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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.

JUSTIN E BIRD
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JUSTIN E BIRD

Listed Specialty: Orthopaedic Surgery
6410 FANNIN ST, STE 1535, HOUSTON, TX, 77030-3000
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DR. JUSTIN BIRD,
Yearly Payment Breakdown:

2018 Payments At a Glance

14

payments

$3,203

payment total

6

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
 4 $2,544
Food and Beverage
 7 $613
Education
 3 $46

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

 $1,837
TRITANIUM

device

 $1,066
SERRATO

device

 $210
OSS

device

 $116
SCP BONE SUBSTITUTE

device

 $114
FOOT AND ANKLE

device

 $46
CERAMENT BONE VOID FILLER

device

 $24
† 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
Sep 4, 2018 $893 No Listed Product Travel and Lodging ETHICON INC.
May 8, 2018 $856 TRITANIUM Travel and Lodging STRYKER CORPORATION
Sep 12, 2018 $398 No Listed Product Travel and Lodging ETHICON INC.
Sep 12, 2018 $398 No Listed Product Travel and Lodging ETHICON INC.
May 10, 2018 $149 TRITANIUM SERRATO Food and Beverage STRYKER CORPORATION
Jan 25, 2018 $116 OSS Food and Beverage ZIMMER BIOMET HOLDINGS, INC.
Sep 5, 2018 $115 No Listed Product Food and Beverage DEPUY SYNTHES SALES INC.
Aug 22, 2018 $114 SCP BONE SUBSTITUTE Food and Beverage ZIMMER BIOMET HOLDINGS, INC.
May 10, 2018 $61 TRITANIUM SERRATO Food and Beverage STRYKER CORPORATION
Jul 18, 2018 $33 No Listed Product Food and Beverage ONKOS SURGICAL, INC.
May 9, 2018 $24 CERAMENT BONE VOID FILLER Food and Beverage ZIMMER BIOMET HOLDINGS, INC.
Sep 6, 2018 $15 FOOT AND ANKLE Education WRIGHT MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY, INC.
Sep 6, 2018 $15 FOOT AND ANKLE Education WRIGHT MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY, INC.
Sep 6, 2018 $15 FOOT AND ANKLE Education WRIGHT MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY, 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.