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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.

MESFIN A LEMMA
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MESFIN A LEMMA

Listed Specialty: Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine
5601 LOCH RAVEN BLVD, POB, STE 204, BALTIMORE, MD, 21239-2905
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DR. MESFIN LEMMA,
Yearly Payment Breakdown:

2018 Payments At a Glance

10

payments

$17,294

payment total

3

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
Royalty or License
4 $9,155
Consulting
1 $5,974
Travel and Lodging
3 $2,126
Food and Beverage
2 $39

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

$9,155
CONSTRUX MINI PEEK SPACER SYSTEM

device

$5,974
NEWBRIDGE LAMINOPLASTY FIXATION SYSTEM

device

$5,974
PILLAR SA PEEK SPACER SYSTEM

device

$5,974
SKYHAWK LATERAL INTERBODY FUSION SYSTEM

device

$5,974
TDX POSTERIOR DYNAMIC STABILIZATION

device

$5,974
EXCELSIUS - GPS

device

$1,152
BLACKBIRD

device

$992
BLACKHAWK

device

$992
TIGER SHARK

device

$992
TOMCAT

device

$992
VEO

device

$992
ASCENT LE POSTERIOR OCCIPITAL CERVICO-THORACIC SYSTEM

device

$22
CONSTRUX MINI PTC SPACER SYSTEM

device

$22
FORZA PEEK SPACER SYSTEM

device

$22
PHOENIX MINIMALLY INVASIVE SPINAL FIXATION SYSTEM

device

$22
UNITY LUMBOSACRAL FIXATION SYSTEM

device

$22
† 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
Apr 24, 2018 $5,974 PILLAR SA PEEK SPACER SYSTEM CONSTRUX MINI PEEK SPACER SYSTEM SKYHAWK LATERAL INTERBODY FUSION SYSTEM NEWBRIDGE LAMINOPLASTY FIXATION SYSTEM TDX POSTERIOR DYNAMIC STABILIZATION Consulting ORTHOFIX MEDICAL, INC.
Aug 13, 2018 $2,568 No Listed Product Royalty or License ORTHOFIX MEDICAL, INC.
May 10, 2018 $2,480 No Listed Product Royalty or License ORTHOFIX MEDICAL, INC.
Feb 12, 2018 $2,193 No Listed Product Royalty or License ORTHOFIX MEDICAL, INC.
Nov 13, 2018 $1,914 No Listed Product Royalty or License ORTHOFIX MEDICAL, INC.
May 9, 2018 $992 BLACKHAWK TIGER SHARK BLACKBIRD TOMCAT VEO Travel and Lodging CHOICE SPINE, LLC
Apr 11, 2018 $726 EXCELSIUS - GPS Travel and Lodging GLOBUS MEDICAL, INC.
May 21, 2018 $408 EXCELSIUS - GPS Travel and Lodging GLOBUS MEDICAL, INC.
Apr 24, 2018 $22 ASCENT LE POSTERIOR OCCIPITAL CERVICO-THORACIC SYSTEM UNITY LUMBOSACRAL FIXATION SYSTEM FORZA PEEK SPACER SYSTEM PHOENIX MINIMALLY INVASIVE SPINAL FIXATION SYSTEM CONSTRUX MINI PTC SPACER SYSTEM Food and Beverage ORTHOFIX MEDICAL, INC.
May 21, 2018 $17 EXCELSIUS - GPS Food and Beverage GLOBUS MEDICAL, 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.