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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.

THOMAS M SASSER
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THOMAS M SASSER

Listed Specialty: Orthopaedic Surgery
3025 SHRINE RD, SUITE 390, BRUNSWICK, GA, 31520-4784
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THOMAS SASSER,
Yearly Payment Breakdown:

2018 Payments At a Glance

15

payments

$3,912

payment total

9

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
Education
 2 $3,687
Food and Beverage
 13 $225

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

 $3,715
SYNVISC-ONE

device

 $54
EUFLEXXA

device

 $42
MONOVISC

device

 $30
EXPAREL

drug

 $20
DYSPORT

drug

 $20
OFIRMEV

drug

 $19
ORTHOVISC

device

 $15
PICO

device

 $12
† 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
Apr 21, 2018 $2,157 No Listed Product Education TEAM 1, LLC
Jan 22, 2018 $1,530 No Listed Product Education ARTHREX, INC.
Jan 22, 2018 $28 No Listed Product Food and Beverage ARTHREX, INC.
Jan 10, 2018 $20 EXPAREL Food and Beverage PACIRA PHARMACEUTICALS INCORPORATED
Nov 28, 2018 $20 DYSPORT Food and Beverage IPSEN BIOPHARMACEUTICALS, INC
Jul 11, 2018 $19 OFIRMEV Food and Beverage MALLINCKRODT LLC
Nov 14, 2018 $18 SYNVISC-ONE Food and Beverage SANOFI-AVENTIS U.S. LLC
Apr 11, 2018 $18 SYNVISC-ONE Food and Beverage SANOFI-AVENTIS U.S. LLC
Mar 7, 2018 $18 SYNVISC-ONE Food and Beverage SANOFI-AVENTIS U.S. LLC
Apr 4, 2018 $16 EUFLEXXA Food and Beverage FERRING PHARMACEUTICALS INC.
Mar 14, 2018 $15 MONOVISC ORTHOVISC Food and Beverage DEPUY SYNTHES SALES INC.
Sep 5, 2018 $15 MONOVISC Food and Beverage DEPUY SYNTHES SALES INC.
Feb 5, 2018 $14 EUFLEXXA Food and Beverage FERRING PHARMACEUTICALS INC.
Oct 17, 2018 $12 PICO Food and Beverage SMITH & NEPHEW, INC.
Jan 17, 2018 $11 EUFLEXXA Food and Beverage FERRING PHARMACEUTICALS 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.