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JOSHUA ABRAMS
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JOSHUA ABRAMS

Listed Specialty: Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine
14520 W GRANITE VALLEY DR, STE 210, SUN CITY WEST, AZ, 85375-5855
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DR. JOSHUA ABRAMS,
Yearly Payment Breakdown:

2018 Payments At a Glance

66

payments

$48,150

payment total

14

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
 6 $41,176
Travel and Lodging
 13 $4,493
Food and Beverage
 47 $2,481

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

 $41,907
VIPER

device

 $4,848
BRAINLAB

device

 $1,843
IFUSE IMPLANT

device

 $616
PROCLAIM FAMILY OF SCS IPGS

device

 $234
SYNFIX

device

 $142
SPECTRA WAVEWRITER

device

 $127
EXPEDIUM

device

 $125
VIVIGEN

device

 $112
COUGAR

device

 $75
MOUNTAINEER

device

 $70
SYNAPSE

device

 $70
ZERO-P

device

 $70
TRITANIUM

device

 $45
TRESTLE

device

 $43
VERTECEM

device

 $38
POSTERIOR FIXATION

device

 $34
O-ARM-SPINE

device

 $29
STRATAFIX

device

 $27
SURGIFLO HEMOSTATIC MATRIX FAMILY OF PRODUCTS

device

 $27
TRUSTLE LUX

device

 $26
ACTIVL ARTIFICIAL DISC

device

 $19
TLX

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
Mar 12, 2018 $8,554 No Listed Product Consulting MEDICAL DEVICE BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.
Mar 28, 2018 $8,547 No Listed Product Consulting MEDICAL DEVICE BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.
Sep 14, 2018 $7,425 No Listed Product Consulting MEDICAL DEVICE BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.
Jun 4, 2018 $7,204 No Listed Product Consulting MEDICAL DEVICE BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.
Jul 19, 2018 $6,747 No Listed Product Consulting MEDICAL DEVICE BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.
Dec 6, 2018 $2,700 No Listed Product Consulting MEDICAL DEVICE BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.
Mar 2, 2018 $905 VIPER Travel and Lodging MEDICAL DEVICE BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.
Jan 19, 2018 $732 VIPER BRAINLAB Travel and Lodging MEDICAL DEVICE BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.
Aug 10, 2018 $562 VIPER Travel and Lodging MEDICAL DEVICE BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.
Jan 19, 2018 $472 VIPER BRAINLAB Travel and Lodging MEDICAL DEVICE BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.
Jan 19, 2018 $415 VIPER BRAINLAB Travel and Lodging MEDICAL DEVICE BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.
Aug 10, 2018 $376 VIPER Travel and Lodging MEDICAL DEVICE BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.
Aug 10, 2018 $338 VIPER Travel and Lodging MEDICAL DEVICE BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.
Jun 28, 2018 $164 IFUSE IMPLANT Food and Beverage SI-BONE, INC.
May 15, 2018 $149 IFUSE IMPLANT Food and Beverage SI-BONE, INC.
Mar 2, 2018 $131 VIPER Travel and Lodging MEDICAL DEVICE BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.
Jun 19, 2018 $130 IFUSE IMPLANT Food and Beverage SI-BONE, INC.
Sep 14, 2018 $130 No Listed Product Travel and Lodging MEDICAL DEVICE BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.
Aug 23, 2018 $127 SPECTRA WAVEWRITER Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Mar 2, 2018 $125 VIPER EXPEDIUM Food and Beverage DEPUY SYNTHES SALES INC.
Dec 18, 2018 $124 PROCLAIM FAMILY OF SCS IPGS Food and Beverage ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Aug 16, 2018 $123 IFUSE IMPLANT Food and Beverage SI-BONE, INC.
Aug 10, 2018 $123 VIPER Food and Beverage MEDICAL DEVICE BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.
Mar 28, 2018 $121 No Listed Product Travel and Lodging MEDICAL DEVICE BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.
Jan 19, 2018 $119 VIPER BRAINLAB Food and Beverage MEDICAL DEVICE BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.
Dec 22, 2018 $117 SYNFIX VIPER Food and Beverage DEPUY SYNTHES SALES INC.
Mar 12, 2018 $113 No Listed Product Travel and Lodging MEDICAL DEVICE BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.
Sep 27, 2018 $112 VIPER VIVIGEN Food and Beverage DEPUY SYNTHES SALES INC.
Oct 4, 2018 $109 PROCLAIM FAMILY OF SCS IPGS Food and Beverage ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Jun 4, 2018 $102 No Listed Product Travel and Lodging MEDICAL DEVICE BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.
Jul 19, 2018 $96 No Listed Product Travel and Lodging MEDICAL DEVICE BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.
Sep 14, 2018 $76 No Listed Product Food and Beverage MEDICAL DEVICE BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.
Jun 22, 2018 $75 COUGAR Food and Beverage DEPUY SYNTHES SALES INC.
Dec 7, 2018 $58 MOUNTAINEER ZERO-P SYNAPSE Food and Beverage DEPUY SYNTHES SALES INC.
Jul 19, 2018 $48 No Listed Product Food and Beverage MEDICAL DEVICE BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.
Oct 15, 2018 $45 VIPER Food and Beverage DEPUY SYNTHES SALES INC.
Jun 13, 2018 $45 TRITANIUM Food and Beverage STRYKER CORPORATION
Dec 3, 2018 $43 TRESTLE Food and Beverage ALPHATEC SPINE, INC
Jan 19, 2018 $40 VIPER BRAINLAB Food and Beverage MEDICAL DEVICE BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.
Aug 10, 2018 $34 VIPER Food and Beverage MEDICAL DEVICE BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.
Aug 20, 2018 $34 POSTERIOR FIXATION Food and Beverage SPINE WAVE, INC.
Aug 11, 2018 $33 VIPER Food and Beverage MEDICAL DEVICE BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.
Jan 19, 2018 $31 VIPER BRAINLAB Food and Beverage MEDICAL DEVICE BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.
Jan 16, 2018 $29 No Listed Product Food and Beverage ARTERIOCYTE MEDICAL SYSTEMS, INC.
Nov 7, 2018 $26 TRUSTLE LUX Food and Beverage ALPHATEC SPINE, INC
Aug 11, 2018 $26 VIPER Food and Beverage MEDICAL DEVICE BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.
Jan 20, 2018 $25 VIPER BRAINLAB Food and Beverage MEDICAL DEVICE BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.
Apr 20, 2018 $25 SYNFIX VIPER Food and Beverage DEPUY SYNTHES SALES INC.
May 15, 2018 $24 IFUSE IMPLANT Food and Beverage SI-BONE, INC.
Oct 15, 2018 $24 VERTECEM Food and Beverage DEPUY SYNTHES SALES INC.
May 5, 2018 $20 VIPER Food and Beverage DEPUY SYNTHES SALES INC.
Aug 6, 2018 $19 ACTIVL ARTIFICIAL DISC Food and Beverage AESCULAP IMPLANT SYSTEMS, LLC
Mar 3, 2018 $19 VIPER Food and Beverage MEDICAL DEVICE BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.
Jun 18, 2018 $16 O-ARM-SPINE Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC USA, INC.
Aug 27, 2018 $15 No Listed Product Food and Beverage MAZOR ROBOTICS INC.
May 1, 2018 $14 IFUSE IMPLANT Food and Beverage SI-BONE, INC.
Mar 3, 2018 $14 VIPER Food and Beverage MEDICAL DEVICE BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.
Jul 16, 2018 $14 VERTECEM Food and Beverage DEPUY SYNTHES SALES INC.
Aug 30, 2018 $14 STRATAFIX SURGIFLO HEMOSTATIC MATRIX FAMILY OF PRODUCTS Food and Beverage ETHICON US, LLC
Dec 17, 2018 $13 STRATAFIX SURGIFLO HEMOSTATIC MATRIX FAMILY OF PRODUCTS Food and Beverage ETHICON US, LLC
Jun 26, 2018 $13 O-ARM-SPINE Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC USA, INC.
Feb 8, 2018 $12 TLX Food and Beverage NUVASIVE, INC.
May 3, 2018 $11 IFUSE IMPLANT Food and Beverage SI-BONE, INC.
Jan 20, 2018 $9 VIPER BRAINLAB Food and Beverage MEDICAL DEVICE BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.
Dec 5, 2018 $7 ZERO-P MOUNTAINEER SYNAPSE Food and Beverage DEPUY SYNTHES SALES INC.
Dec 4, 2018 $5 ZERO-P MOUNTAINEER SYNAPSE Food and Beverage DEPUY SYNTHES SALES INC.
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This site includes data published by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services on June 28, 2019.