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BRIAN LAI
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BRIAN LAI

Listed Specialty: Anesthesiology
1245 16TH ST, SUITE 225, SANTA MONICA, CA, 90404-1235
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BRIAN LAI,
Yearly Payment Breakdown:

2018 Payments At a Glance

45

payments

$2,311

payment total

13

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
 43 $1,445
Travel and Lodging
 2 $866

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†
SUPERION ISS

device

 $1,052
SENZA SPINAL CORD STIMULATION SYSTEM

device

 $442
PROCLAIM FAMILY OF SCS IPGS

device

 $158
Payments with no listed product

N/A

 $136
ALGOVITA

device

 $98
GENERAL PAIN MANAGEMENT

device

 $81
SPECTRA WAVEWRITER

device

 $67
SPECTRA WAVEWRITER (REFURBISHED)

device

 $58
SUBSYS

drug

 $54
GELSYN 3

device

 $35
ZTLIDO 30 POUCH IN 1 CARTON 1 PATCH IN 1 POUCH

drug

 $30
TYMLOS

drug

 $24
DUROLANE

device

 $23
MORPHABOND ER

drug

 $21
LYRICA

drug

 $16
BUNAVAIL

drug

 $14
GENERAL THERAPIES

device

 $4
† 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 31, 2018 $545 SUPERION ISS Travel and Lodging VERTIFLEX, INC.
Oct 27, 2018 $321 SUPERION ISS Travel and Lodging VERTIFLEX, INC.
Aug 28, 2018 $108 SENZA SPINAL CORD STIMULATION SYSTEM Food and Beverage NEVRO CORP.
Oct 30, 2018 $87 SUPERION ISS Food and Beverage VERTIFLEX, INC.
Nov 1, 2018 $80 SUPERION ISS Food and Beverage VERTIFLEX, INC.
Jul 27, 2018 $80 No Listed Product Food and Beverage STIMWAVE TECHNOLOGIES INCORPORATED
Aug 10, 2018 $74 PROCLAIM FAMILY OF SCS IPGS Food and Beverage ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Jul 13, 2018 $73 SENZA SPINAL CORD STIMULATION SYSTEM Food and Beverage NEVRO CORP.
Jul 3, 2018 $63 PROCLAIM FAMILY OF SCS IPGS Food and Beverage ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Jul 10, 2018 $60 SENZA SPINAL CORD STIMULATION SYSTEM Food and Beverage NEVRO CORP.
May 3, 2018 $58 SPECTRA WAVEWRITER (REFURBISHED) Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Nov 1, 2018 $52 GENERAL PAIN MANAGEMENT Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Apr 6, 2018 $47 ALGOVITA Food and Beverage NUVECTRA CORPORATION
Jul 13, 2018 $39 SPECTRA WAVEWRITER Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Aug 28, 2018 $37 SENZA SPINAL CORD STIMULATION SYSTEM Food and Beverage NEVRO CORP.
Jul 6, 2018 $35 GELSYN 3 Food and Beverage BIOVENTUS LLC
Jun 25, 2018 $34 SENZA SPINAL CORD STIMULATION SYSTEM Food and Beverage NEVRO CORP.
Nov 20, 2018 $34 No Listed Product Food and Beverage STIMWAVE TECHNOLOGIES INCORPORATED
May 1, 2018 $28 SENZA SPINAL CORD STIMULATION SYSTEM Food and Beverage NEVRO CORP.
Apr 13, 2018 $28 SENZA SPINAL CORD STIMULATION SYSTEM Food and Beverage NEVRO CORP.
Sep 27, 2018 $28 SENZA SPINAL CORD STIMULATION SYSTEM Food and Beverage NEVRO CORP.
Sep 12, 2018 $24 SENZA SPINAL CORD STIMULATION SYSTEM Food and Beverage NEVRO CORP.
Nov 5, 2018 $24 TYMLOS Food and Beverage RADIUS HEALTH, INC.
Aug 3, 2018 $23 ALGOVITA Food and Beverage NUVECTRA CORPORATION
Aug 28, 2018 $23 SENZA SPINAL CORD STIMULATION SYSTEM Food and Beverage NEVRO CORP.
Feb 21, 2018 $23 SUBSYS Food and Beverage INSYS THERAPEUTICS INC
Feb 14, 2018 $23 DUROLANE Food and Beverage BIOVENTUS LLC
Oct 29, 2018 $23 No Listed Product Food and Beverage STIMWAVE TECHNOLOGIES INCORPORATED
Nov 14, 2018 $21 PROCLAIM FAMILY OF SCS IPGS Food and Beverage ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Nov 12, 2018 $21 MORPHABOND ER Food and Beverage DAIICHI SANKYO INC.
Sep 6, 2018 $19 SUPERION ISS Food and Beverage VERTIFLEX, INC.
Jul 11, 2018 $19 ALGOVITA Food and Beverage NUVECTRA CORPORATION
Dec 11, 2018 $18 ZTLIDO 30 POUCH IN 1 CARTON 1 PATCH IN 1 POUCH Food and Beverage SCILEX PHARMACEUTICALS INC.
Jul 20, 2018 $18 SPECTRA WAVEWRITER Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Oct 23, 2018 $16 LYRICA Food and Beverage PFIZER INC.
Jan 10, 2018 $16 SUBSYS Food and Beverage INSYS THERAPEUTICS INC
Aug 28, 2018 $15 SUBSYS Food and Beverage INSYS THERAPEUTICS INC
May 11, 2018 $14 BUNAVAIL Food and Beverage BIODELIVERY SCIENCES INTERNATIONAL, INC.
May 22, 2018 $12 GENERAL PAIN MANAGEMENT Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Nov 2, 2018 $12 ZTLIDO 30 POUCH IN 1 CARTON 1 PATCH IN 1 POUCH Food and Beverage SCILEX PHARMACEUTICALS INC.
Jun 14, 2018 $11 GENERAL PAIN MANAGEMENT Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Aug 7, 2018 $9 SPECTRA WAVEWRITER Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Oct 17, 2018 $9 ALGOVITA Food and Beverage NUVECTRA CORPORATION
Nov 26, 2018 $6 GENERAL PAIN MANAGEMENT Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Nov 15, 2018 $4 GENERAL THERAPIES Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
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This site includes data published by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services on June 28, 2019.