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RICHARD HOWARD
Listed Specialty: Orthopaedic Surgery
2325 DOUGHERTY FERRY RD, SUITE 200, SAINT LOUIS, MO, 63122-3356
RICHARD HOWARD,
Yearly Payment Breakdown:
2018 Payments At a Glance
28
payments
$4,739
payment total
11
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 |
|---|---|---|
Promotional Speaking/Other |
1 | $1,500 |
Education |
3 | $1,468 |
Food and Beverage |
19 | $1,310 |
Travel and Lodging |
4 | $389 |
Consulting |
1 | $71 |
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† |
|---|---|---|
Payments with no listed product |
N/A |
$3,011 |
GMK SPHERE |
device |
$556 |
AMISTEM |
device |
$374 |
AXSOS |
device |
$147 |
AUGMENT |
device |
$138 |
ACU-LOC WRIST PLATING SYSTEM |
device |
$135 |
ACUTRAK HEADLESS COMPRESSION SCREW SYSTEM |
device |
$135 |
CLAVICLE PLATING SYSTEM |
device |
$135 |
ACTIS |
device |
$124 |
XIAFLEX |
drug |
$118 |
ALPS PLATES AND INSTRUMENTS |
device |
$105 |
COMPOSITCP |
device |
$105 |
COMPREHENSIVE REVERSE |
device |
$105 |
QUATRO LINK |
device |
$105 |
SIDUS STEM-FREE SHOULDER |
device |
$105 |
VAULT RECONSTRUCTION |
device |
$105 |
REVERSE SHOULDER |
device |
$77 |
SR |
device |
$71 |
DISTAL EXTREMITIES IMPLANTS SOFT TISSUE FIBERTAK |
device |
$69 |
MORPHABOND ER |
drug |
$31 |
MONOVISC |
device |
$28 |
ORTHOVISC |
device |
$28 |
PENNSAID |
drug |
$11 |
VIMOVO |
drug |
$11 |
| † 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 29, 2018 | $1,500 | No Listed Product | Promotional Speaking/Other | ARTHREX, INC. | |
| Nov 14, 2018 | $785 | No Listed Product | Education | ELITE ORTHOPEDICS, LLC | |
| Feb 5, 2018 | $600 | No Listed Product | Education | ELITE ORTHOPEDICS, LLC | |
| Sep 21, 2018 | $170 | GMK SPHERE AMISTEM | Travel and Lodging | MEDACTA USA, INC. | |
| Sep 8, 2018 | $152 | GMK SPHERE | Travel and Lodging | MEDACTA USA, INC. | |
| Aug 29, 2018 | $147 | AXSOS | Food and Beverage | STRYKER CORPORATION | |
| Jan 31, 2018 | $138 | AUGMENT | Food and Beverage | WRIGHT MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY, INC. | |
| May 23, 2018 | $135 | ACUTRAK HEADLESS COMPRESSION SCREW SYSTEM ACU-LOC WRIST PLATING SYSTEM CLAVICLE PLATING SYSTEM | Food and Beverage | ACUMED LLC | |
| Sep 26, 2018 | $126 | No Listed Product | Food and Beverage | ELITE ORTHOPEDICS, LLC | |
| Feb 28, 2018 | $124 | ACTIS | Food and Beverage | DEPUY SYNTHES SALES INC. | |
| Sep 21, 2018 | $107 | GMK SPHERE AMISTEM | Food and Beverage | MEDACTA USA, INC. | |
| Apr 25, 2018 | $105 | ALPS PLATES AND INSTRUMENTS | Food and Beverage | ZIMMER BIOMET HOLDINGS, INC. | |
| Oct 24, 2018 | $105 | COMPOSITCP QUATRO LINK SIDUS STEM-FREE SHOULDER VAULT RECONSTRUCTION COMPREHENSIVE REVERSE | Food and Beverage | ZIMMER BIOMET HOLDINGS, INC. | |
| Nov 19, 2018 | $83 | XIAFLEX | Education | ENDO PHARMACEUTICALS INC. | |
| Jul 18, 2018 | $77 | REVERSE SHOULDER | Food and Beverage | MEDACTA USA, INC. | |
| Feb 27, 2018 | $71 | SR | Consulting | STRYKER CORPORATION | |
| Nov 12, 2018 | $69 | DISTAL EXTREMITIES IMPLANTS SOFT TISSUE FIBERTAK | Food and Beverage | ARTHREX, INC. | |
| Sep 22, 2018 | $60 | GMK SPHERE AMISTEM | Food and Beverage | MEDACTA USA, INC. | |
| Sep 22, 2018 | $37 | AMISTEM GMK SPHERE | Travel and Lodging | MEDACTA USA, INC. | |
| Sep 8, 2018 | $30 | GMK SPHERE | Travel and Lodging | MEDACTA USA, INC. | |
| Sep 17, 2018 | $28 | MONOVISC ORTHOVISC | Food and Beverage | DEPUY SYNTHES SALES INC. | |
| May 8, 2018 | $16 | MORPHABOND ER | Food and Beverage | DAIICHI SANKYO INC. | |
| Jun 19, 2018 | $15 | MORPHABOND ER | Food and Beverage | DAIICHI SANKYO INC. | |
| Apr 16, 2018 | $13 | XIAFLEX | Food and Beverage | ENDO PHARMACEUTICALS INC. | |
| Jan 29, 2018 | $12 | XIAFLEX | Food and Beverage | ENDO PHARMACEUTICALS INC. | |
| Jun 25, 2018 | $11 | XIAFLEX | Food and Beverage | ENDO PHARMACEUTICALS INC. | |
| Apr 26, 2018 | $11 | PENNSAID | Food and Beverage | HORIZON PHARMA PLC | |
| May 24, 2018 | $11 | VIMOVO | Food and Beverage | HORIZON PHARMA PLC |
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This site includes data published by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services on June 28, 2019.