Dollars for Docs

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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.

MICHAEL A CHARTERS
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MICHAEL A CHARTERS

Listed Specialty: Orthopaedic Surgery
2799 W GRAND BLVD, DETROIT, MI, 48202-2608
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DR. MICHAEL CHARTERS,
Yearly Payment Breakdown:

2018 Payments At a Glance

17

payments

$1,312

payment total

7

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 $658
Food and Beverage
13 $654

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
VERASENSE

device

$817
PERSONA

device

$230
PPK

device

$106
TM COUPLED CONES

device

$106
Payments with no listed product

N/A

$96
DERMABOND PORTFOLIO

device

$91
MEGA VAC

device

$91
STRATAFIX

device

$91
SURGICEL FAMILY OF ABSORBABLE HEMOSTATS

device

$91
ON-Q PUMP AND ACCESSORIES

device

$45
AQUAMANTYS

device

$20
TRIATHLON

device

$13
TRITANIUM

device

$13
† 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 30, 2018 $251 VERASENSE Travel and Lodging ORTHOSENSOR INC.
Aug 31, 2018 $246 VERASENSE Travel and Lodging ORTHOSENSOR INC.
Sep 30, 2018 $156 VERASENSE Travel and Lodging ORTHOSENSOR INC.
Nov 2, 2018 $124 PERSONA Food and Beverage ZIMMER BIOMET HOLDINGS, INC.
Nov 1, 2018 $106 PERSONA TM COUPLED CONES PPK Food and Beverage ZIMMER BIOMET HOLDINGS, INC.
Sep 24, 2018 $96 No Listed Product Food and Beverage MYOSCIENCE INC.
Feb 12, 2018 $91 DERMABOND PORTFOLIO STRATAFIX SURGICEL FAMILY OF ABSORBABLE HEMOSTATS MEGA VAC Food and Beverage ETHICON US, LLC
Sep 12, 2018 $77 VERASENSE Food and Beverage ORTHOSENSOR INC.
Nov 27, 2018 $27 ON-Q PUMP AND ACCESSORIES Food and Beverage AVANOS MEDICAL
Sep 12, 2018 $24 VERASENSE Food and Beverage ORTHOSENSOR INC.
Sep 13, 2018 $22 VERASENSE Food and Beverage ORTHOSENSOR INC.
Nov 3, 2018 $20 AQUAMANTYS Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC USA, INC.
Jun 26, 2018 $19 VERASENSE Food and Beverage ORTHOSENSOR INC.
Dec 18, 2018 $18 ON-Q PUMP AND ACCESSORIES Food and Beverage AVANOS MEDICAL
Sep 13, 2018 $16 VERASENSE Food and Beverage ORTHOSENSOR INC.
Oct 25, 2018 $13 TRITANIUM TRIATHLON Food and Beverage STRYKER CORPORATION
Aug 31, 2018 $5 VERASENSE Travel and Lodging ORTHOSENSOR 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.