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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.

RON E JAMES
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RON E JAMES

Listed Specialty: Orthopaedic Surgery
3160 FOLSOM BLVD, SACRAMENTO, CA, 95816-5219
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RON JAMES,
Yearly Payment Breakdown:

2018 Payments At a Glance

26

payments

$14,745

payment total

11

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
Promotional Speaking/Other
 1 $13,000
Food and Beverage
 21 $893
Travel and Lodging
 4 $852

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†
BKS TRIMAX

device

 $13,217
DJO SURGICAL ALTIVATE ANATOMIC SYSTEM

device

 $1,020
ALPINE

device

 $253
AQUAMANTYS

device

 $143
POLARIS S.S. SPINAL SYSTEM

device

 $78
ZILRETTA

drug

 $73
VARIAX

device

 $56
JOURNEY II XR

device

 $43
LEGEND

device

 $36
H-MAX

device

 $30
MASTER SL

device

 $30
PHYSICA

device

 $30
Payments with no listed product

N/A

 $21
DJO SURGICAL ALTIVATE REVERSE

device

 $20
DJO SURGICAL DISCOVERY ELBOW SYSTEM

device

 $20
EXOGEN

device

 $19
PHYSIO-STIM

drug

 $9
† 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 20, 2018 $13,000 BKS TRIMAX Promotional Speaking/Other ORTHO DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION
Oct 15, 2018 $555 DJO SURGICAL ALTIVATE ANATOMIC SYSTEM Travel and Lodging ENCORE MEDICAL, LP
Sep 26, 2018 $260 DJO SURGICAL ALTIVATE ANATOMIC SYSTEM Travel and Lodging ENCORE MEDICAL, LP
May 23, 2018 $128 AQUAMANTYS Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC USA, INC.
Oct 24, 2018 $123 DJO SURGICAL ALTIVATE ANATOMIC SYSTEM Food and Beverage ENCORE MEDICAL, LP
Aug 13, 2018 $118 ALPINE BKS TRIMAX Food and Beverage ORTHO DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION
May 22, 2018 $99 ALPINE BKS TRIMAX Food and Beverage ORTHO DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION
Dec 10, 2018 $78 POLARIS S.S. SPINAL SYSTEM Food and Beverage ZIMMER BIOMET HOLDINGS, INC.
May 16, 2018 $43 JOURNEY II XR Food and Beverage SMITH & NEPHEW, INC.
Feb 20, 2018 $36 ALPINE LEGEND Food and Beverage ORTHO DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION
Sep 4, 2018 $30 H-MAX MASTER SL PHYSICA Food and Beverage LIMA USA, INC.
Oct 17, 2018 $25 DJO SURGICAL ALTIVATE ANATOMIC SYSTEM Food and Beverage ENCORE MEDICAL, LP
Feb 14, 2018 $23 VARIAX Food and Beverage STRYKER CORPORATION
Jul 19, 2018 $22 ZILRETTA Food and Beverage FLEXION THERAPEUTICS, INC.
Nov 16, 2018 $21 No Listed Product Food and Beverage ELECTRONIC WAVEFORM LAB, INC.
Nov 29, 2018 $20 VARIAX Food and Beverage STRYKER CORPORATION
Oct 31, 2018 $20 DJO SURGICAL ALTIVATE REVERSE DJO SURGICAL DISCOVERY ELBOW SYSTEM DJO SURGICAL ALTIVATE ANATOMIC SYSTEM Food and Beverage ENCORE MEDICAL, LP
Sep 29, 2018 $19 DJO SURGICAL ALTIVATE ANATOMIC SYSTEM Travel and Lodging ENCORE MEDICAL, LP
Jan 12, 2018 $19 EXOGEN Food and Beverage BIOVENTUS LLC
Sep 13, 2018 $19 ZILRETTA Food and Beverage FLEXION THERAPEUTICS, INC.
Sep 29, 2018 $18 DJO SURGICAL ALTIVATE ANATOMIC SYSTEM Travel and Lodging ENCORE MEDICAL, LP
Apr 19, 2018 $17 ZILRETTA Food and Beverage FLEXION THERAPEUTICS, INC.
Mar 1, 2018 $16 AQUAMANTYS Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC USA, INC.
Dec 12, 2018 $15 ZILRETTA Food and Beverage FLEXION THERAPEUTICS, INC.
Apr 25, 2018 $13 VARIAX Food and Beverage STRYKER CORPORATION
Feb 21, 2018 $9 PHYSIO-STIM Food and Beverage ORTHOFIX MEDICAL, 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.