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GEORGE A WEST
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GEORGE A WEST

Listed Specialty: Neurological Surgery
499 E HAMPDEN AVE, STE 220, ENGLEWOOD, CO, 80113-2792
* Note: This physician had a Texas practice address when the most recent payments were reported.
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DR. GEORGE WEST,
Yearly Payment Breakdown:

2018 Payments At a Glance

69

payments

$20,819

payment total

17

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
 2 $14,107
Travel and Lodging
 15 $3,878
Food and Beverage
 52 $2,834

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†
VIPER

device

 $9,138
CONCORDE

device

 $6,759
BRAINLAB

device

 $1,444
O-ARM-ST

device

 $1,356
IFUSE IMPLANT

device

 $1,144
KICK, AIRO, CURVE, BUZZ, NODE, EXACT TRAC, NOVALIS, TRAMACAD, ELEMENTS

device

 $527
VARILIFT

device

 $477
OTHER PRODUCT

device

 $234
CAVUX CERVICAL CAGE

device

 $221
DTRAX SPINAL SYSTEM

device

 $221
ALLY BONE SCREW

device

 $221
BIOLOGIX ALLOGRAFT BONE

device

 $221
RELINE

device

 $160
Payments with no listed product

N/A

 $153
IGA

device

 $142
NEUROMODULATION DSPSBLS AND ACCS

device

 $131
MOUNTAINEER

device

 $76
PALISADE PEDICLE SCREW SYSTEM

device

 $69
COHERE

device

 $66
MOBI-C

device

 $57
FORMAGRAFT

device

 $50
OSTEOCEL

device

 $50
PROPEL

device

 $50
FLAREHAWK

device

 $40
CURVE

device

 $28
CERVICAL-STIM OSTEOGENESIS STIMULATOR

device

 $26
PHYSIO-STIM OSTEOGENESIS STIMULATOR

device

 $26
SPINAL-STIM OSTEOGENESIS STIMULATOR

device

 $26
BONESCALPEL

device

 $22
VIVIGEN

device

 $22
BIOMET SPINALPAK

device

 $17
COFLEX

device

 $17
MIDAS REX

device

 $16
ROI-A

device

 $15
† 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
Mar 7, 2018 $7,389 VIPER Consulting MEDICAL DEVICE BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.
Mar 16, 2018 $6,718 CONCORDE Consulting MEDICAL DEVICE BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.
Jan 19, 2018 $725 VIPER BRAINLAB Travel and Lodging MEDICAL DEVICE BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.
May 4, 2018 $499 KICK, AIRO, CURVE, BUZZ, NODE, EXACT TRAC, NOVALIS, TRAMACAD, ELEMENTS Travel and Lodging BRAINLAB, INC.
May 18, 2018 $480 IFUSE IMPLANT Travel and Lodging SI-BONE, INC.
Apr 10, 2018 $477 VARILIFT Food and Beverage WENZEL SPINE, INC.
Jun 8, 2018 $363 O-ARM-ST Travel and Lodging MEDTRONIC USA, INC.
Jun 7, 2018 $287 O-ARM-ST Travel and Lodging MEDTRONIC USA, INC.
Jan 19, 2018 $259 VIPER BRAINLAB Travel and Lodging MEDICAL DEVICE BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.
Jan 19, 2018 $236 VIPER BRAINLAB Travel and Lodging MEDICAL DEVICE BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.
Jun 8, 2018 $235 O-ARM-ST Travel and Lodging MEDTRONIC USA, INC.
Jun 8, 2018 $224 O-ARM-ST Travel and Lodging MEDTRONIC USA, INC.
Apr 7, 2018 $221 OTHER PRODUCT Travel and Lodging BRAINLAB, INC.
Jun 2, 2018 $181 IFUSE IMPLANT Travel and Lodging SI-BONE, INC.
May 18, 2018 $142 RELINE IGA Food and Beverage NUVASIVE, INC.
Dec 19, 2018 $141 O-ARM-ST Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC USA, INC.
Oct 17, 2018 $131 NEUROMODULATION DSPSBLS AND ACCS Food and Beverage ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Jun 1, 2018 $130 IFUSE IMPLANT Food and Beverage SI-BONE, INC.
Feb 6, 2018 $123 VIPER Food and Beverage DEPUY SYNTHES SALES INC.
May 1, 2018 $119 IFUSE IMPLANT Food and Beverage SI-BONE, INC.
Jan 19, 2018 $119 VIPER BRAINLAB Food and Beverage MEDICAL DEVICE BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.
Apr 30, 2018 $102 CAVUX CERVICAL CAGE DTRAX SPINAL SYSTEM ALLY BONE SCREW BIOLOGIX ALLOGRAFT BONE Food and Beverage PROVIDENCE MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY, INC.
Mar 7, 2018 $90 VIPER Travel and Lodging MEDICAL DEVICE BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.
Sep 26, 2018 $85 No Listed Product Food and Beverage MEDICAL DEVICE BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.
Jun 20, 2018 $82 IFUSE IMPLANT Food and Beverage SI-BONE, INC.
Oct 8, 2018 $76 MOUNTAINEER Food and Beverage MEDICAL DEVICE BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.
Jun 7, 2018 $70 O-ARM-ST Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC USA, INC.
Jun 19, 2018 $69 PALISADE PEDICLE SCREW SYSTEM Food and Beverage SPINEOLOGY INC.
Apr 9, 2018 $66 COHERE Food and Beverage NUVASIVE, INC.
Jul 18, 2018 $63 IFUSE IMPLANT Food and Beverage SI-BONE, INC.
Dec 19, 2018 $53 VIPER Food and Beverage DEPUY SYNTHES SALES INC.
Feb 6, 2018 $50 OSTEOCEL FORMAGRAFT PROPEL Food and Beverage NUVASIVE, INC.
Jan 23, 2018 $44 IFUSE IMPLANT Food and Beverage SI-BONE, INC.
Feb 23, 2018 $44 MOBI-C Food and Beverage ZIMMER BIOMET HOLDINGS, INC.
Mar 16, 2018 $41 CONCORDE Travel and Lodging MEDICAL DEVICE BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.
Jan 19, 2018 $40 VIPER BRAINLAB Food and Beverage MEDICAL DEVICE BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.
Apr 3, 2018 $40 FLAREHAWK Food and Beverage INTEGRITY IMPLANTS INC
Jan 19, 2018 $31 VIPER BRAINLAB Food and Beverage MEDICAL DEVICE BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.
Apr 11, 2018 $30 VIPER Food and Beverage DEPUY SYNTHES SALES INC.
Jul 20, 2018 $29 CAVUX CERVICAL CAGE DTRAX SPINAL SYSTEM ALLY BONE SCREW BIOLOGIX ALLOGRAFT BONE Food and Beverage PROVIDENCE MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY, INC.
Mar 30, 2018 $28 KICK, AIRO, CURVE, BUZZ, NODE, EXACT TRAC, NOVALIS, TRAMACAD, ELEMENTS Travel and Lodging BRAINLAB, INC.
Jan 1, 2018 $28 CURVE Food and Beverage BRAINLAB, INC.
Jul 19, 2018 $27 CAVUX CERVICAL CAGE DTRAX SPINAL SYSTEM ALLY BONE SCREW BIOLOGIX ALLOGRAFT BONE Food and Beverage PROVIDENCE MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY, INC.
Nov 9, 2018 $26 No Listed Product Food and Beverage ORTHOFIX MEDICAL, INC.
Dec 13, 2018 $26 SPINAL-STIM OSTEOGENESIS STIMULATOR PHYSIO-STIM OSTEOGENESIS STIMULATOR CERVICAL-STIM OSTEOGENESIS STIMULATOR Food and Beverage ORTHOFIX MEDICAL, INC.
Jan 20, 2018 $25 VIPER BRAINLAB Food and Beverage MEDICAL DEVICE BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.
Jul 17, 2018 $22 No Listed Product Food and Beverage ULRICH MEDICAL USA, INC.
Aug 7, 2018 $22 BONESCALPEL Food and Beverage MISONIX INC
Sep 6, 2018 $22 VIVIGEN Food and Beverage DEPUY SYNTHES SALES INC.
Jun 8, 2018 $21 O-ARM-ST Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC USA, INC.
May 22, 2018 $20 CAVUX CERVICAL CAGE DTRAX SPINAL SYSTEM ALLY BONE SCREW BIOLOGIX ALLOGRAFT BONE Food and Beverage PROVIDENCE MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY, INC.
May 8, 2018 $20 No Listed Product Food and Beverage CAMBER SPINE TECHNOLOGIES
Mar 6, 2018 $20 CAVUX CERVICAL CAGE DTRAX SPINAL SYSTEM ALLY BONE SCREW BIOLOGIX ALLOGRAFT BONE Food and Beverage PROVIDENCE MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY, INC.
Nov 13, 2018 $19 CAVUX CERVICAL CAGE DTRAX SPINAL SYSTEM ALLY BONE SCREW BIOLOGIX ALLOGRAFT BONE Food and Beverage PROVIDENCE MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY, INC.
Jun 21, 2018 $18 RELINE Food and Beverage NUVASIVE, INC.
Apr 3, 2018 $17 BIOMET SPINALPAK Food and Beverage ZIMMER BIOMET HOLDINGS, INC.
Apr 17, 2018 $17 COFLEX Food and Beverage PARADIGM SPINE, LLC
Jun 7, 2018 $16 MIDAS REX Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC USA, INC.
Jun 8, 2018 $16 O-ARM-ST Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC USA, INC.
Feb 15, 2018 $15 ROI-A Food and Beverage ZIMMER BIOMET HOLDINGS, INC.
Nov 6, 2018 $15 IFUSE IMPLANT Food and Beverage SI-BONE, INC.
Jun 2, 2018 $15 IFUSE IMPLANT Food and Beverage SI-BONE, INC.
Mar 9, 2018 $13 MOBI-C Food and Beverage ZIMMER BIOMET HOLDINGS, INC.
Apr 7, 2018 $13 OTHER PRODUCT Food and Beverage BRAINLAB, INC.
Apr 12, 2018 $10 VIPER Food and Beverage DEPUY SYNTHES SALES INC.
Jun 2, 2018 $10 IFUSE IMPLANT Travel and Lodging SI-BONE, INC.
Jan 20, 2018 $9 VIPER BRAINLAB Food and Beverage MEDICAL DEVICE BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.
Oct 9, 2018 $5 IFUSE IMPLANT Food and Beverage SI-BONE, INC.
Feb 13, 2018 $4 CAVUX CERVICAL CAGE DTRAX SPINAL SYSTEM ALLY BONE SCREW BIOLOGIX ALLOGRAFT BONE Food and Beverage PROVIDENCE MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY, INC.
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This site includes data published by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services on June 28, 2019.