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JAMES A SPOTO
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JAMES A SPOTO

Listed Specialty: Facial Plastic Surgery
1179 E PARIS AVE SE, SUITE 100, GRAND RAPIDS, MI, 49546-8371
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DR. JAMES SPOTO,
Yearly Payment Breakdown:

2018 Payments At a Glance

10

payments

$593

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
 10 $593

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†
ENTELLUS - XPRESS ENT DILATION SYSTEM

device

 $280
COBLATION - TURBINATE WANDS

device

 $147
7.5 FR. X 250MM RHINLARYNGO SCOPE

device

 $117
NUVENT

device

 $17
OLYMPUS CAPITAL ACCESSORIES

device

 $16
OLYMPUS ENT INSTRUMENTS

device

 $16
SURGICEL FAMILY OF ABSORBABLE HEMOSTATS

device

 $16
† 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 16, 2018 $118 COBLATION - TURBINATE WANDS Food and Beverage SMITH & NEPHEW, INC.
Jan 25, 2018 $118 ENTELLUS - XPRESS ENT DILATION SYSTEM Food and Beverage ENTELLUS MEDICAL, INC.
Sep 29, 2018 $117 7.5 FR. X 250MM RHINLARYNGO SCOPE Food and Beverage KARL STORZ ENDOSCOPY-AMERICA
Aug 27, 2018 $115 ENTELLUS - XPRESS ENT DILATION SYSTEM Food and Beverage STRYKER CORPORATION
Jan 25, 2018 $35 ENTELLUS - XPRESS ENT DILATION SYSTEM Food and Beverage ENTELLUS MEDICAL, INC.
Jun 25, 2018 $29 COBLATION - TURBINATE WANDS Food and Beverage SMITH & NEPHEW, INC.
Sep 14, 2018 $17 NUVENT Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC USA, INC.
Jun 18, 2018 $16 OLYMPUS CAPITAL ACCESSORIES OLYMPUS ENT INSTRUMENTS Food and Beverage OLYMPUS AMERICA INC.
May 7, 2018 $16 SURGICEL FAMILY OF ABSORBABLE HEMOSTATS Food and Beverage ETHICON US, LLC
May 14, 2018 $11 ENTELLUS - XPRESS ENT DILATION SYSTEM 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.