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GEORGE W BYRAM
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GEORGE W BYRAM

Listed Specialty: Sports Medicine
1455 E BERT KOUNS INDUSTRIAL LOOP # 210, SHREVEPORT, LA, 71105
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GEORGE BYRAM,
Yearly Payment Breakdown:

2018 Payments At a Glance

42

payments

$17,056

payment total

8

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
 5 $12,900
Travel and Lodging
 12 $2,586
Food and Beverage
 25 $1,570

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

 $14,238
SIMPLICITI

device

 $1,007
MAKO

device

 $409
EQUINOXE

device

 $388
ORTHOLOC

device

 $296
NANO TACT FLEX

device

 $154
CONTAIN

device

 $115
HEALICOIL

device

 $110
Q-FIX

device

 $110
CUSTOM IMPLANTS

device

 $105
BLUEPRINT PSI SYSTEM

device

 $96
TRIATHLON

device

 $44
VALOR

device

 $31
AXSOS

device

 $28
GAMMA

device

 $20
HOFFMANN

device

 $20
T2

device

 $20
EX-FIX

device

 $14
ZILRETTA

drug

 $12
EUFLEXXA

device

 $11
VARIAX

device

 $8
† 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 10, 2018 $8,100 No Listed Product Education SMITH & NEPHEW, INC. Mississippi Sports Medicine & Orthopaedic Center,
Jan 10, 2018 $1,700 No Listed Product Education SMITH & NEPHEW, INC. Tulane University
May 18, 2018 $1,656 No Listed Product Education ARTHREX, INC.
May 17, 2018 $1,294 No Listed Product Education ARTHREX, INC.
Jul 23, 2018 $675 SIMPLICITI Travel and Lodging WRIGHT MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY, INC.
May 2, 2018 $613 No Listed Product Travel and Lodging ARTHREX, INC.
Aug 10, 2018 $269 No Listed Product Travel and Lodging ARTHREX, INC.
Mar 15, 2018 $257 MAKO Travel and Lodging STRYKER CORPORATION
May 17, 2018 $224 No Listed Product Food and Beverage ARTHREX, INC.
Jul 23, 2018 $196 SIMPLICITI Travel and Lodging WRIGHT MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY, INC.
Jul 25, 2018 $177 EQUINOXE Travel and Lodging EXACTECH, INC.
May 17, 2018 $150 No Listed Product Education ARTHREX, INC.
Sep 5, 2018 $141 ORTHOLOC Food and Beverage WRIGHT MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY, INC.
Feb 22, 2018 $138 NANO TACT FLEX Food and Beverage STRYKER CORPORATION
Oct 11, 2018 $115 CONTAIN Food and Beverage STRYKER CORPORATION
Mar 22, 2018 $110 HEALICOIL Q-FIX Food and Beverage SMITH & NEPHEW, INC.
Jul 25, 2018 $109 EQUINOXE Travel and Lodging EXACTECH, INC.
Aug 14, 2018 $105 CUSTOM IMPLANTS Food and Beverage STRYKER CORPORATION
Jul 16, 2018 $102 EQUINOXE Food and Beverage EXACTECH, INC.
Mar 1, 2018 $96 BLUEPRINT PSI SYSTEM Food and Beverage WRIGHT MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY, INC.
Jun 8, 2018 $95 No Listed Product Travel and Lodging ARTHREX, INC.
Sep 5, 2018 $90 ORTHOLOC Travel and Lodging WRIGHT MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY, INC.
Jan 8, 2018 $88 MAKO Food and Beverage STRYKER CORPORATION
Aug 10, 2018 $85 No Listed Product Food and Beverage ARTHREX, INC.
Aug 6, 2018 $58 SIMPLICITI Food and Beverage WRIGHT MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY, INC.
Mar 28, 2018 $53 No Listed Product Food and Beverage MIDSOUTH ORTHOPEDICS
Sep 23, 2018 $44 TRIATHLON Food and Beverage STRYKER CORPORATION
Aug 5, 2018 $43 SIMPLICITI Travel and Lodging WRIGHT MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY, INC.
Aug 30, 2018 $41 MAKO Food and Beverage STRYKER CORPORATION
Aug 6, 2018 $31 VALOR Travel and Lodging WRIGHT MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY, INC.
Aug 6, 2018 $31 SIMPLICITI Travel and Lodging WRIGHT MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY, INC.
Sep 5, 2018 $29 ORTHOLOC Food and Beverage WRIGHT MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY, INC.
Sep 5, 2018 $25 ORTHOLOC Food and Beverage WRIGHT MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY, INC.
Aug 21, 2018 $23 MAKO Food and Beverage STRYKER CORPORATION
Nov 26, 2018 $20 T2 AXSOS HOFFMANN GAMMA Food and Beverage STRYKER CORPORATION
Feb 23, 2018 $16 NANO TACT FLEX Food and Beverage STRYKER CORPORATION
Nov 3, 2018 $14 EX-FIX Food and Beverage STRYKER CORPORATION
Oct 25, 2018 $12 ZILRETTA Food and Beverage FLEXION THERAPEUTICS, INC.
Oct 17, 2018 $11 EUFLEXXA Food and Beverage FERRING PHARMACEUTICALS INC.
Sep 5, 2018 $10 ORTHOLOC Food and Beverage WRIGHT MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY, INC.
Nov 27, 2018 $8 AXSOS VARIAX Food and Beverage STRYKER CORPORATION
Aug 6, 2018 $3 SIMPLICITI 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.