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CHRISTOPHER C LAI
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CHRISTOPHER C LAI

Listed Specialty: Orthopaedic Surgery
196 W LEGION RD, BRAWLEY, CA, 92227-7713
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CHRISTOPHER LAI,
Yearly Payment Breakdown:

2018 Payments At a Glance

56

payments

$3,669

payment total

10

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
Food and Beverage
 54 $3,161
Travel and Lodging
 2 $508

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†
MAKO

device

 $1,717
ACCOLADE

device

 $387
TRIATHLON

device

 $315
TRITANIUM

device

 $312
TRIDENT

device

 $184
DJO SURGICAL EMPOWR KNEE SYSTEM

device

 $148
FIRSTPASS

device

 $126
EUFLEXXA

device

 $125
PERFORMANCE SOLUTIONS

device

 $114
MULTIFIX S

device

 $104
MI-EYE

device

 $90
DJO SURGICAL TAPERFILL HIP SYSTEM

device

 $49
HEALICOIL

device

 $34
SUTUREFIX

device

 $34
Payments with no listed product

N/A

 $30
ZILRETTA

drug

 $29
FOOTPRINT

device

 $23
ULTRATAPE

device

 $23
MICROFREE

device

 $20
GENVISC 850

device

 $20
PENNSAID

drug

 $17
† 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
Mar 8, 2018 $290 MAKO Travel and Lodging STRYKER CORPORATION
Apr 10, 2018 $217 MAKO Travel and Lodging STRYKER CORPORATION
Nov 16, 2018 $150 TRIDENT Food and Beverage STRYKER CORPORATION
Jan 13, 2018 $150 TRIATHLON Food and Beverage STRYKER CORPORATION
Feb 24, 2018 $150 MAKO Food and Beverage STRYKER CORPORATION
Feb 16, 2018 $149 TRIATHLON Food and Beverage STRYKER CORPORATION
Jun 15, 2018 $149 ACCOLADE Food and Beverage STRYKER CORPORATION
Apr 28, 2018 $145 MAKO Food and Beverage STRYKER CORPORATION
Aug 7, 2018 $129 MAKO Food and Beverage STRYKER CORPORATION
Apr 13, 2018 $128 MAKO Food and Beverage STRYKER CORPORATION
Feb 23, 2018 $127 MAKO Food and Beverage STRYKER CORPORATION
Oct 10, 2018 $125 TRITANIUM Food and Beverage STRYKER CORPORATION
Sep 21, 2018 $123 TRITANIUM Food and Beverage STRYKER CORPORATION
May 25, 2018 $123 ACCOLADE Food and Beverage STRYKER CORPORATION
Apr 27, 2018 $114 PERFORMANCE SOLUTIONS Food and Beverage STRYKER CORPORATION
Feb 2, 2018 $104 MAKO Food and Beverage STRYKER CORPORATION
Mar 24, 2018 $104 FIRSTPASS MULTIFIX S Food and Beverage SMITH & NEPHEW, INC.
Aug 31, 2018 $91 MAKO Food and Beverage STRYKER CORPORATION
Mar 10, 2018 $90 MI-EYE Food and Beverage TRICE MEDICAL, INC.
Feb 25, 2018 $76 MAKO Food and Beverage STRYKER CORPORATION
Jan 24, 2018 $68 MAKO Food and Beverage STRYKER CORPORATION
Sep 13, 2018 $62 DJO SURGICAL EMPOWR KNEE SYSTEM Food and Beverage ENCORE MEDICAL, LP
Mar 26, 2018 $59 ACCOLADE Food and Beverage STRYKER CORPORATION
Jul 30, 2018 $55 ACCOLADE Food and Beverage STRYKER CORPORATION
Jun 27, 2018 $52 MAKO Food and Beverage STRYKER CORPORATION
Apr 9, 2018 $51 MAKO Food and Beverage STRYKER CORPORATION
May 26, 2018 $49 DJO SURGICAL TAPERFILL HIP SYSTEM DJO SURGICAL EMPOWR KNEE SYSTEM Food and Beverage ENCORE MEDICAL, LP
May 21, 2018 $40 TRITANIUM Food and Beverage STRYKER CORPORATION
Dec 15, 2018 $36 DJO SURGICAL EMPOWR KNEE SYSTEM Food and Beverage ENCORE MEDICAL, LP
Sep 20, 2018 $34 TRIDENT Food and Beverage STRYKER CORPORATION
Aug 21, 2018 $34 HEALICOIL SUTUREFIX Food and Beverage SMITH & NEPHEW, INC.
Feb 25, 2018 $33 MAKO Food and Beverage STRYKER CORPORATION
Jul 29, 2018 $30 No Listed Product Food and Beverage MYOSCIENCE INC.
Feb 24, 2018 $30 MAKO Food and Beverage STRYKER CORPORATION
Feb 24, 2018 $24 MAKO Food and Beverage STRYKER CORPORATION
Jul 20, 2018 $24 TRITANIUM Food and Beverage STRYKER CORPORATION
Apr 6, 2018 $23 FIRSTPASS FOOTPRINT ULTRATAPE Food and Beverage SMITH & NEPHEW, INC.
Mar 21, 2018 $20 MICROFREE Food and Beverage LINVATEC CORPORATION
Apr 26, 2018 $20 GENVISC 850 Food and Beverage ORTHOGENRX INC.
Feb 26, 2018 $19 EUFLEXXA Food and Beverage FERRING PHARMACEUTICALS INC.
Sep 26, 2018 $18 EUFLEXXA Food and Beverage FERRING PHARMACEUTICALS INC.
Jun 25, 2018 $18 EUFLEXXA Food and Beverage FERRING PHARMACEUTICALS INC.
Jun 11, 2018 $17 EUFLEXXA Food and Beverage FERRING PHARMACEUTICALS INC.
Oct 11, 2018 $17 ZILRETTA Food and Beverage FLEXION THERAPEUTICS, INC.
Jan 18, 2018 $17 PENNSAID Food and Beverage HORIZON PHARMA PLC
Aug 18, 2018 $16 TRIATHLON Food and Beverage STRYKER CORPORATION
Aug 23, 2018 $13 ZILRETTA Food and Beverage FLEXION THERAPEUTICS, INC.
Apr 25, 2018 $8 EUFLEXXA Food and Beverage FERRING PHARMACEUTICALS INC.
Dec 6, 2018 $8 EUFLEXXA Food and Beverage FERRING PHARMACEUTICALS INC.
Mar 28, 2018 $7 EUFLEXXA Food and Beverage FERRING PHARMACEUTICALS INC.
Apr 19, 2018 $5 EUFLEXXA Food and Beverage FERRING PHARMACEUTICALS INC.
Jul 23, 2018 $5 EUFLEXXA Food and Beverage FERRING PHARMACEUTICALS INC.
Nov 5, 2018 $5 EUFLEXXA Food and Beverage FERRING PHARMACEUTICALS INC.
Apr 30, 2018 $5 EUFLEXXA Food and Beverage FERRING PHARMACEUTICALS INC.
Mar 14, 2018 $5 EUFLEXXA Food and Beverage FERRING PHARMACEUTICALS INC.
Aug 20, 2018 $5 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.