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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.

CHARLA R FISCHER
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CHARLA R FISCHER

Listed Specialty: Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine
161 FORT WASHINGTON AVE, 2ND FLOOR, NEW YORK, NY, 10032-3729
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DR. CHARLA FISCHER,
Yearly Payment Breakdown:

2018 Payments At a Glance

12

payments

$1,550

payment total

5

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
 11 $892
Travel and Lodging
 1 $658

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†
EXCELSIUS - GPS

device

 $675
VITALITY

device

 $256
PULSE

device

 $191
PLIF

device

 $144
GENERAL K2M PRODUCT DISCUSSION

device

 $131
IFUSE IMPLANT

device

 $71
Payments with no listed product

N/A

 $56
VIRAGE

device

 $25
† 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
May 14, 2018 $658 EXCELSIUS - GPS Travel and Lodging GLOBUS MEDICAL, INC.
Sep 28, 2018 $148 PULSE Food and Beverage NUVASIVE, INC.
Dec 12, 2018 $144 PLIF Food and Beverage NUVASIVE, INC.
Nov 30, 2018 $142 VITALITY Food and Beverage ZIMMER BIOMET HOLDINGS, INC.
Oct 10, 2018 $131 GENERAL K2M PRODUCT DISCUSSION Food and Beverage K2M, INC.
Oct 19, 2018 $114 VITALITY Food and Beverage ZIMMER BIOMET HOLDINGS, INC.
Oct 25, 2018 $71 IFUSE IMPLANT Food and Beverage SI-BONE, INC.
Nov 1, 2018 $46 No Listed Product Food and Beverage NUVASIVE, INC.
Sep 28, 2018 $43 PULSE Food and Beverage NUVASIVE, INC.
Oct 20, 2018 $25 VIRAGE Food and Beverage ZIMMER BIOMET HOLDINGS, INC.
May 14, 2018 $17 EXCELSIUS - GPS Food and Beverage GLOBUS MEDICAL, INC.
Nov 6, 2018 $10 No Listed Product Food and Beverage NUVASIVE, INC.
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This site includes data published by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services on June 28, 2019.