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JAMES HONG
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JAMES HONG

Listed Specialty: Podiatrist, Foot & Ankle Surgery
9001 BROADWAY, MERRILLVILLE, IN, 46410-7039
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DR. JAMES HONG,
Yearly Payment Breakdown:

2018 Payments At a Glance

51

payments

$6,051

payment total

9

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
 4 $3,385
Food and Beverage
 40 $1,630
Travel and Lodging
 7 $1,036

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

 $3,690
ALLOGRAFT

device

 $440
INFINITY

device

 $394
BLUEPRINT PSI SYSTEM

device

 $366
ALLOWRAP

device

 $222
T2

device

 $175
ANCHORAGE

device

 $175
HOFFMANN

device

 $174
SANTYL

drug

 $148
ORTHOLOC

device

 $137
APPROACH

device

 $124
CLAW

device

 $116
REGRANEX

drug

 $116
STAR

device

 $112
OASIS

device

 $39
VARIAX

device

 $37
CROSSCHECK

device

 $21
BME NITINOL CONTINUOUS COMPRESSION IMPLANTS

device

 $19
VA-LCP PLATES & SCREWS

device

 $19
AQUACEL AG

device

 $18
DUROLANE

device

 $17
APLIGRAF

drug

 $17
† 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
Jan 26, 2018 $1,508 No Listed Product Education ARTHREX, INC.
Jan 27, 2018 $1,483 No Listed Product Education ARTHREX, INC.
Mar 7, 2018 $420 No Listed Product Travel and Lodging ARTHREX, INC.
Sep 19, 2018 $376 INFINITY Education WRIGHT MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY, INC.
Jun 19, 2018 $366 BLUEPRINT PSI SYSTEM Travel and Lodging WRIGHT MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY, INC.
Jan 25, 2018 $165 No Listed Product Travel and Lodging MEDWEST ASSOCIATES
Jun 1, 2018 $147 HOFFMANN ALLOGRAFT ALLOWRAP Food and Beverage STRYKER CORPORATION
Feb 20, 2018 $145 ALLOGRAFT Food and Beverage STRYKER CORPORATION
Apr 19, 2018 $143 ANCHORAGE Food and Beverage STRYKER CORPORATION
Nov 7, 2018 $124 ALLOGRAFT Food and Beverage STRYKER CORPORATION
Jun 29, 2018 $116 CLAW Food and Beverage WRIGHT MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY, INC.
Mar 22, 2018 $112 STAR Food and Beverage STRYKER CORPORATION
Mar 23, 2018 $111 T2 Food and Beverage STRYKER CORPORATION
Jan 26, 2018 $98 No Listed Product Food and Beverage ARTHREX, INC.
Aug 21, 2018 $60 APPROACH Food and Beverage WRIGHT MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY, INC.
Jul 20, 2018 $56 ORTHOLOC Food and Beverage WRIGHT MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY, INC.
Apr 19, 2018 $45 ALLOWRAP T2 Food and Beverage STRYKER CORPORATION
Mar 24, 2018 $37 VARIAX Food and Beverage STRYKER CORPORATION
Mar 23, 2018 $32 ANCHORAGE Food and Beverage STRYKER CORPORATION
Jul 19, 2018 $29 ORTHOLOC Travel and Lodging WRIGHT MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY, INC.
Aug 21, 2018 $25 APPROACH Food and Beverage WRIGHT MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY, INC.
Aug 21, 2018 $24 APPROACH Food and Beverage WRIGHT MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY, INC.
Mar 24, 2018 $23 ALLOWRAP Food and Beverage STRYKER CORPORATION
Jul 17, 2018 $22 SANTYL REGRANEX OASIS Food and Beverage SMITH & NEPHEW, INC.
May 24, 2018 $21 CROSSCHECK Food and Beverage WRIGHT MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY, INC.
Jul 20, 2018 $21 ORTHOLOC Travel and Lodging WRIGHT MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY, INC.
Jul 20, 2018 $21 ORTHOLOC Travel and Lodging WRIGHT MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY, INC.
Oct 30, 2018 $20 SANTYL Food and Beverage SMITH & NEPHEW, INC.
Feb 5, 2018 $20 SANTYL REGRANEX Food and Beverage SMITH & NEPHEW, INC.
Dec 12, 2018 $19 T2 Food and Beverage STRYKER CORPORATION
Aug 16, 2018 $19 BME NITINOL CONTINUOUS COMPRESSION IMPLANTS VA-LCP PLATES & SCREWS Food and Beverage DEPUY SYNTHES SALES INC.
Sep 24, 2018 $18 SANTYL REGRANEX Food and Beverage SMITH & NEPHEW, INC.
Dec 4, 2018 $18 AQUACEL AG Food and Beverage CONVATEC INC.
Jan 17, 2018 $17 INFINITY Education WRIGHT MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY, INC.
Jun 4, 2018 $17 SANTYL REGRANEX OASIS Food and Beverage SMITH & NEPHEW, INC.
Mar 2, 2018 $17 DUROLANE Food and Beverage BIOVENTUS LLC
Feb 2, 2018 $16 No Listed Product Travel and Lodging ARTHREX, INC.
Aug 21, 2018 $16 APPROACH Food and Beverage WRIGHT MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY, INC.
Sep 26, 2018 $15 HOFFMANN Food and Beverage STRYKER CORPORATION
May 8, 2018 $15 SANTYL REGRANEX Food and Beverage SMITH & NEPHEW, INC.
Feb 20, 2018 $14 SANTYL REGRANEX Food and Beverage SMITH & NEPHEW, INC.
Dec 5, 2018 $13 ALLOGRAFT Food and Beverage STRYKER CORPORATION
Aug 9, 2018 $12 SANTYL Food and Beverage SMITH & NEPHEW, INC.
May 23, 2018 $11 HOFFMANN ALLOGRAFT Food and Beverage STRYKER CORPORATION
Jun 12, 2018 $9 SANTYL REGRANEX Food and Beverage SMITH & NEPHEW, INC.
Jun 19, 2018 $7 APLIGRAF Food and Beverage ORGANOGENESIS INC.
Apr 17, 2018 $7 ORTHOLOC Food and Beverage WRIGHT MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY, INC.
Mar 24, 2018 $6 ALLOWRAP Food and Beverage STRYKER CORPORATION
Aug 7, 2018 $5 APLIGRAF Food and Beverage ORGANOGENESIS INC.
Jul 31, 2018 $5 APLIGRAF Food and Beverage ORGANOGENESIS INC.
Jul 20, 2018 $3 ORTHOLOC Food and Beverage WRIGHT MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY, INC.
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This site includes data published by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services on June 28, 2019.