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This database was last updated in October 2019 and should only be used as a historical snapshot. Newer data is available at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Open Payments site.

CHRISTOPHER J FORSBACH
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CHRISTOPHER J FORSBACH

Listed Specialty: Podiatrist
12303 DE PAUL DR, BRIDGETON, MO, 63044-2512
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CHRISTOPHER FORSBACH,
Yearly Payment Breakdown:

2018 Payments At a Glance

20

payments

$7,091

payment total

7

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 $6,816
Food and Beverage
 16 $275

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

 $6,875
VARIAX

device

 $80
ANCHORAGE

device

 $42
BAXDELA

drug

 $34
FIXOS

device

 $22
REGRANEX

drug

 $20
SANTYL

drug

 $20
HOFFMANN

device

 $17
JUBLIA EFINACONAZOLE

drug

 $14
MEROGEL

device

 $14
EXOGEN

device

 $13
SPRIX

drug

 $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
Oct 27, 2018 $3,557 No Listed Product Education ELITE ORTHOPEDICS, LLC
Jun 4, 2018 $1,883 No Listed Product Education ELITE ORTHOPEDICS, LLC
Feb 10, 2018 $991 No Listed Product Education ELITE ORTHOPEDICS, LLC
May 3, 2018 $385 No Listed Product Education ELITE ORTHOPEDICS, LLC
Jun 4, 2018 $33 No Listed Product Food and Beverage ELITE ORTHOPEDICS, LLC
Aug 17, 2018 $32 VARIAX Food and Beverage STRYKER CORPORATION
Feb 9, 2018 $26 No Listed Product Food and Beverage ELITE ORTHOPEDICS, LLC
Dec 19, 2018 $20 SANTYL REGRANEX Food and Beverage SMITH & NEPHEW, INC.
Feb 12, 2018 $18 BAXDELA Food and Beverage MELINTA THERAPEUTICS, INC.
Feb 6, 2018 $17 VARIAX Food and Beverage STRYKER CORPORATION
Jun 2, 2018 $17 HOFFMANN VARIAX Food and Beverage STRYKER CORPORATION
Feb 27, 2018 $16 BAXDELA Food and Beverage MELINTA THERAPEUTICS, INC.
Sep 26, 2018 $14 MEROGEL JUBLIA EFINACONAZOLE Food and Beverage ORTHO DERMATOLOGICS, A DIVISION OF BAUSCH HEALTH US, LLC
Jul 25, 2018 $14 VARIAX Food and Beverage STRYKER CORPORATION
Jun 2, 2018 $14 ANCHORAGE FIXOS Food and Beverage STRYKER CORPORATION
May 7, 2018 $13 EXOGEN Food and Beverage BIOVENTUS LLC
Oct 29, 2018 $12 ANCHORAGE Food and Beverage STRYKER CORPORATION
Sep 6, 2018 $12 SPRIX Food and Beverage EGALET US INC
Oct 1, 2018 $8 ANCHORAGE FIXOS Food and Beverage STRYKER CORPORATION
Jan 3, 2018 $8 ANCHORAGE Food and Beverage STRYKER CORPORATION
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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.