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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.

CHRISTIAN P CHRISTENSEN
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CHRISTIAN P CHRISTENSEN

Listed Specialty: Orthopaedic Surgery
700 BOB O LINK DR, LEXINGTON, KY, 40504-3756
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CHRISTIAN CHRISTENSEN,
Yearly Payment Breakdown:

2018 Payments At a Glance

10

payments

$491

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
Food and Beverage
 10 $491

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†
JOURNEY II BCS

device

 $154
Payments with no listed product

N/A

 $151
NAVIO SURGICAL SYSTEM

device

 $86
SCS LEADS

device

 $36
PLASMAFLOW

device

 $20
VPULSE

device

 $20
PICO

device

 $17
ZILRETTA

drug

 $15
CHANTIX

drug

 $11
ELIQUIS

drug

 $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
Nov 1, 2018 $151 No Listed Product Food and Beverage TOTAL JOINT ORTHOPEDICS, INC.
Mar 26, 2018 $86 NAVIO SURGICAL SYSTEM Food and Beverage SMITH & NEPHEW, INC.
Jan 9, 2018 $86 JOURNEY II BCS Food and Beverage SMITH & NEPHEW, INC.
Jan 10, 2018 $68 JOURNEY II BCS Food and Beverage SMITH & NEPHEW, INC.
Mar 14, 2018 $36 SCS LEADS Food and Beverage ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Oct 25, 2018 $20 VPULSE PLASMAFLOW Food and Beverage BREG, INC
Nov 29, 2018 $15 ZILRETTA Food and Beverage FLEXION THERAPEUTICS, INC.
Mar 8, 2018 $11 CHANTIX ELIQUIS Food and Beverage PFIZER INC.
Aug 16, 2018 $9 PICO Food and Beverage SMITH & NEPHEW, INC.
Aug 1, 2018 $8 PICO Food and Beverage SMITH & NEPHEW, INC.
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This site includes data published by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services on June 28, 2019.