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THOMAS D CHA
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THOMAS D CHA

Listed Specialty: Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine
55 FRUIT ST, YAWKEY 3A, BOSTON, MA, 02114-2621
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DR. THOMAS CHA,
Yearly Payment Breakdown:

2018 Payments At a Glance

46

payments

$17,510

payment total

5

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
Nonaccredited Training
 2 $6,400
Travel and Lodging
 12 $5,351
Consulting
 1 $3,200
Food and Beverage
 31 $2,559

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†
XLIF

device

 $10,761
TLIF

device

 $4,765
Payments with no listed product

N/A

 $1,608
MODULUS

device

 $682
EVEREST SPINAL SYSTEM

device

 $192
TITAN ENDOSKELETON

device

 $181
TITAN NANOLOCK

device

 $181
ADVANCED PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT

device

 $148
OSTEOCEL

device

 $140
ES2

device

 $131
TRITANIUM

device

 $131
LESSRAY

device

 $90
PULSE

device

 $90
COROENT

device

 $74
GENERAL K2M PRODUCT DISCUSSION

device

 $71
ARCHON

device

 $63
IFUSE IMPLANT

device

 $41
RELINE

device

 $21
TLX

device

 $16
† 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

= Disputed Payment

When How Much Related To What For From Third Party Payee
Aug 14, 2018 $3,200 XLIF Nonaccredited Training NUVASIVE, INC.
Feb 1, 2018 $3,200 XLIF Nonaccredited Training NUVASIVE, INC.
Feb 13, 2018 $3,200 TLIF Consulting NUVASIVE, INC.
Aug 14, 2018 $2,400 XLIF Travel and Lodging NUVASIVE, INC.
Jan 3, 2018 $1,097 No Listed Product Travel and Lodging NUVASIVE, INC.
Jun 28, 2018 $628 XLIF TLIF Travel and Lodging NUVASIVE, INC.
Jun 27, 2018 $569 TLIF XLIF Travel and Lodging NUVASIVE, INC.
Jan 3, 2018 $477 No Listed Product Food and Beverage NUVASIVE, INC.
Jan 25, 2018 $477 MODULUS Travel and Lodging NUVASIVE, INC.
Feb 22, 2018 $192 EVEREST SPINAL SYSTEM Food and Beverage K2M, INC.
Jun 6, 2018 $181 TITAN ENDOSKELETON TITAN NANOLOCK Food and Beverage TITAN SPINE, LLC
Jun 27, 2018 $148 ADVANCED PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT Food and Beverage K2M, INC.
May 18, 2018 $136 XLIF Food and Beverage NUVASIVE, INC.
Apr 13, 2018 $131 ES2 TRITANIUM Food and Beverage STRYKER CORPORATION
May 18, 2018 $128 XLIF Food and Beverage NUVASIVE, INC.
Jun 21, 2018 $111 XLIF Food and Beverage NUVASIVE, INC.
Nov 7, 2018 $90 LESSRAY Food and Beverage NUVASIVE, INC.
Jul 13, 2018 $85 XLIF TLIF Food and Beverage NUVASIVE, INC.
Jan 26, 2018 $75 MODULUS Food and Beverage NUVASIVE, INC.
Jan 16, 2018 $74 MODULUS Food and Beverage NUVASIVE, INC.
Jan 26, 2018 $74 COROENT Food and Beverage NUVASIVE, INC.
Jul 14, 2018 $63 ARCHON Food and Beverage NUVASIVE, INC.
Jul 23, 2018 $61 PULSE Food and Beverage NUVASIVE, INC.
Jul 12, 2018 $57 TLIF XLIF Food and Beverage NUVASIVE, INC.
Jan 26, 2018 $57 MODULUS Food and Beverage NUVASIVE, INC.
Jul 13, 2018 $54 TLIF XLIF Food and Beverage NUVASIVE, INC.
Jun 13, 2018 $51 OSTEOCEL Food and Beverage NUVASIVE, INC.
Jul 12, 2018 $46 TLIF XLIF Food and Beverage NUVASIVE, INC.
Jun 24, 2018 $41 IFUSE IMPLANT Food and Beverage SI-BONE, INC.
Nov 14, 2018 $40 OSTEOCEL Food and Beverage NUVASIVE, INC.
Jan 3, 2018 $35 No Listed Product Travel and Lodging NUVASIVE, INC.
Jun 27, 2018 $35 XLIF TLIF Travel and Lodging NUVASIVE, INC.
Apr 6, 2018 $32 OSTEOCEL Food and Beverage NUVASIVE, INC.
Sep 27, 2018 $29 GENERAL K2M PRODUCT DISCUSSION Food and Beverage K2M, INC.
Nov 29, 2018 $29 PULSE Food and Beverage NUVASIVE, INC.
Jul 14, 2018 $26 XLIF TLIF Travel and Lodging NUVASIVE, INC.
Feb 22, 2018 $24 GENERAL K2M PRODUCT DISCUSSION Food and Beverage K2M, INC.
May 18, 2018 $22 XLIF Food and Beverage NUVASIVE, INC.
Jul 14, 2018 $22 XLIF TLIF Travel and Lodging NUVASIVE, INC.
Jul 15, 2018 $22 XLIF TLIF Travel and Lodging NUVASIVE, INC.
Jan 20, 2018 $21 RELINE Travel and Lodging NUVASIVE, INC.
Jul 15, 2018 $21 TLIF XLIF Travel and Lodging NUVASIVE, INC.
Aug 3, 2018 $19 GENERAL K2M PRODUCT DISCUSSION Food and Beverage K2M, INC.
Jul 13, 2018 $18 OSTEOCEL Food and Beverage NUVASIVE, INC.
May 19, 2018 $16 TLX Food and Beverage NUVASIVE, INC.
Jul 16, 2018 $1 TLIF XLIF Food and Beverage NUVASIVE, INC.
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This site includes data published by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services on June 28, 2019.