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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.

KAREN M SUTTON
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KAREN M SUTTON

Listed Specialty: Sports Medicine
175 CAMBRIDGE ST, FOURTH FLOOR, BOSTON, MA, 02114-2743
* Note: This physician had a Connecticut practice address when the most recent payments were reported.
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DR. KAREN SUTTON,
Yearly Payment Breakdown:

2018 Payments At a Glance

25

payments

$25,794

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
Consulting
 2 $19,067
Travel and Lodging
 7 $4,043
Education
 1 $2,031
Food and Beverage
 15 $653

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†
RIGIDLOOP

device

 $11,110
HEALIX

device

 $10,032
GLOBAL

device

 $9,842
VISUALIZATION

device

 $9,842
FMS

device

 $9,225
GRYPHON

device

 $3,238
Payments with no listed product

N/A

 $2,059
TRUESPAN

device

 $120
VAPR

device

 $120
ZILRETTA

drug

 $65
MONOVISC

device

 $15
ORTHOVISC

device

 $15
DUROLANE

device

 $12
† 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
Nov 28, 2018 $9,842 GLOBAL RIGIDLOOP VISUALIZATION HEALIX Consulting MEDICAL DEVICE BUSINESS SERVICES, INC. SPORTS MED LLC
Jun 15, 2018 $9,225 FMS Consulting MEDICAL DEVICE BUSINESS SERVICES, INC. SPORTS MED LLC
Mar 19, 2018 $2,031 No Listed Product Education ARTHREX, INC.
Jul 18, 2018 $1,095 RIGIDLOOP Travel and Lodging MEDICAL DEVICE BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.
Jun 1, 2018 $791 GRYPHON Travel and Lodging MEDICAL DEVICE BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.
Nov 10, 2018 $762 GRYPHON Travel and Lodging MEDICAL DEVICE BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.
Nov 10, 2018 $527 GRYPHON Travel and Lodging MEDICAL DEVICE BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.
Nov 10, 2018 $358 GRYPHON Travel and Lodging MEDICAL DEVICE BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.
Jun 1, 2018 $318 GRYPHON Travel and Lodging MEDICAL DEVICE BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.
Jun 1, 2018 $191 GRYPHON Travel and Lodging MEDICAL DEVICE BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.
Jun 1, 2018 $125 GRYPHON Food and Beverage MEDICAL DEVICE BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.
Mar 29, 2018 $120 TRUESPAN HEALIX RIGIDLOOP VAPR Food and Beverage DEPUY SYNTHES SALES INC.
Jun 2, 2018 $70 HEALIX Food and Beverage DEPUY SYNTHES SALES INC.
Jul 5, 2018 $65 ZILRETTA Food and Beverage FLEXION THERAPEUTICS, INC.
Jun 1, 2018 $48 GRYPHON Food and Beverage MEDICAL DEVICE BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.
Nov 10, 2018 $44 GRYPHON Food and Beverage MEDICAL DEVICE BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.
Nov 10, 2018 $35 GRYPHON Food and Beverage MEDICAL DEVICE BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.
Mar 19, 2018 $28 No Listed Product Food and Beverage ARTHREX, INC.
Jun 1, 2018 $27 GRYPHON Food and Beverage MEDICAL DEVICE BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.
Jun 2, 2018 $26 RIGIDLOOP Food and Beverage DEPUY SYNTHES SALES INC.
Jul 18, 2018 $17 RIGIDLOOP Food and Beverage MEDICAL DEVICE BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.
Jan 3, 2018 $15 MONOVISC ORTHOVISC Food and Beverage DEPUY SYNTHES SALES INC.
Jun 29, 2018 $12 DUROLANE Food and Beverage BIOVENTUS LLC
Jun 1, 2018 $11 GRYPHON Food and Beverage MEDICAL DEVICE BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.
Jul 18, 2018 $10 RIGIDLOOP Food and Beverage MEDICAL DEVICE BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.
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Note: We have made some effort to normalize the data and eliminate duplicates, but the data is primarily as it has been reported by the companies to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. To purchase the normalized data, please visit the ProPublica Data Store. If you spot an error, please let us know at [email protected].

This site includes data published by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services on June 28, 2019.