Dollars for Docs

How Industry Dollars Reach Your Doctors

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.

TESSA BALACH
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TESSA BALACH

Listed Specialty: Orthopaedic Surgery
263 FARMINGTON AVE, ORTHOPEDICS, FARMINGTON, CT, 06030-4038
* Note: This physician had a Illinois practice address when the most recent payments were reported.
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TESSA BALACH,
Yearly Payment Breakdown:

2018 Payments At a Glance

9

payments

$935

payment total

1

company 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
Travel and Lodging
4 $646
Food and Beverage
5 $288

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
GMRS

device

$468
MAKO

device

$298
NAV - ORTHOMAP 3D NAVIGATION SOFTWAREINSTRUMENTATION

device

$169
† 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
Aug 22, 2018 $246 GMRS Travel and Lodging STRYKER CORPORATION
Sep 20, 2018 $169 NAV - ORTHOMAP 3D NAVIGATION SOFTWAREINSTRUMENTATION Travel and Lodging STRYKER CORPORATION
Nov 16, 2018 $136 MAKO Food and Beverage STRYKER CORPORATION
Sep 20, 2018 $131 MAKO Travel and Lodging STRYKER CORPORATION
Aug 25, 2018 $101 GMRS Travel and Lodging STRYKER CORPORATION
Aug 24, 2018 $47 GMRS Food and Beverage STRYKER CORPORATION
Aug 25, 2018 $41 GMRS Food and Beverage STRYKER CORPORATION
Aug 25, 2018 $32 GMRS Food and Beverage STRYKER CORPORATION
Aug 24, 2018 $31 MAKO Food and Beverage STRYKER CORPORATION
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This site includes data published by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services on June 28, 2019.