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JOHN K LAM
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JOHN K LAM

Listed Specialty: Trauma Surgery
1531 ESPLANADE, CHICO, CA, 95926-3310
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DR. JOHN LAM,
Yearly Payment Breakdown:

2018 Payments At a Glance

10

payments

$1,331

payment total

7

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
 6 $643
Travel and Lodging
 3 $638
Promotional Speaking/Other
 1 $50

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†
STERNALOCK 360

device

 $494
RIB FIX BLU

device

 $268
PHASIX

device

 $157
BEVYXXA

drug

 $131
GIAPREZA

drug

 $125
DALVANCE

drug

 $92
FLOSEAL

drug

 $50
TISSEEL

drug

 $50
ECHELON ENDOPATH STAPLER

device

 $14
SURGICEL FAMILY OF ABSORBABLE HEMOSTATS

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
May 31, 2018 $460 STERNALOCK 360 Travel and Lodging ZIMMER BIOMET HOLDINGS, INC.
Nov 29, 2018 $157 PHASIX Food and Beverage DAVOL INC.
Jun 5, 2018 $144 RIB FIX BLU Travel and Lodging ZIMMER BIOMET HOLDINGS, INC.
Sep 20, 2018 $131 BEVYXXA Food and Beverage PORTOLA PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
Sep 12, 2018 $125 GIAPREZA Food and Beverage LA JOLLA PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANY
Jun 5, 2018 $124 RIB FIX BLU Food and Beverage ZIMMER BIOMET HOLDINGS, INC.
Sep 27, 2018 $92 DALVANCE Food and Beverage ALLERGAN INC.
Jan 25, 2018 $50 FLOSEAL TISSEEL Promotional Speaking/Other BAXTER HEALTHCARE
May 6, 2018 $34 STERNALOCK 360 Travel and Lodging ZIMMER BIOMET HOLDINGS, INC.
Jun 5, 2018 $14 ECHELON ENDOPATH STAPLER SURGICEL FAMILY OF ABSORBABLE HEMOSTATS Food and Beverage ETHICON US, LLC
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This site includes data published by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services on June 28, 2019.