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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.

DANTE A BRITTIS
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DANTE A BRITTIS

Listed Specialty: Orthopaedic Surgery
75 KINGS HIGHWAY CUTOFF, FAIRFIELD, CT, 06824-5340
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DANTE BRITTIS,
Yearly Payment Breakdown:

2018 Payments At a Glance

13

payments

$751

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
Food and Beverage
 11 $536
Travel and Lodging
 2 $216

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†
VAPR

device

 $327
LINVATEC SHOULDER ARTHROSCOPY

device

 $268
EXPRESSEW

device

 $207
TRUESPAN

device

 $204
HEALIX

device

 $120
RIGIDLOOP

device

 $120
COBLATION WANDS

device

 $108
GRYPHON

device

 $39
DUROLANE

device

 $34
Q-FIX

device

 $15
† 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
Mar 28, 2018 $180 LINVATEC SHOULDER ARTHROSCOPY Travel and Lodging LINVATEC CORPORATION
Mar 29, 2018 $120 TRUESPAN HEALIX RIGIDLOOP VAPR Food and Beverage DEPUY SYNTHES SALES INC.
Oct 24, 2018 $84 VAPR EXPRESSEW Food and Beverage DEPUY SYNTHES SALES INC.
May 4, 2018 $84 VAPR TRUESPAN EXPRESSEW Food and Beverage DEPUY SYNTHES SALES INC.
May 18, 2018 $74 COBLATION WANDS Food and Beverage SMITH & NEPHEW, INC.
Jun 6, 2018 $39 VAPR GRYPHON EXPRESSEW Food and Beverage DEPUY SYNTHES SALES INC.
Mar 27, 2018 $36 LINVATEC SHOULDER ARTHROSCOPY Travel and Lodging LINVATEC CORPORATION
Apr 13, 2018 $35 COBLATION WANDS Food and Beverage SMITH & NEPHEW, INC.
Mar 27, 2018 $31 LINVATEC SHOULDER ARTHROSCOPY Food and Beverage LINVATEC CORPORATION
Mar 27, 2018 $21 LINVATEC SHOULDER ARTHROSCOPY Food and Beverage LINVATEC CORPORATION
Jul 24, 2018 $20 DUROLANE Food and Beverage BIOVENTUS LLC
Mar 20, 2018 $15 Q-FIX Food and Beverage SMITH & NEPHEW, INC.
Apr 10, 2018 $14 DUROLANE Food and Beverage BIOVENTUS LLC
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This site includes data published by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services on June 28, 2019.