Dollars for Docs

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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.

KENNETH W DEFONTES
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KENNETH W DEFONTES

Listed Specialty: Orthopaedic Surgery
201 E UNIVERSITY PKWY, DEPARTMENT OF ORTHOPAEDIC SURGERY, BALTIMORE, MD, 21218-2829
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DR. KENNETH DEFONTES,
Yearly Payment Breakdown:

2018 Payments At a Glance

9

payments

$10,734

payment total

5

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
Grant
 1 $7,500
Education
 3 $2,849
Food and Beverage
 4 $355
Travel and Lodging
 1 $30

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

 $10,516
VA-LCP PLATES & SCREWS

device

 $101
MONSTER SCREWS

device

 $69
ALLOWRAP

device

 $49
ANCHORAGE

device

 $49
PROLAYER

device

 $49
† 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
Apr 27, 2018 $7,500 No Listed Product Grant ARTHREX, INC.
Apr 28, 2018 $1,662 No Listed Product Education ARTHREX, INC.
Apr 27, 2018 $1,138 No Listed Product Education ARTHREX, INC.
Apr 27, 2018 $124 No Listed Product Food and Beverage ARTHREX, INC.
Nov 26, 2018 $101 VA-LCP PLATES & SCREWS Food and Beverage DEPUY SYNTHES SALES INC.
May 19, 2018 $69 MONSTER SCREWS Food and Beverage PARAGON 28, INC.
Jul 12, 2018 $62 No Listed Product Food and Beverage MEDSHAPE, INC.
Oct 16, 2018 $49 ALLOWRAP ANCHORAGE PROLAYER Education STRYKER CORPORATION
May 2, 2018 $30 No Listed Product Travel and Lodging ARTHREX, 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.