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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.

OLIVER B NIKOLAUS
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OLIVER B NIKOLAUS

Listed Specialty: Orthopaedic Surgery
200 1ST ST SW, ROCHESTER, MN, 55905-0001
* Note: This physician had a North Carolina practice address when the most recent payments were reported.
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OLIVER NIKOLAUS,
Yearly Payment Breakdown:

2018 Payments At a Glance

35

payments

$7,632

payment total

8

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
 9 $6,247
Food and Beverage
 26 $1,386

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†
ACIS

device

 $3,561
ATTUNE

device

 $3,561
RECLAIM

device

 $3,561
Payments with no listed product

N/A

 $1,127
REDAPT REVISION HIP SYSTEM

device

 $1,093
MAKO

device

 $1,071
ANTHOLOGY

device

 $835
BIRMINGHAM HIP RESURFACING

device

 $747
POLARSTEM

device

 $747
VERILAST HIPS

device

 $747
TRIDENT

device

 $386
TRIATHLON

device

 $303
DUROLANE

device

 $140
FLUID SYSTEMS

device

 $106
BKS PRIMARY

device

 $95
JOURNEY II BCS

device

 $88
ESCALADE

device

 $68
OVATION

device

 $68
TFN ADVANCED

device

 $34
AQUAMANTYS

device

 $14
† 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
Jun 14, 2018 $3,321 ACIS ATTUNE RECLAIM Travel and Lodging MEDICAL DEVICE BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.
Apr 6, 2018 $1,045 No Listed Product Travel and Lodging ORTHO DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION
Jan 12, 2018 $414 ANTHOLOGY BIRMINGHAM HIP RESURFACING POLARSTEM REDAPT REVISION HIP SYSTEM VERILAST HIPS Travel and Lodging SMITH & NEPHEW, INC.
Apr 25, 2018 $386 TRIDENT MAKO Travel and Lodging STRYKER CORPORATION
Jan 12, 2018 $346 REDAPT REVISION HIP SYSTEM Travel and Lodging SMITH & NEPHEW, INC.
Nov 29, 2018 $271 MAKO Travel and Lodging STRYKER CORPORATION
Nov 29, 2018 $204 MAKO Travel and Lodging STRYKER CORPORATION
Jun 14, 2018 $144 ACIS ATTUNE RECLAIM Travel and Lodging MEDICAL DEVICE BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.
May 22, 2018 $140 DUROLANE Food and Beverage BIOVENTUS LLC
Jan 12, 2018 $135 ANTHOLOGY BIRMINGHAM HIP RESURFACING POLARSTEM REDAPT REVISION HIP SYSTEM VERILAST HIPS Food and Beverage SMITH & NEPHEW, INC.
Jan 12, 2018 $114 ANTHOLOGY BIRMINGHAM HIP RESURFACING POLARSTEM REDAPT REVISION HIP SYSTEM VERILAST HIPS Travel and Lodging SMITH & NEPHEW, INC.
Jan 22, 2018 $106 FLUID SYSTEMS Food and Beverage ZIMMER BIOMET HOLDINGS, INC.
May 17, 2018 $99 TRIATHLON Food and Beverage STRYKER CORPORATION
Dec 7, 2018 $96 TRIATHLON Food and Beverage STRYKER CORPORATION
Jan 12, 2018 $88 ANTHOLOGY JOURNEY II BCS Food and Beverage SMITH & NEPHEW, INC.
Jan 13, 2018 $83 ANTHOLOGY BIRMINGHAM HIP RESURFACING POLARSTEM REDAPT REVISION HIP SYSTEM VERILAST HIPS Food and Beverage SMITH & NEPHEW, INC.
Mar 7, 2018 $81 No Listed Product Food and Beverage DEPUY SYNTHES SALES INC.
Nov 3, 2018 $68 BKS PRIMARY OVATION ESCALADE Food and Beverage ORTHO DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION
Mar 9, 2018 $49 MAKO Food and Beverage STRYKER CORPORATION
Aug 22, 2018 $48 TRIATHLON Food and Beverage STRYKER CORPORATION
Nov 2, 2018 $39 MAKO Food and Beverage STRYKER CORPORATION
Dec 7, 2018 $37 MAKO Food and Beverage STRYKER CORPORATION
Jun 14, 2018 $35 ACIS ATTUNE RECLAIM Food and Beverage MEDICAL DEVICE BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.
Jul 20, 2018 $34 TFN ADVANCED Food and Beverage DEPUY SYNTHES SALES INC.
Jun 15, 2018 $32 ACIS ATTUNE RECLAIM Food and Beverage MEDICAL DEVICE BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.
May 18, 2018 $31 TRIATHLON Food and Beverage STRYKER CORPORATION
Dec 8, 2018 $30 MAKO Food and Beverage STRYKER CORPORATION
May 18, 2018 $30 TRIATHLON Food and Beverage STRYKER CORPORATION
Nov 7, 2018 $27 BKS PRIMARY Food and Beverage ORTHO DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION
Dec 8, 2018 $25 MAKO Food and Beverage STRYKER CORPORATION
Dec 7, 2018 $25 MAKO Food and Beverage STRYKER CORPORATION
Jun 15, 2018 $14 ACIS ATTUNE RECLAIM Food and Beverage MEDICAL DEVICE BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.
Jun 15, 2018 $14 ACIS ATTUNE RECLAIM Food and Beverage MEDICAL DEVICE BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.
Oct 3, 2018 $14 AQUAMANTYS Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC USA, INC.
May 17, 2018 $6 MAKO Food and Beverage STRYKER CORPORATION
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This site includes data published by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services on June 28, 2019.