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TIM E ADAMSON
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TIM E ADAMSON

Listed Specialty: Neurological Surgery
225 BALDWIN AVE, CHARLOTTE, NC, 28204-3109
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TIM ADAMSON,
Yearly Payment Breakdown:

2018 Payments At a Glance

28

payments

$100,041

payment total

4

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
Royalty or License
 4 $85,959
Consulting
 9 $11,800
Travel and Lodging
 6 $1,733
Food and Beverage
 9 $548

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†
FIXATION

device

 $85,959
SPINAL IMPLANTS

device

 $12,806
Payments with no listed product

N/A

 $1,000
GENERAL K2M PRODUCT DISCUSSION

device

 $151
POSTERIOR FUSION

device

 $104
CMF SPINALOGIC

device

 $21
† 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 31, 2018 $28,380 FIXATION Royalty or License SPINE WAVE, INC.
Apr 30, 2018 $23,952 FIXATION Royalty or License SPINE WAVE, INC.
Oct 26, 2018 $19,146 FIXATION Royalty or License SPINE WAVE, INC.
Jul 30, 2018 $14,481 FIXATION Royalty or License SPINE WAVE, INC.
Mar 30, 2018 $6,400 SPINAL IMPLANTS Consulting SPINE WAVE, INC.
Jan 11, 2018 $2,000 SPINAL IMPLANTS Consulting SPINE WAVE, INC.
Nov 8, 2018 $800 SPINAL IMPLANTS Consulting SPINE WAVE, INC.
Nov 29, 2018 $636 No Listed Product Travel and Lodging ARTHREX, INC.
May 1, 2018 $600 SPINAL IMPLANTS Consulting SPINE WAVE, INC.
Sep 28, 2018 $600 SPINAL IMPLANTS Consulting SPINE WAVE, INC.
Jul 11, 2018 $400 SPINAL IMPLANTS Consulting SPINE WAVE, INC.
Mar 5, 2018 $400 SPINAL IMPLANTS Consulting SPINE WAVE, INC.
Jun 6, 2018 $400 SPINAL IMPLANTS Consulting SPINE WAVE, INC.
Jan 29, 2018 $349 SPINAL IMPLANTS Travel and Lodging SPINE WAVE, INC.
Feb 23, 2018 $285 SPINAL IMPLANTS Travel and Lodging SPINE WAVE, INC.
Dec 14, 2018 $237 No Listed Product Travel and Lodging ARTHREX, INC.
Feb 26, 2018 $226 SPINAL IMPLANTS Travel and Lodging SPINE WAVE, INC.
May 9, 2018 $200 SPINAL IMPLANTS Consulting SPINE WAVE, INC.
Apr 30, 2018 $109 SPINAL IMPLANTS Food and Beverage SPINE WAVE, INC.
Feb 24, 2018 $104 POSTERIOR FUSION Food and Beverage SPINE WAVE, INC.
Dec 20, 2018 $98 No Listed Product Food and Beverage ARTHREX, INC.
Aug 10, 2018 $63 GENERAL K2M PRODUCT DISCUSSION Food and Beverage K2M, INC.
Aug 10, 2018 $60 GENERAL K2M PRODUCT DISCUSSION Food and Beverage K2M, INC.
Feb 24, 2018 $38 SPINAL IMPLANTS Food and Beverage SPINE WAVE, INC.
Dec 14, 2018 $28 No Listed Product Food and Beverage ARTHREX, INC.
Oct 17, 2018 $27 GENERAL K2M PRODUCT DISCUSSION Food and Beverage K2M, INC.
Feb 21, 2018 $21 CMF SPINALOGIC Food and Beverage DJO, LLC
Feb 27, 2018 $0 SPINAL IMPLANTS Travel and Lodging SPINE WAVE, INC.
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This site includes data published by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services on June 28, 2019.