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RICK C SASSO
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RICK C SASSO

Listed Specialty: Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine
13225 N MERIDIAN ST, CARMEL, IN, 46032-5480
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RICK SASSO,
Yearly Payment Breakdown:

2018 Payments At a Glance

61

payments

$217,804

payment total

8

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
Royalty or License
 10 $131K
Consulting
 5 $80,229
Food and Beverage
 31 $2,446
Education
 7 $2,354
Travel and Lodging
 8 $1,489

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†
VENTURE

device

 $124K
Payments with no listed product

N/A

 $82,432
VERTEX

device

 $7,671
PERSONA

device

 $546
ZNN

device

 $529
SCP BONE SUBSTITUTE

device

 $504
G7

device

 $375
NEXEL ELBOW

device

 $346
XLIF

device

 $320
VUEPOINT

device

 $296
GENERAL K2M PRODUCT DISCUSSION

device

 $286
IGA

device

 $256
M6-C

drug

 $202
COHERE

device

 $167
MAXCESS-C

device

 $167
TRITANIUM

device

 $156
TRAUMA

device

 $148
STEALTHSTATION

device

 $143
BIO4

device

 $129
ES2

device

 $129
NAV -3INAVIGATION PLATFORM

device

 $129
XIA

device

 $129
SPINAL IMPLANTS

device

 $105
BENDINI

device

 $89
NUVALINE/NUVAMAP O.R.

device

 $89
NVM5

device

 $89
TSRH

device

 $67
EVEREST SPINAL SYSTEM

device

 $41
ARCHON

device

 $40
HELIX

device

 $40
RELINE

device

 $40
PRODISC C

device

 $40
PULSE

device

 $22
POSTERIOR FUSION

device

 $15
PEEK CORPECTOMY

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
Nov 9, 2018 $37,690 VENTURE Royalty or License MEDTRONIC USA, INC.
Aug 13, 2018 $30,199 VENTURE Royalty or License MEDTRONIC USA, INC.
May 14, 2018 $28,748 VENTURE Royalty or License MEDTRONIC USA, INC.
Nov 29, 2018 $27,300 No Listed Product Consulting NUVASIVE, INC.
Feb 13, 2018 $26,911 VENTURE Royalty or License MEDTRONIC USA, INC.
Aug 14, 2018 $18,200 No Listed Product Consulting NUVASIVE, INC.
Mar 29, 2018 $16,250 No Listed Product Consulting NUVASIVE, INC.
Mar 29, 2018 $10,400 No Listed Product Consulting NUVASIVE, INC.
Apr 17, 2018 $8,079 No Listed Product Consulting NUVASIVE, INC.
May 14, 2018 $2,167 VERTEX Royalty or License MEDTRONIC USA, INC.
Aug 13, 2018 $2,113 VERTEX Royalty or License MEDTRONIC USA, INC.
Feb 13, 2018 $1,855 VERTEX Royalty or License MEDTRONIC USA, INC.
Nov 9, 2018 $1,536 VERTEX Royalty or License MEDTRONIC USA, INC.
Jan 22, 2018 $684 No Listed Product Travel and Lodging NUVASIVE, INC.
Mar 30, 2018 $529 ZNN Education ZIMMER BIOMET HOLDINGS, INC.
Dec 4, 2018 $504 SCP BONE SUBSTITUTE Education ZIMMER BIOMET HOLDINGS, INC.
Oct 5, 2018 $375 G7 Education ZIMMER BIOMET HOLDINGS, INC.
Oct 24, 2018 $346 NEXEL ELBOW Education ZIMMER BIOMET HOLDINGS, INC.
Mar 23, 2018 $320 XLIF Food and Beverage NUVASIVE, INC.
Jan 16, 2018 $279 PERSONA Education ZIMMER BIOMET HOLDINGS, INC.
Nov 12, 2018 $267 PERSONA Education ZIMMER BIOMET HOLDINGS, INC.
Jul 14, 2018 $260 No Listed Product Travel and Lodging NUVASIVE, INC.
Jan 18, 2018 $170 No Listed Product Travel and Lodging NUVASIVE, INC.
Jan 17, 2018 $167 MAXCESS-C IGA VUEPOINT COHERE Food and Beverage NUVASIVE, INC.
Mar 7, 2018 $148 TRAUMA Food and Beverage STRYKER CORPORATION
Feb 1, 2018 $144 GENERAL K2M PRODUCT DISCUSSION Food and Beverage K2M, INC.
Mar 1, 2018 $143 GENERAL K2M PRODUCT DISCUSSION Food and Beverage K2M, INC.
Feb 22, 2018 $143 STEALTHSTATION Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC USA, INC.
Jul 15, 2018 $138 No Listed Product Food and Beverage NUVASIVE, INC.
Dec 9, 2018 $129 ES2 TRITANIUM XIA NAV -3INAVIGATION PLATFORM BIO4 Food and Beverage STRYKER CORPORATION
Jun 6, 2018 $126 M6-C Food and Beverage ORTHOFIX MEDICAL, INC.
Sep 26, 2018 $123 No Listed Product Food and Beverage ORTHOFIX MEDICAL, INC.
Jul 13, 2018 $112 No Listed Product Food and Beverage NUVASIVE, INC.
Sep 27, 2018 $105 SPINAL IMPLANTS Food and Beverage SPINE WAVE, INC.
Jul 21, 2018 $104 No Listed Product Travel and Lodging NUVASIVE, INC.
Mar 9, 2018 $100 No Listed Product Food and Beverage NUVASIVE, INC.
Jul 15, 2018 $89 No Listed Product Travel and Lodging NUVASIVE, INC.
Dec 5, 2018 $89 IGA BENDINI NUVALINE/NUVAMAP O.R. NVM5 VUEPOINT Food and Beverage NUVASIVE, INC.
Jan 22, 2018 $86 No Listed Product Travel and Lodging NUVASIVE, INC.
Sep 27, 2018 $76 M6-C Food and Beverage ORTHOFIX MEDICAL, INC.
Jul 15, 2018 $62 No Listed Product Travel and Lodging NUVASIVE, INC.
May 17, 2018 $54 No Listed Product Education NUVASIVE, INC.
Feb 16, 2018 $45 TSRH Royalty or License MEDTRONIC USA, INC.
Dec 8, 2018 $42 No Listed Product Food and Beverage NUVASIVE, INC.
Jun 4, 2018 $41 EVEREST SPINAL SYSTEM Food and Beverage K2M, INC.
Mar 10, 2018 $40 VUEPOINT HELIX ARCHON RELINE Food and Beverage NUVASIVE, INC.
Apr 4, 2018 $40 PRODISC C Food and Beverage CENTINEL SPINE, LLC
Mar 15, 2018 $39 No Listed Product Food and Beverage NUVASIVE, INC.
Jul 14, 2018 $34 No Listed Product Travel and Lodging NUVASIVE, INC.
Sep 14, 2018 $26 TRITANIUM Food and Beverage STRYKER CORPORATION
May 14, 2018 $22 TSRH Royalty or License MEDTRONIC USA, INC.
Jul 12, 2018 $22 PULSE Food and Beverage NUVASIVE, INC.
Dec 8, 2018 $21 No Listed Product Food and Beverage NUVASIVE, INC.
Jul 15, 2018 $21 No Listed Product Food and Beverage NUVASIVE, INC.
Jul 14, 2018 $18 No Listed Product Food and Beverage NUVASIVE, INC.
Dec 6, 2018 $16 No Listed Product Food and Beverage NUVASIVE, INC.
Jul 13, 2018 $16 No Listed Product Food and Beverage NUVASIVE, INC.
Sep 26, 2018 $15 POSTERIOR FUSION Food and Beverage SPINE WAVE, INC.
Jan 16, 2018 $13 PEEK CORPECTOMY Food and Beverage NUVASIVE, INC.
Jan 11, 2018 $10 No Listed Product Food and Beverage NUVASIVE, INC.
Dec 7, 2018 $4 No Listed Product 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.