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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.

ROBERT I FORSTER
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ROBERT I FORSTER

Listed Specialty: Hand Surgery
9077 S FEDERAL HWY, PORT ST LUCIE, FL, 34952-3405
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Yearly Payment Breakdown:

2018 Payments At a Glance

15

payments

$1,497

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
Consulting
 1 $1,000
Food and Beverage
 14 $497

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†
XIAFLEX

drug

 $1,284
DYONICS BONECUTTER

device

 $93
DYONICS BURRS

device

 $93
SUPER MULTIVAC 50

device

 $93
SUPER TURBOVAC 90

device

 $93
ELBOW PLATING SYSTEM

device

 $80
HAND FRACTURE SYSTEM

device

 $80
POLARUS 3 SOLUTION

device

 $80
DYONICS CURVED BLADES

device

 $48
DYONICS INCISOR

device

 $45
ZILRETTA

drug

 $16
DUROLANE

device

 $13
SUPARTZ

device

 $11
† 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 9, 2018 $1,000 XIAFLEX Consulting ENDO PHARMACEUTICALS INC.
Sep 12, 2018 $115 XIAFLEX Food and Beverage ENDO PHARMACEUTICALS INC.
Sep 12, 2018 $80 HAND FRACTURE SYSTEM ELBOW PLATING SYSTEM POLARUS 3 SOLUTION Food and Beverage ACUMED LLC
Sep 13, 2018 $56 XIAFLEX Food and Beverage ENDO PHARMACEUTICALS INC.
Aug 28, 2018 $48 DYONICS BONECUTTER SUPER MULTIVAC 50 SUPER TURBOVAC 90 DYONICS CURVED BLADES DYONICS BURRS Food and Beverage SMITH & NEPHEW, INC.
Sep 6, 2018 $45 DYONICS BONECUTTER DYONICS INCISOR SUPER MULTIVAC 50 SUPER TURBOVAC 90 DYONICS BURRS Food and Beverage SMITH & NEPHEW, INC.
Sep 13, 2018 $26 XIAFLEX Food and Beverage ENDO PHARMACEUTICALS INC.
Sep 13, 2018 $24 XIAFLEX Food and Beverage ENDO PHARMACEUTICALS INC.
Nov 27, 2018 $17 XIAFLEX Food and Beverage ENDO PHARMACEUTICALS INC.
May 9, 2018 $17 XIAFLEX Food and Beverage ENDO PHARMACEUTICALS INC.
Jul 11, 2018 $16 XIAFLEX Food and Beverage ENDO PHARMACEUTICALS INC.
Oct 18, 2018 $16 ZILRETTA Food and Beverage FLEXION THERAPEUTICS, INC.
May 1, 2018 $13 DUROLANE Food and Beverage BIOVENTUS LLC
Mar 6, 2018 $13 XIAFLEX Food and Beverage ENDO PHARMACEUTICALS INC.
Jan 11, 2018 $11 SUPARTZ Food and Beverage BIOVENTUS LLC
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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.