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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.

DAVID W STRAUSSER
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DAVID W STRAUSSER

Listed Specialty: Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine
1441 WOODSTEAD CT, STE 300, THE WOODLANDS, TX, 77380-1449
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Yearly Payment Breakdown:

2018 Payments At a Glance

16

payments

$17,150

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
 12 $16,378
Food and Beverage
 4 $772

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†
PIRANHA

device

 $10,154
Payments with no listed product

N/A

 $6,926
CAPRI CORPECTOMY CAGE SYSTEM

device

 $44
CMF SPINALOGIC

device

 $26
† 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 31, 2018 $1,846 PIRANHA Royalty or License AMENDIA, INC.
Oct 31, 2018 $1,781 No Listed Product Royalty or License AMENDIA, INC.
Jul 12, 2018 $1,649 PIRANHA Royalty or License AMENDIA, INC.
Jan 31, 2018 $1,621 PIRANHA Royalty or License AMENDIA, INC.
Feb 28, 2018 $1,470 PIRANHA Royalty or License AMENDIA, INC.
Mar 30, 2018 $1,426 PIRANHA Royalty or License AMENDIA, INC.
Nov 29, 2018 $1,193 No Listed Product Royalty or License AMENDIA, INC.
Aug 31, 2018 $1,127 No Listed Product Royalty or License AMENDIA, INC.
Sep 28, 2018 $1,081 No Listed Product Royalty or License AMENDIA, INC.
Apr 30, 2018 $1,078 PIRANHA Royalty or License AMENDIA, INC.
Jul 31, 2018 $1,064 PIRANHA Royalty or License AMENDIA, INC.
Dec 28, 2018 $1,042 No Listed Product Royalty or License AMENDIA, INC.
May 9, 2018 $586 No Listed Product Food and Beverage SPINAL ELEMENTS, INC.
May 9, 2018 $117 No Listed Product Food and Beverage AMENDIA, INC.
Aug 3, 2018 $44 CAPRI CORPECTOMY CAGE SYSTEM Food and Beverage K2M, INC.
Mar 1, 2018 $26 CMF SPINALOGIC Food and Beverage DJO, LLC
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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.