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MICHAEL B ELLMAN
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MICHAEL B ELLMAN

Listed Specialty: Orthopaedic Surgery
600 GOLDEN RIDGE ROAD, STE. 250, GOLDEN, CO, 80401-9541
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MICHAEL ELLMAN,
Yearly Payment Breakdown:

2018 Payments At a Glance

41

payments

$32,876

payment total

2

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
 15 $23,100
Promotional Speaking/Other
 2 $6,000
Travel and Lodging
 8 $2,533
Food and Beverage
 16 $1,243

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†
HIP ARTHROSCOPY ACCESS & INSTRUMENTATION SET

device

 $18,533
PIVOT PORTAL ENTRY KIT

device

 $10,200
AMBIENT HIPVAC

device

 $6,213
ELITE HIP INSTRUMENTS

device

 $6,213
ACCOLADE

device

 $3,150
TRIDENT

device

 $3,150
REUNION

device

 $2,700
MAKO

device

 $2,100
Q-FIX

device

 $1,391
BIORAPTOR

device

 $1,239
HEALICOIL

device

 $1,239
OSTEORAPTOR

device

 $1,239
SUTUREFIX

device

 $1,239
TRIATHLON

device

 $600
CINCHLOCK SS

device

 $385
NEW PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT

device

 $309
HIPMAP

device

 $300
SHARPSHOOTER

device

 $149
ICONIX

device

 $127
INJECTOR II

device

 $31
REGENETEN

device

 $27
MICRORAPTOR KNOTLESS ANCHOR

device

 $13
CROSSFLOW

device

 $10
† 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
Jun 21, 2018 $5,100 PIVOT PORTAL ENTRY KIT HIP ARTHROSCOPY ACCESS & INSTRUMENTATION SET Consulting STRYKER CORPORATION
Mar 28, 2018 $5,100 HIP ARTHROSCOPY ACCESS & INSTRUMENTATION SET Consulting STRYKER CORPORATION
Feb 23, 2018 $5,000 ELITE HIP INSTRUMENTS AMBIENT HIPVAC Promotional Speaking/Other SMITH & NEPHEW, INC.
Jul 12, 2018 $2,700 PIVOT PORTAL ENTRY KIT HIP ARTHROSCOPY ACCESS & INSTRUMENTATION SET Consulting STRYKER CORPORATION
Nov 29, 2018 $2,100 ACCOLADE REUNION MAKO TRIDENT Consulting STRYKER CORPORATION
Apr 5, 2018 $1,950 HIP ARTHROSCOPY ACCESS & INSTRUMENTATION SET Consulting STRYKER CORPORATION
Feb 23, 2018 $1,000 ELITE HIP INSTRUMENTS AMBIENT HIPVAC Promotional Speaking/Other SMITH & NEPHEW, INC.
Jan 11, 2018 $900 PIVOT PORTAL ENTRY KIT Consulting STRYKER CORPORATION
Apr 5, 2018 $900 HIP ARTHROSCOPY ACCESS & INSTRUMENTATION SET Consulting STRYKER CORPORATION
Jan 25, 2018 $900 PIVOT PORTAL ENTRY KIT Consulting STRYKER CORPORATION
Jan 10, 2018 $785 BIORAPTOR HEALICOIL OSTEORAPTOR Q-FIX SUTUREFIX Travel and Lodging SMITH & NEPHEW, INC.
May 23, 2018 $616 HIP ARTHROSCOPY ACCESS & INSTRUMENTATION SET Travel and Lodging STRYKER CORPORATION
Sep 27, 2018 $600 TRIATHLON REUNION Consulting STRYKER CORPORATION
Jun 21, 2018 $600 PIVOT PORTAL ENTRY KIT HIP ARTHROSCOPY ACCESS & INSTRUMENTATION SET Consulting STRYKER CORPORATION
Oct 11, 2018 $600 ACCOLADE TRIDENT Consulting STRYKER CORPORATION
Apr 12, 2018 $600 HIP ARTHROSCOPY ACCESS & INSTRUMENTATION SET Consulting STRYKER CORPORATION
Apr 5, 2018 $451 HIP ARTHROSCOPY ACCESS & INSTRUMENTATION SET Travel and Lodging STRYKER CORPORATION
Mar 1, 2018 $450 ACCOLADE TRIDENT Consulting STRYKER CORPORATION
Feb 27, 2018 $365 HIP ARTHROSCOPY ACCESS & INSTRUMENTATION SET Travel and Lodging STRYKER CORPORATION
Oct 18, 2018 $300 NEW PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT Consulting STRYKER CORPORATION
Aug 9, 2018 $300 HIPMAP Consulting STRYKER CORPORATION
Mar 17, 2018 $149 SHARPSHOOTER CINCHLOCK SS Food and Beverage STRYKER CORPORATION
Jun 10, 2018 $144 CINCHLOCK SS Food and Beverage STRYKER CORPORATION
Jan 11, 2018 $140 BIORAPTOR HEALICOIL OSTEORAPTOR Q-FIX SUTUREFIX Food and Beverage SMITH & NEPHEW, INC.
Jan 31, 2018 $140 HIP ARTHROSCOPY ACCESS & INSTRUMENTATION SET Food and Beverage STRYKER CORPORATION
Jan 11, 2018 $139 Q-FIX Food and Beverage SMITH & NEPHEW, INC.
Feb 23, 2018 $128 ELITE HIP INSTRUMENTS AMBIENT HIPVAC Travel and Lodging SMITH & NEPHEW, INC.
Oct 15, 2018 $127 ICONIX Food and Beverage STRYKER CORPORATION
Jan 12, 2018 $124 BIORAPTOR HEALICOIL OSTEORAPTOR Q-FIX SUTUREFIX Food and Beverage SMITH & NEPHEW, INC.
Jan 10, 2018 $93 BIORAPTOR HEALICOIL OSTEORAPTOR Q-FIX SUTUREFIX Travel and Lodging SMITH & NEPHEW, INC.
Jul 6, 2018 $92 CINCHLOCK SS Food and Beverage STRYKER CORPORATION
Feb 23, 2018 $85 ELITE HIP INSTRUMENTS AMBIENT HIPVAC Travel and Lodging SMITH & NEPHEW, INC.
Jan 11, 2018 $65 BIORAPTOR HEALICOIL OSTEORAPTOR Q-FIX SUTUREFIX Food and Beverage SMITH & NEPHEW, INC.
Jan 12, 2018 $31 BIORAPTOR HEALICOIL OSTEORAPTOR Q-FIX SUTUREFIX Food and Beverage SMITH & NEPHEW, INC.
Jun 9, 2018 $31 INJECTOR II Food and Beverage STRYKER CORPORATION
Oct 2, 2018 $16 REGENETEN Food and Beverage SMITH & NEPHEW, INC.
Nov 8, 2018 $13 Q-FIX MICRORAPTOR KNOTLESS ANCHOR Food and Beverage SMITH & NEPHEW, INC.
Oct 1, 2018 $11 REGENETEN Food and Beverage SMITH & NEPHEW, INC.
Apr 20, 2018 $11 HIP ARTHROSCOPY ACCESS & INSTRUMENTATION SET Travel and Lodging STRYKER CORPORATION
Jul 3, 2018 $10 CROSSFLOW Food and Beverage STRYKER CORPORATION
Nov 8, 2018 $9 NEW PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT Food and Beverage STRYKER CORPORATION
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This site includes data published by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services on June 28, 2019.