Dollars for Docs

How Industry Dollars Reach Your Doctors

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.

ROBERT P KNETSCHE
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ROBERT P KNETSCHE

Listed Specialty: Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine
236 W MAIN ST, SUITE 202, DANVILLE, KY, 40422-1876
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DR. ROBERT KNETSCHE,
Yearly Payment Breakdown:

2018 Payments At a Glance

3

payments

$110,472

payment total

1

company 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
1 $93,454
Consulting
1 $16,700
Food and Beverage
1 $319

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
THUNDERBOLT

device

$110K
BLACKBIRD

device

$319
BLACKHAWK

device

$319
TIGER SHARK

device

$319
TOMCAT

device

$319
VEO

device

$319
† 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
Jan 31, 2018 $93,454 THUNDERBOLT Royalty or License CHOICE SPINE, LLC
Feb 16, 2018 $16,700 THUNDERBOLT Consulting CHOICE SPINE, LLC
May 18, 2018 $319 BLACKHAWK TIGER SHARK BLACKBIRD TOMCAT VEO Food and Beverage CHOICE SPINE, LLC
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This site includes data published by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services on June 28, 2019.