOL CONTINUOUS COMPRESSION IMPLANTS Food and Beverage MEDICAL DEVICE BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.
Feb 24, 2018 $36 LIFENET VIVIGEN VA-LCP PLATES & SCREWS BME NITINOL CONTINUOUS COMPRESSION IMPLANTS Food and Beverage MEDICAL DEVICE BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.
May 4, 2018 $30 CANNULATED SCREW Food and Beverage MEDICAL DEVICE BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.
Aug 15, 2018 $27 No Listed Product Food and Beverage UCB, INC.
May 3, 2018 $23 EXTERNAL FIXATION Food and Beverage SYNTHES USA PRODUCTS LLC
Feb 24, 2018 $20 LIFENET VIVIGEN VA-LCP PLATES & SCREWS BME NITINOL CONTINUOUS COMPRESSION IMPLANTS Food and Beverage MEDICAL DEVICE BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.
Apr 18, 2018 $19 TYMLOS Food and Beverage RADIUS HEALTH, INC.
Feb 15, 2018 $17 TYMLOS Food and Beverage RADIUS HEALTH, INC.
Jul 18, 2018 $16 TRAUMA Food and Beverage STRYKER CORPORATION
Jan 20, 2018 $15 EXTERNAL FIXATION Food and Beverage SYNTHES USA PRODUCTS LLC
Mar 8, 2018 $15 THROMBIN SURGISEAL Food and Beverage PFIZER INC.
Jun 21, 2018 $13 EXT-EXTREMILOCK ANKLE Food and Beverage OSTEOMED LLC
Jul 18, 2018 $12 PROLIA Food and Beverage AMGEN INC.
Feb 1, 2018 $12 EUFLEXXA Food and Beverage FERRING PHARMACEUTICALS INC.
Aug 16, 2018 $12 EUFLEXXA Food and Beverage FERRING PHARMACEUTICALS INC.
Nov 28, 2018 $11 PROLIA Food and Beverage AMGEN 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.