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SIMON CHAO
Listed Specialty: Orthopaedic Surgery
15 ROCHE BROS WAY, ORTHOPEDIC CARE SPECIALISTS, INC, NORTH EASTON, MA, 02072-0030
DR. SIMON CHAO,
Yearly Payment Breakdown:
2018 Payments At a Glance
31
payments
$42,551
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 |
|---|---|---|
Royalty or License |
4 | $20,641 |
Consulting |
6 | $11,912 |
Promotional Speaking/Other |
1 | $5,000 |
Travel and Lodging |
8 | $2,436 |
Honoraria |
1 | $1,500 |
Food and Beverage |
11 | $1,062 |
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† |
|---|---|---|
PROLIFT |
device |
$20,692 |
SURE-LOK PERCUTANEOUS PEDICLE SCREW SYSTEM |
device |
$6,662 |
SPINAL IMPLANTS |
device |
$5,924 |
Payments with no listed product |
N/A |
$5,307 |
ELSA |
device |
$1,765 |
I-FACTOR PUTTY |
device |
$1,520 |
PALISADE PEDICLE SCREW SYSTEM |
device |
$392 |
EXCELSIUS - GPS |
device |
$177 |
FIXATION |
device |
$76 |
EBI BONE HEALING SYSTEM |
device |
$21 |
AQUACEL |
device |
$15 |
AQUACEL AG |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 14, 2018 | $5,722 | PROLIFT | Royalty or License | LIFE SPINE, INC. | |
| Sep 14, 2018 | $5,647 | PROLIFT | Royalty or License | LIFE SPINE, INC. | |
| Sep 21, 2018 | $5,000 | No Listed Product | Promotional Speaking/Other | ARTERIOCYTE MEDICAL SYSTEMS, INC. | |
| Sep 14, 2018 | $4,985 | PROLIFT | Royalty or License | LIFE SPINE, INC. | |
| Sep 14, 2018 | $4,287 | PROLIFT | Royalty or License | LIFE SPINE, INC. | |
| Aug 17, 2018 | $4,000 | SPINAL IMPLANTS | Consulting | SPINE WAVE, INC. | |
| Aug 21, 2018 | $2,542 | SURE-LOK PERCUTANEOUS PEDICLE SCREW SYSTEM | Consulting | PRECISION SPINE, INC. | |
| May 8, 2018 | $2,117 | SURE-LOK PERCUTANEOUS PEDICLE SCREW SYSTEM | Consulting | PRECISION SPINE, INC. | |
| Feb 13, 2018 | $2,003 | SURE-LOK PERCUTANEOUS PEDICLE SCREW SYSTEM | Consulting | PRECISION SPINE, INC. | |
| Jan 27, 2018 | $1,696 | ELSA | Travel and Lodging | GLOBUS MEDICAL, INC. | |
| Jun 27, 2018 | $1,500 | I-FACTOR PUTTY | Honoraria | CERAPEDICS, INC. | |
| Dec 3, 2018 | $750 | SPINAL IMPLANTS | Consulting | SPINE WAVE, INC. | |
| Aug 6, 2018 | $500 | SPINAL IMPLANTS | Consulting | SPINE WAVE, INC. | |
| Dec 20, 2018 | $392 | PALISADE PEDICLE SCREW SYSTEM | Food and Beverage | SPINEOLOGY INC. | |
| Aug 18, 2018 | $329 | SPINAL IMPLANTS | Travel and Lodging | SPINE WAVE, INC. | |
| Aug 17, 2018 | $329 | SPINAL IMPLANTS | Travel and Lodging | SPINE WAVE, INC. | |
| Nov 20, 2018 | $307 | No Listed Product | Food and Beverage | ARTERIOCYTE MEDICAL SYSTEMS, INC. | |
| Jun 14, 2018 | $116 | EXCELSIUS - GPS | Food and Beverage | GLOBUS MEDICAL, INC. | |
| Jan 27, 2018 | $69 | ELSA | Food and Beverage | GLOBUS MEDICAL, INC. | |
| Jun 22, 2018 | $61 | EXCELSIUS - GPS | Food and Beverage | GLOBUS MEDICAL, INC. | |
| Aug 20, 2018 | $51 | FIXATION | Travel and Lodging | SPINE WAVE, INC. | |
| Apr 20, 2018 | $27 | PROLIFT | Food and Beverage | LIFE SPINE, INC. | |
| Apr 20, 2018 | $25 | PROLIFT | Food and Beverage | LIFE SPINE, INC. | |
| Jun 28, 2018 | $21 | EBI BONE HEALING SYSTEM | Food and Beverage | ZIMMER BIOMET HOLDINGS, INC. | |
| Jul 28, 2018 | $20 | I-FACTOR PUTTY | Food and Beverage | CERAPEDICS, INC. | |
| Aug 14, 2018 | $15 | FIXATION | Travel and Lodging | SPINE WAVE, INC. | |
| Aug 13, 2018 | $15 | SPINAL IMPLANTS | Travel and Lodging | SPINE WAVE, INC. | |
| Sep 20, 2018 | $15 | AQUACEL AG AQUACEL | Food and Beverage | CONVATEC INC. | |
| Aug 17, 2018 | $10 | FIXATION | Food and Beverage | SPINE WAVE, INC. | |
| Aug 17, 2018 | $0 | SPINAL IMPLANTS | Travel and Lodging | SPINE WAVE, INC. | |
| Aug 19, 2018 | $0 | SPINAL IMPLANTS | Travel and Lodging | SPINE WAVE, INC. |
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This site includes data published by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services on June 28, 2019.