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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.

JOHN K AFSHAR
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JOHN K AFSHAR

Listed Specialty: Neurological Surgery
509 SE RIVERSIDE DR, STE 203, STUART, FL, 34994-2579
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Yearly Payment Breakdown:

2018 Payments At a Glance

8

payments

$539

payment total

7

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
Food and Beverage
 7 $339
Promotional Speaking/Other
 1 $200

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†
COFLEX

device

 $200
KODIAK

device

 $118
Payments with no listed product

N/A

 $95
VERTELOC/SIJOIN/VERTELP/CERLOC

device

 $51
SYNFLATE

device

 $34
VIPER

device

 $34
ACTIFUSE

device

 $25
SPINAL PAK 2

device

 $17
† 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 13, 2018 $200 COFLEX Promotional Speaking/Other PARADIGM SPINE, LLC
Sep 28, 2018 $118 KODIAK Food and Beverage ALPHATEC SPINE, INC
Jul 30, 2018 $95 No Listed Product Food and Beverage OLYMPUS AMERICA INC.
Sep 1, 2018 $51 VERTELOC/SIJOIN/VERTELP/CERLOC Food and Beverage VGI MEDICAL, LLC
Jul 19, 2018 $25 ACTIFUSE Food and Beverage BAXTER HEALTHCARE
Apr 15, 2018 $18 VIPER SYNFLATE Food and Beverage MEDICAL DEVICE BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.
Oct 31, 2018 $17 SPINAL PAK 2 Food and Beverage ZIMMER BIOMET HOLDINGS, INC.
Apr 15, 2018 $16 VIPER SYNFLATE Food and Beverage MEDICAL DEVICE BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.
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This site includes data published by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services on June 28, 2019.