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VICTOR W CHANG
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VICTOR W CHANG

Listed Specialty: Neurological Surgery
2799 W GRAND BLVD, DETROIT, MI, 48202-2608
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DR. VICTOR CHANG,
Yearly Payment Breakdown:

2018 Payments At a Glance

42

payments

$24,914

payment total

8

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
Promotional Speaking/Other
 9 $15,575
Consulting
 4 $5,388
Food and Beverage
 27 $2,501
Travel and Lodging
 2 $1,450

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†
ALTERA

device

 $9,343
GENERAL K2M PRODUCT DISCUSSION

device

 $4,563
SECURE-C

device

 $4,375
RISE-L

device

 $3,500
PEDIGUARD

device

 $475
XLIF

device

 $462
ADJUSTABLE LORDOSIS EXPND ALIF

device

 $350
LESSRAY

device

 $297
COHERE

device

 $276
IFUSE IMPLANT

device

 $196
PULSE

device

 $192
OSTEOCEL

device

 $182
EXCELSIUS - GPS

device

 $166
DIVERGENCE-L

device

 $165
BENDINI

device

 $164
ELEVATE

device

 $155
IGA

device

 $144
NUVALINE/NUVAMAP O.R.

device

 $144
RELINE

device

 $142
CD HORIZON

device

 $127
MOBI-C

device

 $114
ALIF

device

 $69
Payments with no listed product

N/A

 $39
POSTERIOR FUSION

device

 $18
† 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 9, 2018 $4,563 GENERAL K2M PRODUCT DISCUSSION Consulting K2M, INC. VC Universal Exports, LLC
Apr 21, 2018 $4,200 ALTERA Promotional Speaking/Other GLOBUS MEDICAL, INC.
Apr 21, 2018 $3,500 ALTERA Promotional Speaking/Other GLOBUS MEDICAL, INC.
Jul 18, 2018 $2,100 RISE-L Promotional Speaking/Other GLOBUS MEDICAL, INC.
Oct 15, 2018 $1,488 SECURE-C Promotional Speaking/Other GLOBUS MEDICAL, INC.
Jul 18, 2018 $1,400 RISE-L Promotional Speaking/Other GLOBUS MEDICAL, INC.
Apr 21, 2018 $1,268 ALTERA Travel and Lodging GLOBUS MEDICAL, INC.
Aug 8, 2018 $788 SECURE-C Promotional Speaking/Other GLOBUS MEDICAL, INC.
Aug 30, 2018 $700 SECURE-C Promotional Speaking/Other GLOBUS MEDICAL, INC.
Nov 26, 2018 $700 SECURE-C Promotional Speaking/Other GLOBUS MEDICAL, INC.
Oct 4, 2018 $700 SECURE-C Promotional Speaking/Other GLOBUS MEDICAL, INC.
Aug 1, 2018 $350 ADJUSTABLE LORDOSIS EXPND ALIF Consulting GLOBUS MEDICAL, INC.
Feb 6, 2018 $250 PEDIGUARD Consulting SPINEGUARD, INC.
Sep 27, 2018 $225 PEDIGUARD Consulting SPINEGUARD, INC.
Feb 7, 2018 $196 IFUSE IMPLANT Food and Beverage SI-BONE, INC.
Apr 20, 2018 $193 ALTERA Food and Beverage GLOBUS MEDICAL, INC.
Sep 8, 2018 $188 XLIF Food and Beverage NUVASIVE, INC.
Apr 20, 2018 $182 ALTERA Travel and Lodging GLOBUS MEDICAL, INC.
Sep 26, 2018 $157 XLIF Food and Beverage NUVASIVE, INC.
Jan 31, 2018 $155 ELEVATE Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC USA, INC.
Sep 7, 2018 $144 COHERE IGA NUVALINE/NUVAMAP O.R. Food and Beverage NUVASIVE, INC.
May 15, 2018 $142 DIVERGENCE-L Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC USA, INC.
Mar 14, 2018 $142 RELINE BENDINI LESSRAY Food and Beverage NUVASIVE, INC.
Jun 14, 2018 $140 OSTEOCEL Food and Beverage NUVASIVE, INC.
Jan 24, 2018 $132 COHERE LESSRAY Food and Beverage NUVASIVE, INC.
Jan 2, 2018 $127 CD HORIZON Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC USA, INC.
Oct 30, 2018 $122 PULSE Food and Beverage NUVASIVE, INC.
Apr 24, 2018 $120 EXCELSIUS - GPS Food and Beverage GLOBUS MEDICAL, INC.
Sep 26, 2018 $114 MOBI-C Food and Beverage ZIMMER BIOMET HOLDINGS, INC.
Jun 7, 2018 $81 XLIF Food and Beverage NUVASIVE, INC.
Sep 26, 2018 $69 ALIF Food and Beverage NUVASIVE, INC.
Jul 17, 2018 $58 PULSE Food and Beverage NUVASIVE, INC.
Sep 27, 2018 $39 No Listed Product Food and Beverage NUVASIVE, INC.
Mar 16, 2018 $33 EXCELSIUS - GPS Food and Beverage GLOBUS MEDICAL, INC.
Sep 7, 2018 $26 OSTEOCEL Food and Beverage NUVASIVE, INC.
Sep 26, 2018 $23 DIVERGENCE-L Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC USA, INC.
Sep 8, 2018 $22 LESSRAY BENDINI Food and Beverage NUVASIVE, INC.
Sep 8, 2018 $19 XLIF Food and Beverage NUVASIVE, INC.
Feb 13, 2018 $18 POSTERIOR FUSION Food and Beverage SPINE WAVE, INC.
Jul 27, 2018 $16 XLIF OSTEOCEL Food and Beverage NUVASIVE, INC.
Sep 10, 2018 $12 EXCELSIUS - GPS Food and Beverage GLOBUS MEDICAL, INC.
Oct 30, 2018 $12 PULSE 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.