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MELANIE B KINCHEN
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MELANIE B KINCHEN

Listed Specialty: Chiropractor, Orthopedic
1600 W COLLEGE ST, SUITE 685, GRAPEVINE, TX, 76051-3580
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DR. MELANIE KINCHEN,
Yearly Payment Breakdown:

2018 Payments At a Glance

48

payments

$23,222

payment total

6

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
 16 $21,471
Food and Beverage
 32 $1,751

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†
MYSPINE

device

 $11,574
GENERAL CLARIANCE PRODUCT DISCUSSION

device

 $11,227
MECTALIF

device

 $1,730
MUST

device

 $1,721
Payments with no listed product

N/A

 $179
CONCORDE

device

 $114
EXPEDIUM

device

 $114
GENERAL PAIN MANAGEMENT

device

 $74
SPECTRA WAVEWRITER

device

 $35
AQUAMANTYS

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
Aug 6, 2018 $10,282 GENERAL CLARIANCE PRODUCT DISCUSSION Travel and Lodging CLARIANCE, INC.
May 17, 2018 $8,347 MYSPINE Travel and Lodging MEDACTA USA, INC.
Apr 9, 2018 $473 GENERAL CLARIANCE PRODUCT DISCUSSION Travel and Lodging CLARIANCE SAS
Jun 8, 2018 $360 MYSPINE MUST MECTALIF Travel and Lodging MEDACTA USA, INC.
Jun 7, 2018 $359 MYSPINE MUST MECTALIF Travel and Lodging MEDACTA USA, INC.
Jun 6, 2018 $359 MECTALIF MYSPINE MUST Travel and Lodging MEDACTA USA, INC.
Jun 5, 2018 $359 MUST MYSPINE MECTALIF Travel and Lodging MEDACTA USA, INC.
Apr 17, 2018 $330 MYSPINE Travel and Lodging MEDACTA USA, INC.
Apr 28, 2018 $209 MYSPINE Travel and Lodging MEDACTA USA, INC.
Jun 19, 2018 $179 No Listed Product Food and Beverage CLARIANCE, INC.
Apr 27, 2018 $141 MYSPINE Food and Beverage MEDACTA USA, INC.
Apr 28, 2018 $140 MYSPINE Travel and Lodging MEDACTA USA, INC.
May 30, 2018 $132 MYSPINE Food and Beverage MEDACTA USA, INC.
May 22, 2018 $130 GENERAL CLARIANCE PRODUCT DISCUSSION Food and Beverage CLARIANCE, INC.
Jun 7, 2018 $126 MUST MECTALIF MYSPINE Food and Beverage MEDACTA USA, INC.
Apr 19, 2018 $116 MYSPINE Food and Beverage MEDACTA USA, INC.
May 9, 2018 $115 GENERAL CLARIANCE PRODUCT DISCUSSION Travel and Lodging CLARIANCE SAS
May 8, 2018 $114 EXPEDIUM CONCORDE Food and Beverage DEPUY SYNTHES SALES INC.
Sep 4, 2018 $96 GENERAL CLARIANCE PRODUCT DISCUSSION Food and Beverage CLARIANCE, INC.
Sep 26, 2018 $76 MYSPINE Food and Beverage MEDACTA USA, INC.
Jun 27, 2018 $74 GENERAL PAIN MANAGEMENT Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Sep 25, 2018 $66 MYSPINE Food and Beverage MEDACTA USA, INC.
Jun 7, 2018 $55 MYSPINE Food and Beverage MEDACTA USA, INC.
Jun 5, 2018 $48 MECTALIF MYSPINE MUST Travel and Lodging MEDACTA USA, INC.
Jun 9, 2018 $47 MECTALIF MUST MYSPINE Travel and Lodging MEDACTA USA, INC.
Sep 2, 2018 $43 GENERAL CLARIANCE PRODUCT DISCUSSION Food and Beverage CLARIANCE, INC.
Jun 8, 2018 $42 MYSPINE Food and Beverage MEDACTA USA, INC.
Apr 28, 2018 $35 MYSPINE Food and Beverage MEDACTA USA, INC.
May 19, 2018 $35 SPECTRA WAVEWRITER Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Sep 4, 2018 $35 GENERAL CLARIANCE PRODUCT DISCUSSION Food and Beverage CLARIANCE SAS
Apr 12, 2018 $33 MYSPINE Food and Beverage MEDACTA USA, INC.
Sep 3, 2018 $30 GENERAL CLARIANCE PRODUCT DISCUSSION Food and Beverage CLARIANCE SAS
Jun 7, 2018 $26 MECTALIF MYSPINE MUST Food and Beverage MEDACTA USA, INC.
Nov 13, 2018 $24 MYSPINE Food and Beverage MEDACTA USA, INC.
Apr 24, 2018 $22 MYSPINE Food and Beverage MEDACTA USA, INC.
Jun 8, 2018 $20 MECTALIF MUST MYSPINE Travel and Lodging MEDACTA USA, INC.
May 31, 2018 $18 MYSPINE Food and Beverage MEDACTA USA, INC.
Sep 2, 2018 $17 GENERAL CLARIANCE PRODUCT DISCUSSION Food and Beverage CLARIANCE, INC.
Jun 8, 2018 $17 MUST MYSPINE MECTALIF Travel and Lodging MEDACTA USA, INC.
Apr 28, 2018 $16 MYSPINE Food and Beverage MEDACTA USA, INC.
Jun 7, 2018 $16 MYSPINE Food and Beverage MEDACTA USA, INC.
Jun 9, 2018 $13 MYSPINE Food and Beverage MEDACTA USA, INC.
Jun 7, 2018 $13 MYSPINE Food and Beverage MEDACTA USA, INC.
Apr 20, 2018 $11 AQUAMANTYS Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC USA, INC.
Dec 13, 2018 $9 MECTALIF Food and Beverage MEDACTA USA, INC.
May 9, 2018 $6 GENERAL CLARIANCE PRODUCT DISCUSSION Travel and Lodging CLARIANCE SAS
Apr 28, 2018 $4 MYSPINE Food and Beverage MEDACTA USA, INC.
Dec 20, 2018 $4 MYSPINE Food and Beverage MEDACTA USA, INC.
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This site includes data published by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services on June 28, 2019.