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JAMES C CALIFF
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JAMES C CALIFF

Listed Specialty: Orthopaedic Surgery
194 DOCTORS DR, BOONE, NC, 28607-5000
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DR. JAMES CALIFF,
Yearly Payment Breakdown:

2018 Payments At a Glance

19

payments

$1,234

payment total

10

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
Travel and Lodging
 2 $811
Food and Beverage
 17 $423

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†
NAVIO SURGICAL SYSTEM

device

 $706
KYPHON BALLOON KYPHOPLASTY

device

 $140
HIPSTRUMENTS

device

 $140
EZE-BAND

device

 $87
PROXIMEL

device

 $87
IFUSE IMPLANT

device

 $41
ZILRETTA

drug

 $29
COFLEX

device

 $22
Payments with no listed product

N/A

 $21
SPECTRA WAVEWRITER

device

 $14
TYMLOS

drug

 $14
SPINAL STIM

drug

 $11
TRIGEN INTERTAN

device

 $9
† 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 26, 2018 $671 NAVIO SURGICAL SYSTEM Travel and Lodging SMITH & NEPHEW, INC.
Nov 26, 2018 $140 HIPSTRUMENTS Travel and Lodging SMITH & NEPHEW, INC.
Aug 6, 2018 $87 EZE-BAND PROXIMEL Food and Beverage HARTMANN USA, INC.
Nov 15, 2018 $49 KYPHON BALLOON KYPHOPLASTY Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC USA, INC.
Dec 13, 2018 $38 KYPHON BALLOON KYPHOPLASTY Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC USA, INC.
Jun 5, 2018 $35 NAVIO SURGICAL SYSTEM Food and Beverage SMITH & NEPHEW, INC.
Oct 1, 2018 $27 IFUSE IMPLANT Food and Beverage SI-BONE, INC.
Jun 14, 2018 $25 KYPHON BALLOON KYPHOPLASTY Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC USA, INC.
Jan 8, 2018 $22 COFLEX Food and Beverage PARADIGM SPINE, LLC
May 25, 2018 $21 No Listed Product Food and Beverage DEPUY SYNTHES SALES INC.
Sep 5, 2018 $17 ZILRETTA Food and Beverage FLEXION THERAPEUTICS, INC.
Aug 18, 2018 $17 KYPHON BALLOON KYPHOPLASTY Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC USA, INC.
Mar 26, 2018 $14 IFUSE IMPLANT Food and Beverage SI-BONE, INC.
Dec 18, 2018 $14 SPECTRA WAVEWRITER Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Oct 30, 2018 $14 TYMLOS Food and Beverage RADIUS HEALTH, INC.
Oct 31, 2018 $12 ZILRETTA Food and Beverage FLEXION THERAPEUTICS, INC.
Jan 11, 2018 $11 SPINAL STIM Food and Beverage ORTHOFIX MEDICAL, INC.
Aug 18, 2018 $11 KYPHON BALLOON KYPHOPLASTY Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC USA, INC.
Jun 18, 2018 $9 TRIGEN INTERTAN Food and Beverage SMITH & NEPHEW, INC.
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This site includes data published by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services on June 28, 2019.