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RICHARD FERKEL
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RICHARD FERKEL

Listed Specialty: Orthopaedic Surgery
6815 NOBLE AVE, VAN NUYS, CA, 91405-3796
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RICHARD FERKEL,
Yearly Payment Breakdown:

2018 Payments At a Glance

17

payments

$15,921

payment total

6

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
 4 $14,868
Food and Beverage
 13 $1,052

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†
FERKEL CURETTE

device

 $14,868
FERKEL MICROFRACTURE PICK

device

 $13,683
FIRSTPASS

device

 $1,185
CARTIVA

device

 $308
COLINK

device

 $169
5MS

device

 $147
COLAG

device

 $147
GRAVITY

device

 $125
FERKEL THIGH HOLDER

device

 $106
MACI _ PEAK STUDY

drug

 $70
ORTHOVISC

device

 $56
EXTREMITIES INSTRUMENTS

device

 $29
DYONICS STRAIGHT BLADES

device

 $15
TRUESPAN

device

 $14
MONOVISC

device

 $14
† 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
Jun 1, 2018 $5,733 FERKEL CURETTE FERKEL MICROFRACTURE PICK Royalty or License SMITH & NEPHEW, INC.
Feb 28, 2018 $5,353 FERKEL CURETTE FERKEL MICROFRACTURE PICK Royalty or License SMITH & NEPHEW, INC.
Sep 11, 2018 $2,598 FERKEL CURETTE FERKEL MICROFRACTURE PICK Royalty or License SMITH & NEPHEW, INC.
Dec 3, 2018 $1,185 FERKEL CURETTE FIRSTPASS Royalty or License SMITH & NEPHEW, INC.
Nov 8, 2018 $169 COLINK Food and Beverage IN2BONES USA, LLC
Sep 26, 2018 $158 CARTIVA Food and Beverage CARTIVA, INC.
Dec 5, 2018 $151 CARTIVA Food and Beverage CARTIVA, INC.
Feb 22, 2018 $147 5MS COLAG Food and Beverage IN2BONES USA, LLC
Jun 19, 2018 $125 GRAVITY Food and Beverage WRIGHT MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY, INC.
May 2, 2018 $106 FERKEL THIGH HOLDER Food and Beverage SMITH & NEPHEW, INC.
May 21, 2018 $70 MACI _ PEAK STUDY Food and Beverage VERICEL CORPORATION
Jul 1, 2018 $44 ORTHOVISC Food and Beverage DEPUY SYNTHES SALES INC.
Apr 16, 2018 $29 EXTREMITIES INSTRUMENTS Food and Beverage SMITH & NEPHEW, INC.
Oct 18, 2018 $15 DYONICS STRAIGHT BLADES Food and Beverage SMITH & NEPHEW, INC.
Jun 29, 2018 $14 TRUESPAN Food and Beverage DEPUY SYNTHES SALES INC.
May 4, 2018 $14 MONOVISC Food and Beverage DEPUY SYNTHES SALES INC.
Mar 29, 2018 $11 ORTHOVISC Food and Beverage DEPUY SYNTHES SALES 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.