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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.

APRIL D ARMSTRONG
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APRIL D ARMSTRONG

Listed Specialty: Orthopaedic Surgery
500 UNIVERSITY DR, HERSHEY, PA, 17033-2360
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APRIL ARMSTRONG,
Yearly Payment Breakdown:

2018 Payments At a Glance

21

payments

$10,324

payment total

2

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
 12 $9,000
Travel and Lodging
 4 $1,006
Food and Beverage
 5 $319

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†
COMP REVERSE SHOULDER

device

 $7,250
TRAUMA

device

 $1,250
Payments with no listed product

N/A

 $1,044
COMP REVERSE

device

 $500
COMPREHENSIVE ANATOMIC

device

 $121
CEP EXTREMITIES

device

 $109
COMPREHENSIVE REVERSE

device

 $51
† 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 25, 2018 $2,000 COMP REVERSE SHOULDER Consulting ZIMMER BIOMET HOLDINGS, INC.
Sep 11, 2018 $1,500 COMP REVERSE SHOULDER Consulting ZIMMER BIOMET HOLDINGS, INC.
Sep 11, 2018 $1,500 COMP REVERSE SHOULDER Consulting ZIMMER BIOMET HOLDINGS, INC.
Jan 25, 2018 $1,250 COMP REVERSE SHOULDER Consulting ZIMMER BIOMET HOLDINGS, INC.
May 24, 2018 $750 TRAUMA Consulting GLOBUS MEDICAL, INC.
Aug 24, 2018 $504 No Listed Product Travel and Lodging ZIMMER BIOMET HOLDINGS, INC.
Dec 4, 2018 $500 TRAUMA Consulting GLOBUS MEDICAL, INC.
Apr 12, 2018 $375 COMP REVERSE SHOULDER Consulting ZIMMER BIOMET HOLDINGS, INC.
Aug 24, 2018 $257 No Listed Product Travel and Lodging ZIMMER BIOMET HOLDINGS, INC.
Aug 2, 2018 $250 COMP REVERSE Consulting ZIMMER BIOMET HOLDINGS, INC.
Apr 12, 2018 $250 COMP REVERSE SHOULDER Consulting ZIMMER BIOMET HOLDINGS, INC.
Nov 27, 2018 $250 COMP REVERSE SHOULDER Consulting ZIMMER BIOMET HOLDINGS, INC.
Aug 2, 2018 $250 COMP REVERSE Consulting ZIMMER BIOMET HOLDINGS, INC.
Aug 25, 2018 $212 No Listed Product Travel and Lodging ZIMMER BIOMET HOLDINGS, INC.
Apr 12, 2018 $125 COMP REVERSE SHOULDER Consulting ZIMMER BIOMET HOLDINGS, INC.
Oct 30, 2018 $121 COMPREHENSIVE ANATOMIC Food and Beverage ZIMMER BIOMET HOLDINGS, INC.
May 21, 2018 $109 CEP EXTREMITIES Food and Beverage ZIMMER BIOMET HOLDINGS, INC.
Aug 25, 2018 $51 COMPREHENSIVE REVERSE Food and Beverage ZIMMER BIOMET HOLDINGS, INC.
Aug 24, 2018 $34 No Listed Product Travel and Lodging ZIMMER BIOMET HOLDINGS, INC.
Aug 26, 2018 $24 No Listed Product Food and Beverage ZIMMER BIOMET HOLDINGS, INC.
Aug 26, 2018 $15 No Listed Product 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.