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HERMAN KAO
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HERMAN KAO

Listed Specialty: Dentist, Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
1625 SAINT LOUIS AVE., FORT WORTH, TX, 76104
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HERMAN KAO,
Yearly Payment Breakdown:

2018 Payments At a Glance

18

payments

$9,749

payment total

3

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 $9,105
Food and Beverage
 13 $520
Gift
 1 $124

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†
OMNI MAX

device

 $9,105
NOBELACTIVE

device

 $225
NOBELPARALLEL

device

 $225
NOBELREPLACE

device

 $225
BRANEMARK

device

 $225
NOBELSPEEDY

device

 $225
Payments with no listed product

N/A

 $136
VIRTUAL SURGICAL PLANNING

device

 $125
STOCK JOINT

device

 $124
TRAUMAONE

device

 $34
† 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
Nov 16, 2018 $2,639 OMNI MAX Royalty or License ZIMMER BIOMET HOLDINGS, INC.
Feb 15, 2018 $2,199 OMNI MAX Royalty or License ZIMMER BIOMET HOLDINGS, INC.
Aug 10, 2018 $2,174 OMNI MAX Royalty or License ZIMMER BIOMET HOLDINGS, INC.
May 11, 2018 $2,093 OMNI MAX Royalty or License ZIMMER BIOMET HOLDINGS, INC.
Feb 6, 2018 $125 VIRTUAL SURGICAL PLANNING Food and Beverage ZIMMER BIOMET HOLDINGS, INC.
Dec 17, 2018 $124 No Listed Product Gift STRAUMANN USA LLC
May 30, 2018 $124 STOCK JOINT Food and Beverage ZIMMER BIOMET HOLDINGS, INC.
Jun 30, 2018 $90 NOBELACTIVE NOBELPARALLEL BRANEMARK NOBELSPEEDY NOBELREPLACE Food and Beverage NOBEL BIOCARE USA
Nov 6, 2018 $34 TRAUMAONE Food and Beverage ZIMMER BIOMET HOLDINGS, INC.
Mar 22, 2018 $28 NOBELACTIVE NOBELPARALLEL BRANEMARK NOBELSPEEDY NOBELREPLACE Food and Beverage NOBEL BIOCARE USA
Aug 23, 2018 $26 NOBELACTIVE NOBELPARALLEL BRANEMARK NOBELSPEEDY NOBELREPLACE Food and Beverage NOBEL BIOCARE USA
Nov 8, 2018 $21 NOBELACTIVE NOBELPARALLEL BRANEMARK NOBELSPEEDY NOBELREPLACE Food and Beverage NOBEL BIOCARE USA
Sep 27, 2018 $19 NOBELACTIVE NOBELPARALLEL BRANEMARK NOBELSPEEDY NOBELREPLACE Food and Beverage NOBEL BIOCARE USA
Nov 13, 2018 $18 NOBELACTIVE NOBELPARALLEL BRANEMARK NOBELSPEEDY NOBELREPLACE Food and Beverage NOBEL BIOCARE USA
Dec 6, 2018 $12 NOBELACTIVE NOBELPARALLEL BRANEMARK NOBELSPEEDY NOBELREPLACE Food and Beverage NOBEL BIOCARE USA
Apr 13, 2018 $10 NOBELACTIVE NOBELPARALLEL BRANEMARK NOBELSPEEDY NOBELREPLACE Food and Beverage NOBEL BIOCARE USA
Dec 19, 2018 $7 No Listed Product Food and Beverage STRAUMANN USA LLC
Oct 29, 2018 $5 No Listed Product Food and Beverage STRAUMANN USA LLC
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This site includes data published by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services on June 28, 2019.