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L E WESTERLUND
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L E WESTERLUND

Listed Specialty: Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine
2300 MANCHESTER EXPY, STE A6, COLUMBUS, GA, 31904-6802
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L WESTERLUND,
Yearly Payment Breakdown:

2018 Payments At a Glance

47

payments

$33,483

payment total

6

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
Consulting
 3 $22,937
Travel and Lodging
 25 $8,269
Food and Beverage
 18 $1,277
Accredited Training
 1 $1,000

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†
VIPER

device

 $15,210
EXPEDIUM

device

 $15,039
TLIF

device

 $14,064
Payments with no listed product

N/A

 $2,518
XLIF

device

 $1,918
LESSRAY

device

 $432
ATTRAX

device

 $165
OSTEOCEL

device

 $165
PULSE

device

 $122
CABLE

device

 $116
NEWPORT

device

 $59
ALTERA

device

 $35
† 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
May 18, 2018 $8,240 VIPER EXPEDIUM Consulting MEDICAL DEVICE BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.
Nov 29, 2018 $8,000 TLIF Consulting NUVASIVE, INC.
Jul 11, 2018 $6,697 VIPER EXPEDIUM Consulting MEDICAL DEVICE BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.
Nov 29, 2018 $3,000 TLIF Travel and Lodging NUVASIVE, INC.
Sep 13, 2018 $1,000 No Listed Product Accredited Training SYNTHES GMBH
Sep 13, 2018 $941 No Listed Product Travel and Lodging SYNTHES GMBH
Jul 12, 2018 $760 TLIF XLIF Travel and Lodging NUVASIVE, INC.
Oct 15, 2018 $746 TLIF Travel and Lodging NUVASIVE, INC.
Jul 28, 2018 $507 XLIF Travel and Lodging NUVASIVE, INC.
Nov 7, 2018 $354 No Listed Product Travel and Lodging SEASPINE ORTHOPEDICS CORPORATION
Oct 26, 2018 $299 TLIF Travel and Lodging NUVASIVE, INC.
Oct 27, 2018 $299 TLIF Travel and Lodging NUVASIVE, INC.
Oct 27, 2018 $191 TLIF Travel and Lodging NUVASIVE, INC.
Jul 27, 2018 $165 OSTEOCEL ATTRAX LESSRAY Food and Beverage NUVASIVE, INC.
Oct 26, 2018 $120 TLIF Travel and Lodging NUVASIVE, INC.
Feb 22, 2018 $116 CABLE Food and Beverage GLOBUS MEDICAL, INC.
Oct 28, 2018 $114 TLIF Travel and Lodging NUVASIVE, INC.
Jul 27, 2018 $110 XLIF Travel and Lodging NUVASIVE, INC.
Jul 27, 2018 $110 PULSE XLIF Food and Beverage NUVASIVE, INC.
Oct 27, 2018 $109 TLIF LESSRAY Food and Beverage NUVASIVE, INC.
Oct 26, 2018 $108 TLIF Food and Beverage NUVASIVE, INC.
May 4, 2018 $105 VIPER Food and Beverage DEPUY SYNTHES SALES INC.
Jul 28, 2018 $104 XLIF Travel and Lodging NUVASIVE, INC.
Jul 28, 2018 $104 XLIF Travel and Lodging NUVASIVE, INC.
Jul 29, 2018 $104 XLIF Travel and Lodging NUVASIVE, INC.
Jul 28, 2018 $104 XLIF Travel and Lodging NUVASIVE, INC.
Sep 13, 2018 $104 No Listed Product Food and Beverage SYNTHES GMBH
Jul 11, 2018 $102 VIPER EXPEDIUM Travel and Lodging MEDICAL DEVICE BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.
Apr 26, 2018 $77 TLIF Food and Beverage NUVASIVE, INC.
Sep 11, 2018 $76 LESSRAY Food and Beverage NUVASIVE, INC.
Jun 21, 2018 $67 VIPER Food and Beverage DEPUY SYNTHES SALES INC.
Jun 12, 2018 $59 NEWPORT Food and Beverage SEASPINE ORTHOPEDICS CORPORATION
Oct 26, 2018 $59 TLIF Travel and Lodging NUVASIVE, INC.
Oct 27, 2018 $59 TLIF Travel and Lodging NUVASIVE, INC.
Oct 27, 2018 $52 TLIF Travel and Lodging NUVASIVE, INC.
Apr 10, 2018 $48 LESSRAY Food and Beverage NUVASIVE, INC.
Nov 16, 2018 $36 No Listed Product Food and Beverage SEASPINE ORTHOPEDICS CORPORATION
Feb 24, 2018 $35 ALTERA Food and Beverage GLOBUS MEDICAL, INC.
Jul 12, 2018 $35 LESSRAY Travel and Lodging NUVASIVE, INC.
Jul 27, 2018 $32 TLIF Food and Beverage NUVASIVE, INC.
Jul 27, 2018 $30 No Listed Product Travel and Lodging NUVASIVE, INC.
Jul 27, 2018 $27 No Listed Product Travel and Lodging NUVASIVE, INC.
Oct 15, 2018 $25 TLIF Travel and Lodging NUVASIVE, INC.
Jul 27, 2018 $21 No Listed Product Travel and Lodging NUVASIVE, INC.
Oct 26, 2018 $14 TLIF Food and Beverage NUVASIVE, INC.
Jul 27, 2018 $12 PULSE XLIF Food and Beverage NUVASIVE, INC.
Dec 6, 2018 $5 No Listed Product 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.