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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.

DAVID J CHAO
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DAVID J CHAO

Listed Specialty: Sports Medicine
8901 ACTIVITY RD, SAN DIEGO, CA, 92126-4427
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DR. DAVID CHAO,
Yearly Payment Breakdown:

2018 Payments At a Glance

21

payments

$1,651

payment total

9

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
 5 $888
Food and Beverage
 16 $763

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†
HIP PRODUCT PORTFOLIO

device

 $571
ACCUFILL

device

 $511
NUCEL

device

 $171
Payments with no listed product

N/A

 $155
MAKO

device

 $140
ORTHOVISC

device

 $32
MACI _ PEAK STUDY

drug

 $19
XIAFLEX

drug

 $18
PENNSAID

drug

 $17
CMF OL1000

device

 $10
BIOMET ORTHOPAK

device

 $7
† 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
Jul 20, 2018 $317 ACCUFILL Travel and Lodging ZIMMER BIOMET HOLDINGS, INC.
Jul 27, 2018 $258 HIP PRODUCT PORTFOLIO Travel and Lodging ZIMMER BIOMET HOLDINGS, INC.
Jul 26, 2018 $245 HIP PRODUCT PORTFOLIO Travel and Lodging ZIMMER BIOMET HOLDINGS, INC.
Jan 29, 2018 $171 NUCEL Food and Beverage ORGANOGENESIS INC.
Jun 20, 2018 $140 MAKO Food and Beverage STRYKER CORPORATION
May 8, 2018 $124 No Listed Product Food and Beverage DJO, LLC
Jul 20, 2018 $63 ACCUFILL Food and Beverage ZIMMER BIOMET HOLDINGS, INC.
Jul 20, 2018 $50 ACCUFILL Food and Beverage ZIMMER BIOMET HOLDINGS, INC.
Jul 20, 2018 $45 ACCUFILL Food and Beverage ZIMMER BIOMET HOLDINGS, INC.
Jul 20, 2018 $36 ACCUFILL Food and Beverage ZIMMER BIOMET HOLDINGS, INC.
Jul 26, 2018 $34 HIP PRODUCT PORTFOLIO Travel and Lodging ZIMMER BIOMET HOLDINGS, INC.
Jul 26, 2018 $34 HIP PRODUCT PORTFOLIO Travel and Lodging ZIMMER BIOMET HOLDINGS, INC.
May 31, 2018 $32 ORTHOVISC Food and Beverage DEPUY SYNTHES SALES INC.
Jul 9, 2018 $19 MACI _ PEAK STUDY Food and Beverage VERICEL CORPORATION
Dec 17, 2018 $18 No Listed Product Food and Beverage ACELL, INC.
Jan 9, 2018 $18 XIAFLEX Food and Beverage ENDO PHARMACEUTICALS INC.
Apr 16, 2018 $17 PENNSAID Food and Beverage HORIZON PHARMA PLC
May 8, 2018 $13 No Listed Product Food and Beverage DJO, LLC
Nov 9, 2018 $7 BIOMET ORTHOPAK Food and Beverage ZIMMER BIOMET HOLDINGS, INC.
Jan 29, 2018 $6 CMF OL1000 Food and Beverage DJO, LLC
Apr 6, 2018 $4 CMF OL1000 Food and Beverage DJO, LLC
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This site includes data published by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services on June 28, 2019.