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RICHARD E NUSSBAUM
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RICHARD E NUSSBAUM

Listed Specialty: Orthopaedic Surgery
4955 VAN NUYS BLVD, SUITE 615, SHERMAN OAKS, CA, 91403-1801
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DR. RICHARD NUSSBAUM,
Yearly Payment Breakdown:

2018 Payments At a Glance

21

payments

$59,248

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
Royalty or License
 8 $52,918
Consulting
 4 $4,900
Food and Beverage
 8 $731
Travel and Lodging
 1 $700

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†
STREAMLINE MIS SPINAL FIXATION SYSTEM

device

 $33,713
FORTILINK-C IBF SYSTEM

device

 $19,204
MAP3 CELLULAR ALLOGENEIC BONE GRAFT

device

 $3,100
TETRAFUSE

device

 $1,096
CLARITY RETRACTOR SYSTEM-LATERAL

device

 $1,000
COVERED-STYLE ANTERIOR CERVICAL PLATE*

device

 $800
ASPECT ANTERIOR CERVICAL PLATE

device

 $149
PRODISC C

device

 $114
Payments with no listed product

N/A

 $45
CAVUX CERVICAL CAGE

device

 $15
DTRAX SPINAL SYSTEM

device

 $15
ALLY BONE SCREW

device

 $15
BIOLOGIX ALLOGRAFT BONE

device

 $15
DYNESYS

device

 $11
† 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 16, 2018 $9,955 STREAMLINE MIS SPINAL FIXATION SYSTEM Royalty or License RTI SURGICAL, INC.
Aug 14, 2018 $8,470 STREAMLINE MIS SPINAL FIXATION SYSTEM Royalty or License RTI SURGICAL, INC.
Nov 15, 2018 $7,904 STREAMLINE MIS SPINAL FIXATION SYSTEM Royalty or License RTI SURGICAL, INC.
May 15, 2018 $7,384 STREAMLINE MIS SPINAL FIXATION SYSTEM Royalty or License RTI SURGICAL, INC.
Aug 14, 2018 $6,451 FORTILINK-C IBF SYSTEM Royalty or License RTI SURGICAL, INC.
Nov 15, 2018 $6,391 FORTILINK-C IBF SYSTEM Royalty or License RTI SURGICAL, INC.
May 15, 2018 $3,972 FORTILINK-C IBF SYSTEM Royalty or License RTI SURGICAL, INC.
Mar 6, 2018 $2,400 MAP3 CELLULAR ALLOGENEIC BONE GRAFT Consulting RTI SURGICAL, INC.
Jan 16, 2018 $2,391 FORTILINK-C IBF SYSTEM Royalty or License RTI SURGICAL, INC.
Oct 26, 2018 $1,000 CLARITY RETRACTOR SYSTEM-LATERAL Consulting RTI SURGICAL, INC.
May 1, 2018 $800 COVERED-STYLE ANTERIOR CERVICAL PLATE* Consulting RTI SURGICAL, INC.
Jan 4, 2018 $700 MAP3 CELLULAR ALLOGENEIC BONE GRAFT Consulting RTI SURGICAL, INC.
Dec 8, 2018 $700 TETRAFUSE Travel and Lodging RTI SURGICAL, INC.
Dec 8, 2018 $320 TETRAFUSE Food and Beverage RTI SURGICAL, INC.
Apr 18, 2018 $149 ASPECT ANTERIOR CERVICAL PLATE Food and Beverage RTI SURGICAL, INC.
Sep 27, 2018 $76 TETRAFUSE Food and Beverage RTI SURGICAL, INC.
Sep 27, 2018 $59 PRODISC C Food and Beverage CENTINEL SPINE, LLC
Sep 18, 2018 $55 PRODISC C Food and Beverage CENTINEL SPINE, LLC
Sep 28, 2018 $45 No Listed Product Food and Beverage SPINEART USA INC
Nov 29, 2018 $15 CAVUX CERVICAL CAGE DTRAX SPINAL SYSTEM ALLY BONE SCREW BIOLOGIX ALLOGRAFT BONE Food and Beverage PROVIDENCE MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY, INC.
Dec 14, 2018 $11 DYNESYS 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.