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VISHAL M SHAH
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VISHAL M SHAH

Listed Specialty: Orthopaedic Surgery
1517 THOMPSON RD, RICHMOND, TX, 77469-4932
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DR. VISHAL SHAH,
Yearly Payment Breakdown:

2018 Payments At a Glance

14

payments

$2,999

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
 3 $1,749
Food and Beverage
 10 $883
Consulting
 1 $367

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†
Q-FIX

device

 $2,235
BIORAPTOR

device

 $1,631
HEALICOIL

device

 $1,631
OSTEORAPTOR

device

 $1,631
SUTUREFIX

device

 $1,631
ACCUPASS DIRECT CRESCENT XL

device

 $479
HIPSTRUMENTS

device

 $479
ACCOLADE

device

 $367
RESTORIS

device

 $367
TRIATHLON

device

 $367
AMBIENT HIPVAC 50

device

 $141
BLUEPRINT PSI SYSTEM

device

 $126
COOLIEF COOLED RADIOFREQUENCY

device

 $103
DUROLANE

device

 $27
† 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 $1,177 BIORAPTOR HEALICOIL OSTEORAPTOR Q-FIX SUTUREFIX Travel and Lodging SMITH & NEPHEW, INC.
Jan 10, 2018 $479 ACCUPASS DIRECT CRESCENT XL HIPSTRUMENTS Q-FIX Travel and Lodging SMITH & NEPHEW, INC.
Jul 26, 2018 $367 TRIATHLON RESTORIS ACCOLADE Consulting STRYKER CORPORATION
Jan 10, 2018 $141 AMBIENT HIPVAC 50 Food and Beverage SMITH & NEPHEW, INC.
Jan 11, 2018 $140 BIORAPTOR HEALICOIL OSTEORAPTOR Q-FIX SUTUREFIX Food and Beverage SMITH & NEPHEW, INC.
Jan 16, 2018 $125 Q-FIX Food and Beverage SMITH & NEPHEW, INC.
Jan 12, 2018 $124 BIORAPTOR HEALICOIL OSTEORAPTOR Q-FIX SUTUREFIX Food and Beverage SMITH & NEPHEW, INC.
Apr 25, 2018 $103 COOLIEF COOLED RADIOFREQUENCY Food and Beverage AVANOS MEDICAL
Feb 21, 2018 $102 BLUEPRINT PSI SYSTEM Food and Beverage WRIGHT MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY, INC.
Jan 10, 2018 $93 BIORAPTOR HEALICOIL OSTEORAPTOR Q-FIX SUTUREFIX Travel and Lodging SMITH & NEPHEW, INC.
Jan 11, 2018 $65 BIORAPTOR HEALICOIL OSTEORAPTOR Q-FIX SUTUREFIX Food and Beverage SMITH & NEPHEW, INC.
Jan 12, 2018 $31 BIORAPTOR HEALICOIL OSTEORAPTOR Q-FIX SUTUREFIX Food and Beverage SMITH & NEPHEW, INC.
Apr 11, 2018 $27 DUROLANE Food and Beverage BIOVENTUS LLC
Feb 21, 2018 $24 BLUEPRINT PSI SYSTEM 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.