Dollars for Docs

How Industry Dollars Reach Your Doctors

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.

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MICHAEL R CHEN
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MICHAEL R CHEN

Listed Specialty: Orthopaedic Surgery
3301 MERCY HEALTH BLVD STE 450, STE 450, CINCINNATI, OH, 45211-1106
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DR. MICHAEL CHEN,
Yearly Payment Breakdown:

2018 Payments At a Glance

10

payments

$901

payment total

4

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
8 $561
Education
2 $340

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

$390
VARIAX

device

$253
BIO4

device

$135
VIVIGEN

device

$122
REUNION

device

$118
T2

device

$19
SYNVISC-ONE

device

$17
† 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 27, 2018 $255 No Listed Product Education MEDICAL DEVICE BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.
Apr 27, 2018 $135 VARIAX BIO4 Food and Beverage STRYKER CORPORATION
Apr 3, 2018 $122 VIVIGEN Food and Beverage MEDICAL DEVICE BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.
Feb 15, 2018 $118 VARIAX Food and Beverage STRYKER CORPORATION
Nov 11, 2018 $85 No Listed Product Education MEDICAL DEVICE BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.
Aug 30, 2018 $80 REUNION Food and Beverage STRYKER CORPORATION
Jul 11, 2018 $50 No Listed Product Food and Beverage ARTHREX, INC.
Aug 30, 2018 $19 REUNION Food and Beverage STRYKER CORPORATION
Mar 7, 2018 $19 T2 REUNION Food and Beverage STRYKER CORPORATION
Nov 12, 2018 $17 SYNVISC-ONE Food and Beverage SANOFI-AVENTIS U.S. LLC
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This site includes data published by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services on June 28, 2019.