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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.

PAUL S HONG
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PAUL S HONG

Listed Specialty: Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine
981080 NEBRASKA MEDICAL CTR, DEPARTMENT OF ORTHOPAEDIC SURGERY, OMAHA, NE, 68198-1080
* Note: This physician had a California practice address when the most recent payments were reported.
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DR. PAUL HONG,
Yearly Payment Breakdown:

2018 Payments At a Glance

22

payments

$1,383

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
Food and Beverage
 22 $1,383

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†
ZEVO

device

 $792
SERRATO

device

 $326
TRITANIUM

device

 $133
MOBI-C

device

 $116
DBM

device

 $77
VIPER

device

 $38
CLYDESDALE

device

 $35
† 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
Oct 8, 2018 $142 ZEVO Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC USA, INC.
Dec 4, 2018 $141 ZEVO Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC USA, INC.
Mar 30, 2018 $133 SERRATO TRITANIUM Food and Beverage STRYKER CORPORATION
Apr 6, 2018 $128 SERRATO Food and Beverage STRYKER CORPORATION
Dec 11, 2018 $125 ZEVO Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC USA, INC.
Jan 24, 2018 $120 ZEVO Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC USA, INC.
Dec 6, 2018 $116 MOBI-C Food and Beverage ZIMMER BIOMET HOLDINGS, INC.
Jun 28, 2018 $99 ZEVO Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC USA, INC.
Jun 11, 2018 $77 DBM Food and Beverage STRYKER CORPORATION
Jun 13, 2018 $64 SERRATO Food and Beverage STRYKER CORPORATION
Nov 20, 2018 $41 ZEVO Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC USA, INC.
Dec 6, 2018 $38 VIPER Food and Beverage DEPUY SYNTHES SALES INC.
Oct 27, 2018 $35 CLYDESDALE Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC USA, INC.
Sep 6, 2018 $25 ZEVO Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC USA, INC.
Nov 1, 2018 $23 ZEVO Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC USA, INC.
Oct 27, 2018 $18 ZEVO Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC USA, INC.
Jun 7, 2018 $16 ZEVO Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC USA, INC.
Feb 6, 2018 $11 ZEVO Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC USA, INC.
Aug 2, 2018 $11 ZEVO Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC USA, INC.
Aug 3, 2018 $8 ZEVO Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC USA, INC.
May 30, 2018 $7 ZEVO Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC USA, INC.
Mar 15, 2018 $4 ZEVO Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC USA, INC.
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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.