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JAMES S KERCHER
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JAMES S KERCHER

Listed Specialty: Sports Medicine
2001 PEACHTREE RD NE, SUITE 705, ATLANTA, GA, 30309-1476
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DR. JAMES KERCHER,
Yearly Payment Breakdown:

2018 Payments At a Glance

22

payments

$4,328

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
Education
 2 $1,520
Travel and Lodging
 4 $1,519
Food and Beverage
 16 $1,289

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†
Payments with no listed product

N/A

 $3,543
ALLOGRAFT

device

 $567
MENISCUS

device

 $94
ICONIX

device

 $67
MACI _ PEAK STUDY

drug

 $17
ZILRETTA

drug

 $15
DUEXIS

drug

 $14
ORTHOVISC

device

 $12
† 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 14, 2018 $1,010 No Listed Product Education ARTHREX, INC.
Feb 27, 2018 $604 No Listed Product Travel and Lodging ARTHREX, INC.
Dec 26, 2018 $541 No Listed Product Travel and Lodging ARTHREX, INC.
Aug 31, 2018 $510 No Listed Product Education UNITED ORTHOPEDICS LLC
Feb 27, 2018 $476 No Listed Product Food and Beverage ARTHREX, INC.
Jan 5, 2018 $356 No Listed Product Travel and Lodging ARTHREX, INC.
Feb 22, 2018 $129 ALLOGRAFT Food and Beverage RTI SURGICAL, INC.
Feb 22, 2018 $129 ALLOGRAFT Food and Beverage RTI SURGICAL, INC.
Oct 17, 2018 $109 ALLOGRAFT Food and Beverage RTI SURGICAL, INC.
Oct 17, 2018 $109 ALLOGRAFT Food and Beverage RTI SURGICAL, INC.
Nov 28, 2018 $94 MENISCUS Food and Beverage RTI SURGICAL, INC.
Aug 25, 2018 $67 ICONIX Food and Beverage STRYKER CORPORATION
Jun 14, 2018 $28 No Listed Product Food and Beverage ARTHREX, INC.
Feb 14, 2018 $26 ALLOGRAFT Food and Beverage RTI SURGICAL, INC.
Feb 14, 2018 $26 ALLOGRAFT Food and Beverage RTI SURGICAL, INC.
Oct 17, 2018 $20 ALLOGRAFT Food and Beverage RTI SURGICAL, INC.
Oct 17, 2018 $20 ALLOGRAFT Food and Beverage RTI SURGICAL, INC.
Feb 7, 2018 $17 No Listed Product Travel and Lodging ARTHREX, INC.
Feb 1, 2018 $17 MACI _ PEAK STUDY Food and Beverage VERICEL CORPORATION
Jun 7, 2018 $15 ZILRETTA Food and Beverage FLEXION THERAPEUTICS, INC.
Mar 29, 2018 $14 DUEXIS Food and Beverage HORIZON PHARMA PLC
Jan 24, 2018 $12 ORTHOVISC Food and Beverage DEPUY SYNTHES SALES INC.
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This site includes data published by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services on June 28, 2019.