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RAKESH RAMAKRISHNAN
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RAKESH RAMAKRISHNAN

Listed Specialty: Orthopaedic Surgery
21031 MICHIGAN AVENUE, DEARBORN, MI, 48124-2339
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DR. RAKESH RAMAKRISHNAN,
Yearly Payment Breakdown:

2018 Payments At a Glance

28

payments

$2,078

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
Food and Beverage
 26 $1,322
Travel and Lodging
 2 $756

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†
FORTILINK

device

 $795
COFLEX

device

 $252
ELEVATE

device

 $146
STREAMLINE TL SPINAL FIXATION SYSTEM

device

 $138
PRESTIGE

device

 $124
PRODISC C

device

 $121
MAP3 CELLULAR ALLOGENEIC BONE GRAFT

device

 $116
DIVERGENCE

device

 $101
Payments with no listed product

N/A

 $81
GRAFTON

device

 $62
VESUVIUS OSTEOBIOLOGIC SYSTEM

device

 $31
MAGNIFUSE

device

 $31
KYPHON BALLOON KYPHOPLASTY

device

 $29
METRX

device

 $24
PICO

device

 $14
CMF SPINALOGIC

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
May 5, 2018 $698 FORTILINK Travel and Lodging RTI SURGICAL, INC.
Jan 24, 2018 $142 ELEVATE Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC USA, INC.
Oct 18, 2018 $138 COFLEX Food and Beverage PARADIGM SPINE, LLC
May 4, 2018 $138 STREAMLINE TL SPINAL FIXATION SYSTEM Food and Beverage RTI SURGICAL, INC.
Nov 16, 2018 $124 PRESTIGE Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC USA, INC.
Jan 8, 2018 $121 PRODISC C Food and Beverage CENTINEL SPINE, LLC
May 6, 2018 $116 MAP3 CELLULAR ALLOGENEIC BONE GRAFT Food and Beverage RTI SURGICAL, INC.
Dec 5, 2018 $113 COFLEX Food and Beverage PARADIGM SPINE, LLC
Feb 6, 2018 $83 DIVERGENCE Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC USA, INC.
May 5, 2018 $58 FORTILINK Travel and Lodging RTI SURGICAL, INC.
Apr 12, 2018 $41 No Listed Product Food and Beverage CAMBER SPINE TECHNOLOGIES
Jun 4, 2018 $40 No Listed Product Food and Beverage CAMBER SPINE TECHNOLOGIES
May 5, 2018 $39 FORTILINK Food and Beverage RTI SURGICAL, INC.
Jan 24, 2018 $35 GRAFTON Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC USA, INC.
Apr 25, 2018 $31 VESUVIUS OSTEOBIOLOGIC SYSTEM Food and Beverage K2M, INC.
Aug 28, 2018 $31 MAGNIFUSE Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC USA, INC.
Mar 16, 2018 $27 GRAFTON Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC USA, INC.
Aug 21, 2018 $18 KYPHON BALLOON KYPHOPLASTY Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC USA, INC.
Feb 28, 2018 $14 PICO Food and Beverage SMITH & NEPHEW, INC.
Jun 12, 2018 $13 CMF SPINALOGIC Food and Beverage DJO, LLC
Aug 8, 2018 $12 KYPHON BALLOON KYPHOPLASTY Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC USA, INC.
Jan 2, 2018 $10 DIVERGENCE Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC USA, INC.
Apr 27, 2018 $9 METRX Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC USA, INC.
Jul 13, 2018 $8 METRX Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC USA, INC.
Mar 23, 2018 $7 METRX Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC USA, INC.
Mar 23, 2018 $6 DIVERGENCE Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC USA, INC.
Jan 19, 2018 $4 ELEVATE Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC USA, INC.
Apr 27, 2018 $3 DIVERGENCE Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC USA, INC.
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This site includes data published by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services on June 28, 2019.