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RAM R VASUDEVAN
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RAM R VASUDEVAN

Listed Specialty: Neurological Surgery
5300 BEE CAVE RD, BLDG 1, SUITE 220, AUSTIN, TX, 78746
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DR. RAM VASUDEVAN,
Yearly Payment Breakdown:

2018 Payments At a Glance

54

payments

$7,322

payment total

13

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
 14 $5,259
Food and Beverage
 40 $2,063

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

 $2,002
IFUSE IMPLANT

device

 $1,845
NEWPORT

device

 $1,699
SKIPJACK

device

 $1,699
NANOMETALENE TECHNOLOGY

device

 $1,613
SHORELINE

device

 $1,516
EXCELSIUS - GPS

device

 $865
Payments with no listed product

N/A

 $337
TITAN ENDOSKELETON

device

 $194
TITAN NANOLOCK

device

 $194
CONCORDE

device

 $117
RISE

device

 $88
CD HORIZON

device

 $53
CREO MIS

device

 $38
T2 ALTITUDE

device

 $32
FORTIFY

device

 $31
VIVIGEN

device

 $28
CMF SPINALOGIC

device

 $23
ALLOGRAFTS

device

 $22
STRATAFIX

device

 $20
SURGIFLO HEMOSTATIC MATRIX FAMILY OF PRODUCTS

device

 $20
OCTRODE SCS LEADS

device

 $20
ARTISAN

device

 $16
QUARTEX

device

 $13
† 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 24, 2018 $865 EXCELSIUS - GPS Travel and Lodging GLOBUS MEDICAL, INC.
Aug 10, 2018 $856 VIPER Travel and Lodging MEDICAL DEVICE BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.
Feb 5, 2018 $684 NANOMETALENE TECHNOLOGY SKIPJACK NEWPORT SHORELINE Travel and Lodging SEASPINE ORTHOPEDICS CORPORATION
Oct 26, 2018 $607 IFUSE IMPLANT Travel and Lodging SI-BONE, INC.
Aug 10, 2018 $562 VIPER Travel and Lodging MEDICAL DEVICE BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.
Nov 27, 2018 $458 IFUSE IMPLANT Travel and Lodging SI-BONE, INC.
Feb 18, 2018 $454 SKIPJACK SHORELINE NEWPORT NANOMETALENE TECHNOLOGY Travel and Lodging SEASPINE ORTHOPEDICS CORPORATION
Nov 17, 2018 $249 IFUSE IMPLANT Travel and Lodging SI-BONE, INC.
Feb 21, 2018 $211 No Listed Product Food and Beverage ULRICH MEDICAL USA, INC.
Feb 17, 2018 $150 NEWPORT SHORELINE SKIPJACK NANOMETALENE TECHNOLOGY Travel and Lodging SEASPINE ORTHOPEDICS CORPORATION
Feb 19, 2018 $143 SHORELINE SKIPJACK NANOMETALENE TECHNOLOGY NEWPORT Travel and Lodging SEASPINE ORTHOPEDICS CORPORATION
Oct 30, 2018 $140 IFUSE IMPLANT Food and Beverage SI-BONE, INC.
Nov 17, 2018 $138 IFUSE IMPLANT Food and Beverage SI-BONE, INC.
Mar 28, 2018 $135 TITAN ENDOSKELETON TITAN NANOLOCK Food and Beverage TITAN SPINE, LLC
Jun 27, 2018 $126 No Listed Product Food and Beverage GS SOLUTIONS, INC.
Aug 10, 2018 $123 VIPER Food and Beverage MEDICAL DEVICE BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.
Aug 12, 2018 $118 VIPER Food and Beverage DEPUY SYNTHES SALES INC.
Aug 8, 2018 $117 VIPER CONCORDE Food and Beverage DEPUY SYNTHES SALES INC.
Feb 19, 2018 $98 SKIPJACK NANOMETALENE TECHNOLOGY NEWPORT Travel and Lodging SEASPINE ORTHOPEDICS CORPORATION
Aug 10, 2018 $93 VIPER Food and Beverage DEPUY SYNTHES SALES INC.
May 22, 2018 $88 RISE Food and Beverage GLOBUS MEDICAL, INC.
Feb 19, 2018 $85 NANOMETALENE TECHNOLOGY NEWPORT SHORELINE SKIPJACK Travel and Lodging SEASPINE ORTHOPEDICS CORPORATION
Dec 13, 2018 $76 IFUSE IMPLANT Food and Beverage SI-BONE, INC.
Jan 30, 2018 $58 TITAN ENDOSKELETON TITAN NANOLOCK Food and Beverage TITAN SPINE, LLC
Jan 29, 2018 $53 CD HORIZON Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC USA, INC.
Feb 17, 2018 $48 SKIPJACK NEWPORT Food and Beverage SEASPINE ORTHOPEDICS CORPORATION
Aug 10, 2018 $39 VIPER Travel and Lodging MEDICAL DEVICE BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.
Feb 17, 2018 $38 SKIPJACK NEWPORT Food and Beverage SEASPINE ORTHOPEDICS CORPORATION
Aug 10, 2018 $34 VIPER Food and Beverage MEDICAL DEVICE BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.
Aug 11, 2018 $33 VIPER Food and Beverage MEDICAL DEVICE BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.
Nov 17, 2018 $29 IFUSE IMPLANT Food and Beverage SI-BONE, INC.
Aug 10, 2018 $28 VIVIGEN Food and Beverage DEPUY SYNTHES SALES INC.
Aug 11, 2018 $26 VIPER Food and Beverage MEDICAL DEVICE BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.
Nov 17, 2018 $26 IFUSE IMPLANT Food and Beverage SI-BONE, INC.
Jun 5, 2018 $23 CREO MIS Food and Beverage GLOBUS MEDICAL, INC.
Jul 31, 2018 $23 CMF SPINALOGIC Food and Beverage DJO, LLC
Nov 28, 2018 $22 IFUSE IMPLANT Food and Beverage SI-BONE, INC.
Oct 8, 2018 $22 IFUSE IMPLANT Food and Beverage SI-BONE, INC.
May 16, 2018 $22 ALLOGRAFTS Food and Beverage GLOBUS MEDICAL, INC.
Sep 26, 2018 $20 STRATAFIX SURGIFLO HEMOSTATIC MATRIX FAMILY OF PRODUCTS Food and Beverage ETHICON US, LLC
Nov 20, 2018 $20 OCTRODE SCS LEADS Food and Beverage ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Mar 10, 2018 $19 T2 ALTITUDE Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC USA, INC.
Jul 13, 2018 $17 FORTIFY Food and Beverage GLOBUS MEDICAL, INC.
Jan 8, 2018 $16 ARTISAN Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Nov 17, 2018 $16 IFUSE IMPLANT Food and Beverage SI-BONE, INC.
Feb 23, 2018 $15 CREO MIS Food and Beverage GLOBUS MEDICAL, INC.
Sep 12, 2018 $14 IFUSE IMPLANT Food and Beverage SI-BONE, INC.
Apr 16, 2018 $13 FORTIFY Food and Beverage GLOBUS MEDICAL, INC.
Dec 19, 2018 $13 IFUSE IMPLANT Food and Beverage SI-BONE, INC.
Aug 13, 2018 $13 IFUSE IMPLANT Food and Beverage SI-BONE, INC.
Mar 16, 2018 $13 T2 ALTITUDE Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC USA, INC.
Jun 22, 2018 $13 QUARTEX Food and Beverage GLOBUS MEDICAL, INC.
Nov 6, 2018 $11 IFUSE IMPLANT Food and Beverage SI-BONE, INC.
Nov 17, 2018 $10 IFUSE IMPLANT Travel and Lodging SI-BONE, INC.
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This site includes data published by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services on June 28, 2019.