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BRIAN KWON
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BRIAN KWON

Listed Specialty: Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine
125 PARKER HILL AVE, CONVERSE 4, ROXBURY CROSSING, MA, 02120-2847
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BRIAN KWON,
Yearly Payment Breakdown:

2018 Payments At a Glance

91

payments

$306,886

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
Royalty or License
5 $250K
Nonaccredited Training
5 $22,250
Consulting
2 $18,000
Travel and Lodging
32 $11,337
Food and Beverage
46 $3,926
Education
1 $1,373

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
XLIF

device

$179K
ALIF

device

$117K
Payments with no listed product

N/A

$11,069
TRITANIUM

device

$234
IGA

device

$130
IFUSE IMPLANT

device

$115
OSTEOCEL

device

$108
RELINE

device

$108
BRIGADE

device

$72
ALL SPINE STIMULATION

drug

$49
MODULUS

device

$30
MAXCESS

device

$28
† 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
Dec 20, 2018 $50,000 ALIF Royalty or License NUVASIVE, INC. Brian Kwon
Feb 13, 2018 $50,000 XLIF Royalty or License NUVASIVE, INC. Brian Kwon
Nov 29, 2018 $50,000 XLIF Royalty or License NUVASIVE, INC. Brian Kwon
Sep 27, 2018 $50,000 ALIF Royalty or License NUVASIVE, INC. Brian Kwon
Apr 12, 2018 $50,000 XLIF Royalty or License NUVASIVE, INC. Brian Kwon
Apr 21, 2018 $10,000 No Listed Product Consulting PROSIDYAN, INC
Jun 14, 2018 $8,750 XLIF Nonaccredited Training NUVASIVE, INC. Brian Kwon
Feb 13, 2018 $8,000 XLIF Consulting NUVASIVE, INC. Brian Kwon
Mar 6, 2018 $5,000 ALIF Nonaccredited Training NUVASIVE, INC. Brian Kwon
Jul 19, 2018 $4,000 XLIF Nonaccredited Training NUVASIVE, INC. Brian Kwon
Jun 14, 2018 $3,000 ALIF Nonaccredited Training NUVASIVE, INC. Brian Kwon
Jun 14, 2018 $2,500 XLIF Travel and Lodging NUVASIVE, INC. Brian Kwon
Jan 11, 2018 $1,540 XLIF Travel and Lodging NUVASIVE, INC.
Dec 19, 2018 $1,506 XLIF Travel and Lodging NUVASIVE, INC.
Aug 28, 2018 $1,500 ALIF Nonaccredited Training NUVASIVE, INC. Brian Kwon
Oct 5, 2018 $1,373 ALIF Education NUVASIVE, INC.
Jan 4, 2018 $1,097 ALIF Travel and Lodging NUVASIVE, INC.
Apr 11, 2018 $946 ALIF Travel and Lodging NUVASIVE, INC.
Jan 27, 2018 $863 ALIF Travel and Lodging NUVASIVE, INC.
Apr 21, 2018 $661 No Listed Product Food and Beverage PROSIDYAN, INC
May 23, 2018 $588 ALIF XLIF Travel and Lodging NUVASIVE, INC.
Aug 9, 2018 $359 ALIF Travel and Lodging NUVASIVE, INC.
Jun 25, 2018 $357 ALIF Travel and Lodging NUVASIVE, INC.
Feb 26, 2018 $280 XLIF Travel and Lodging NUVASIVE, INC.
May 18, 2018 $253 XLIF Food and Beverage NUVASIVE, INC.
Apr 21, 2018 $240 No Listed Product Food and Beverage PROSIDYAN, INC
Jan 25, 2018 $143 XLIF Food and Beverage NUVASIVE, INC.
Aug 4, 2018 $136 ALIF Food and Beverage NUVASIVE, INC.
May 18, 2018 $136 XLIF Food and Beverage NUVASIVE, INC.
Aug 9, 2018 $131 ALIF Food and Beverage NUVASIVE, INC.
Jan 3, 2018 $130 IGA Food and Beverage NUVASIVE, INC.
Aug 21, 2018 $127 TRITANIUM Food and Beverage STRYKER CORPORATION
Aug 9, 2018 $126 ALIF Food and Beverage NUVASIVE, INC.
May 17, 2018 $123 XLIF Food and Beverage NUVASIVE, INC.
Jan 27, 2018 $120 ALIF Food and Beverage NUVASIVE, INC.
Sep 20, 2018 $115 IFUSE IMPLANT Food and Beverage SI-BONE, INC.
Jan 26, 2018 $111 ALIF Food and Beverage NUVASIVE, INC.
Jan 26, 2018 $110 XLIF Travel and Lodging NUVASIVE, INC.
Feb 25, 2018 $110 XLIF Travel and Lodging NUVASIVE, INC.
Jan 26, 2018 $108 OSTEOCEL RELINE Food and Beverage NUVASIVE, INC.
Sep 13, 2018 $107 TRITANIUM Food and Beverage STRYKER CORPORATION
Feb 1, 2018 $106 ALIF Food and Beverage NUVASIVE, INC.
Feb 25, 2018 $104 XLIF Travel and Lodging NUVASIVE, INC.
May 20, 2018 $104 ALIF Travel and Lodging NUVASIVE, INC.
Jan 28, 2018 $104 XLIF Travel and Lodging NUVASIVE, INC.
Aug 6, 2018 $102 ALIF Travel and Lodging NUVASIVE, INC.
May 17, 2018 $92 ALIF Travel and Lodging NUVASIVE, INC.
Feb 25, 2018 $86 XLIF Travel and Lodging NUVASIVE, INC.
Nov 19, 2018 $85 XLIF Food and Beverage NUVASIVE, INC.
Jan 27, 2018 $76 ALIF Food and Beverage NUVASIVE, INC.
Apr 21, 2018 $75 No Listed Product Food and Beverage PROSIDYAN, INC
Jan 26, 2018 $75 ALIF Food and Beverage NUVASIVE, INC.
Mar 23, 2018 $72 BRIGADE Food and Beverage NUVASIVE, INC.
Aug 7, 2018 $58 ALIF Travel and Lodging NUVASIVE, INC.
Jan 26, 2018 $57 ALIF Food and Beverage NUVASIVE, INC.
Jan 27, 2018 $57 ALIF Food and Beverage NUVASIVE, INC.
Jul 16, 2018 $48 ALIF Travel and Lodging NUVASIVE, INC.
Jan 27, 2018 $48 ALIF Food and Beverage NUVASIVE, INC.
Feb 24, 2018 $43 No Listed Product Food and Beverage NUVASIVE, INC.
Aug 3, 2018 $40 ALIF Travel and Lodging NUVASIVE, INC.
May 18, 2018 $40 XLIF Food and Beverage NUVASIVE, INC.
Aug 3, 2018 $37 XLIF ALIF Food and Beverage NUVASIVE, INC.
May 17, 2018 $37 ALIF Travel and Lodging NUVASIVE, INC.
May 15, 2018 $36 XLIF Food and Beverage NUVASIVE, INC.
Mar 19, 2018 $35 XLIF Travel and Lodging NUVASIVE, INC.
Jan 11, 2018 $35 XLIF Travel and Lodging NUVASIVE, INC.
Jun 25, 2018 $35 ALIF Travel and Lodging NUVASIVE, INC.
Dec 19, 2018 $35 XLIF Travel and Lodging NUVASIVE, INC.
Apr 11, 2018 $35 ALIF Travel and Lodging NUVASIVE, INC.
Jan 4, 2018 $35 ALIF Travel and Lodging NUVASIVE, INC.
May 19, 2018 $33 ALIF Travel and Lodging NUVASIVE, INC.
Feb 23, 2018 $32 XLIF Food and Beverage NUVASIVE, INC.
May 18, 2018 $32 No Listed Product Food and Beverage NUVASIVE, INC.
May 17, 2018 $31 ALIF XLIF Food and Beverage NUVASIVE, INC.
Mar 23, 2018 $30 MODULUS Food and Beverage NUVASIVE, INC.
May 18, 2018 $29 XLIF Food and Beverage NUVASIVE, INC.
Feb 24, 2018 $28 MAXCESS XLIF Food and Beverage NUVASIVE, INC.
Feb 23, 2018 $28 XLIF Food and Beverage NUVASIVE, INC.
Jul 7, 2018 $26 ALL SPINE STIMULATION Food and Beverage ORTHOFIX MEDICAL, INC.
May 17, 2018 $26 ALIF Travel and Lodging NUVASIVE, INC.
May 20, 2018 $25 ALIF Travel and Lodging NUVASIVE, INC.
Dec 17, 2018 $22 ALL SPINE STIMULATION Food and Beverage ORTHOFIX MEDICAL, INC.
May 18, 2018 $22 XLIF Food and Beverage NUVASIVE, INC.
Nov 27, 2018 $18 No Listed Product Food and Beverage PROSIDYAN, INC
Feb 23, 2018 $16 XLIF Food and Beverage NUVASIVE, INC.
May 17, 2018 $10 XLIF Food and Beverage NUVASIVE, INC.
Feb 26, 2018 $9 ALIF Travel and Lodging NUVASIVE, INC.
May 17, 2018 $9 XLIF ALIF Food and Beverage NUVASIVE, INC.
Aug 6, 2018 $7 XLIF Food and Beverage NUVASIVE, INC.
Feb 25, 2018 $6 XLIF Food and Beverage NUVASIVE, INC.
Feb 25, 2018 $4 XLIF Food and Beverage NUVASIVE, INC.
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This site includes data published by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services on June 28, 2019.