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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.

FREDERICK S MECHANIK
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FREDERICK S MECHANIK

Listed Specialty: Podiatrist, Foot Surgery
USA MEDDAC, EVANS ARMY COMMUNITY HOSPITAL, 1650 COCHRANE CIRCLE, ATTN: CREDENTIALS OFFICE, FORT CARSON, CO, 80913-4604
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DR. FREDERICK MECHANIK,
Yearly Payment Breakdown:

2018 Payments At a Glance

16

payments

$1,277

payment total

3

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
Travel and Lodging
 3 $824
Food and Beverage
 13 $454

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†
HAT-TRICK

device

 $1,185
VLP MINI-MOD

device

 $1,185
EVOS

device

 $961
CANNULATED SCREW

device

 $609
VLP-FOOT

device

 $351
TOPAZ

device

 $249
EXTREMITIES INSTRUMENTS

device

 $224
PERI-LOC ANKLE FUSION

device

 $224
GRAVITY

device

 $47
PRESERVE BONE WEDGES

drug

 $16
HIP POSITIONING SYSTEM

device

 $5
HIPSTRUMENTS

device

 $5
SPIDER/2

device

 $5
† 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 29, 2018 $368 HAT-TRICK VLP MINI-MOD CANNULATED SCREW EVOS Travel and Lodging SMITH & NEPHEW, INC.
Jan 25, 2018 $351 HAT-TRICK VLP MINI-MOD VLP-FOOT EVOS Travel and Lodging SMITH & NEPHEW, INC.
Jan 25, 2018 $105 EXTREMITIES INSTRUMENTS HAT-TRICK PERI-LOC ANKLE FUSION VLP MINI-MOD TOPAZ Travel and Lodging SMITH & NEPHEW, INC.
Jan 25, 2018 $87 HAT-TRICK VLP MINI-MOD CANNULATED SCREW EVOS Food and Beverage SMITH & NEPHEW, INC.
Jan 27, 2018 $69 HAT-TRICK VLP MINI-MOD CANNULATED SCREW EVOS Food and Beverage SMITH & NEPHEW, INC.
Jan 26, 2018 $65 EXTREMITIES INSTRUMENTS HAT-TRICK PERI-LOC ANKLE FUSION VLP MINI-MOD TOPAZ Food and Beverage SMITH & NEPHEW, INC.
Jan 27, 2018 $54 EXTREMITIES INSTRUMENTS HAT-TRICK PERI-LOC ANKLE FUSION VLP MINI-MOD TOPAZ Food and Beverage SMITH & NEPHEW, INC.
Jun 18, 2018 $47 GRAVITY Food and Beverage WRIGHT MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY, INC.
Jan 28, 2018 $25 HAT-TRICK VLP MINI-MOD CANNULATED SCREW EVOS Food and Beverage SMITH & NEPHEW, INC.
Jan 26, 2018 $24 HAT-TRICK VLP MINI-MOD CANNULATED SCREW EVOS Food and Beverage SMITH & NEPHEW, INC.
Jan 28, 2018 $20 HAT-TRICK VLP MINI-MOD CANNULATED SCREW EVOS Food and Beverage SMITH & NEPHEW, INC.
Apr 30, 2018 $19 TOPAZ Food and Beverage SMITH & NEPHEW, INC.
Jan 25, 2018 $17 HAT-TRICK VLP MINI-MOD CANNULATED SCREW EVOS Food and Beverage SMITH & NEPHEW, INC.
Dec 13, 2018 $16 PRESERVE BONE WEDGES Food and Beverage PARAGON 28, INC.
Aug 24, 2018 $5 HIPSTRUMENTS HIP POSITIONING SYSTEM SPIDER/2 Food and Beverage SMITH & NEPHEW, INC.
Jun 18, 2018 $5 TOPAZ Food and Beverage SMITH & NEPHEW, 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.