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.

MATTHEW KAREK
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MATTHEW KAREK

Listed Specialty: Orthopaedic Surgery
1900 WEALTHY ST SE, SUITE290, GRAND RAPIDS, MI, 49506-2969
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DR. MATTHEW KAREK,
Yearly Payment Breakdown:

2018 Payments At a Glance

18

payments

$3,535

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
Travel and Lodging
5 $2,524
Food and Beverage
12 $987
Education
1 $24

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
ELSA

device

$1,474
SI-LOK

device

$1,072
ES2

device

$362
OASYS

device

$362
TRITANIUM

device

$362
PIVOX OBLIQUE LATERAL SPINAL SYSTEM

device

$133
MAZORX - RENAISSANCE

device

$117
SENTIO MMG

device

$117
VIPER

device

$117
CREO

device

$85
EXPEDIUM

device

$83
LIFENET VIVIGEN

device

$83
SPINE

device

$39
DIVERGENCE-L

device

$24
KCENTRA

drug

$16
SI LOK

device

$15
† 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 $1,093 ELSA Travel and Lodging GLOBUS MEDICAL, INC.
Jun 2, 2018 $794 SI-LOK Travel and Lodging GLOBUS MEDICAL, INC.
Jan 3, 2018 $362 ES2 TRITANIUM OASYS Travel and Lodging STRYKER CORPORATION
Jun 4, 2018 $261 SI-LOK Travel and Lodging GLOBUS MEDICAL, INC.
Mar 1, 2018 $133 PIVOX OBLIQUE LATERAL SPINAL SYSTEM Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC USA, INC.
Mar 19, 2018 $117 MAZORX - RENAISSANCE Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC USA, INC.
Dec 11, 2018 $117 VIPER SENTIO MMG Food and Beverage DEPUY SYNTHES SALES INC.
Jan 26, 2018 $114 ELSA Food and Beverage GLOBUS MEDICAL, INC.
Jan 26, 2018 $114 ELSA Food and Beverage GLOBUS MEDICAL, INC.
Mar 8, 2018 $85 CREO Food and Beverage GLOBUS MEDICAL, INC.
Nov 7, 2018 $84 ELSA Food and Beverage GLOBUS MEDICAL, INC.
Feb 8, 2018 $83 EXPEDIUM LIFENET VIVIGEN Food and Beverage DEPUY SYNTHES SALES INC.
Jan 27, 2018 $69 ELSA Food and Beverage GLOBUS MEDICAL, INC.
Dec 6, 2018 $39 SPINE Food and Beverage GLOBUS MEDICAL, INC.
Feb 28, 2018 $24 DIVERGENCE-L Education MEDTRONIC USA, INC.
Jun 2, 2018 $17 SI-LOK Food and Beverage GLOBUS MEDICAL, INC.
Sep 6, 2018 $16 KCENTRA Food and Beverage CSL BEHRING
Jun 1, 2018 $15 SI LOK Travel and Lodging GLOBUS MEDICAL, 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.