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JAMES R BRESCH
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JAMES R BRESCH

Listed Specialty: Orthopaedic Surgery
1550 N NORTHWEST HWY, SUITE 220, PARK RIDGE, IL, 60068-1411
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DR. JAMES BRESCH,
Yearly Payment Breakdown:

2018 Payments At a Glance

30

payments

$32,691

payment total

5

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
 3 $19,200
Consulting
 1 $9,375
Travel and Lodging
 7 $2,673
Food and Beverage
 19 $1,443

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†
JOURNEY II XR

device

 $27,585
JOURNEY II BCS

device

 $19,474
JOURNEY UNI

device

 $17,250
LEGION HINGE

device

 $17,250
LEGION REVISION

device

 $17,250
JOURNEY II CR

device

 $9,455
NAVIO SURGICAL SYSTEM

device

 $1,890
VERILAST HIPS

device

 $1,510
Payments with no listed product

N/A

 $1,072
VISIONAIRE CUTTING GUIDES

device

 $950
VISIONAIRE DIGITAL TEMPLATING

device

 $950
JII UNICONDYLAR KNEE SYSTEM

device

 $279
ZUK UNI

device

 $279
VISIONAIRE SOLUTIONS

device

 $136
PICO

device

 $101
REGENETEN

device

 $101
PRO-DENSE

device

 $27
TISSEEL

drug

 $25
VERASENSE

device

 $12
† 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
Oct 30, 2018 $17,250 JOURNEY UNI LEGION HINGE LEGION REVISION JOURNEY II BCS JOURNEY II XR Promotional Speaking/Other SMITH & NEPHEW, INC.
Nov 30, 2018 $9,375 JOURNEY II CR JOURNEY II XR Consulting SMITH & NEPHEW, INC.
Nov 12, 2018 $1,000 No Listed Product Promotional Speaking/Other SMITH & NEPHEW, INC.
May 7, 2018 $950 VISIONAIRE CUTTING GUIDES VISIONAIRE DIGITAL TEMPLATING JOURNEY II BCS Promotional Speaking/Other SMITH & NEPHEW, INC.
Nov 16, 2018 $647 JOURNEY II BCS Travel and Lodging SMITH & NEPHEW, INC.
Oct 10, 2018 $641 VERILAST HIPS NAVIO SURGICAL SYSTEM Travel and Lodging SMITH & NEPHEW, INC.
Oct 10, 2018 $385 VERILAST HIPS NAVIO SURGICAL SYSTEM Travel and Lodging SMITH & NEPHEW, INC.
Nov 16, 2018 $323 JOURNEY II BCS Travel and Lodging SMITH & NEPHEW, INC.
Nov 16, 2018 $318 JOURNEY II XR Travel and Lodging SMITH & NEPHEW, INC.
Oct 10, 2018 $279 JII UNICONDYLAR KNEE SYSTEM ZUK UNI NAVIO SURGICAL SYSTEM JOURNEY II XR Travel and Lodging SMITH & NEPHEW, INC.
Oct 10, 2018 $160 VERILAST HIPS NAVIO SURGICAL SYSTEM Food and Beverage SMITH & NEPHEW, INC.
Nov 17, 2018 $154 JOURNEY II BCS Food and Beverage SMITH & NEPHEW, INC.
Nov 16, 2018 $150 JOURNEY II BCS Food and Beverage SMITH & NEPHEW, INC.
Oct 12, 2018 $137 JOURNEY II XR Food and Beverage SMITH & NEPHEW, INC.
Feb 1, 2018 $136 VISIONAIRE SOLUTIONS Food and Beverage SMITH & NEPHEW, INC.
Oct 11, 2018 $121 VERILAST HIPS NAVIO SURGICAL SYSTEM Food and Beverage SMITH & NEPHEW, INC.
Oct 12, 2018 $107 VERILAST HIPS NAVIO SURGICAL SYSTEM Food and Beverage SMITH & NEPHEW, INC.
Mar 6, 2018 $101 JOURNEY II XR Food and Beverage SMITH & NEPHEW, INC.
Mar 7, 2018 $101 PICO NAVIO SURGICAL SYSTEM REGENETEN Food and Beverage SMITH & NEPHEW, INC.
Nov 30, 2018 $80 JOURNEY II CR JOURNEY II XR Travel and Lodging SMITH & NEPHEW, INC.
Oct 11, 2018 $76 VERILAST HIPS NAVIO SURGICAL SYSTEM Food and Beverage SMITH & NEPHEW, INC.
Oct 29, 2018 $61 No Listed Product Food and Beverage ELECTRONIC WAVEFORM LAB, INC.
Feb 7, 2018 $27 PRO-DENSE Food and Beverage WRIGHT MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY, INC.
Oct 10, 2018 $24 JOURNEY II XR Food and Beverage SMITH & NEPHEW, INC.
Oct 12, 2018 $21 VERILAST HIPS NAVIO SURGICAL SYSTEM Food and Beverage SMITH & NEPHEW, INC.
Oct 12, 2018 $21 JOURNEY II XR Food and Beverage SMITH & NEPHEW, INC.
Apr 10, 2018 $13 TISSEEL Food and Beverage BAXTER HEALTHCARE
Sep 25, 2018 $13 TISSEEL Food and Beverage BAXTER HEALTHCARE
Sep 11, 2018 $12 VERASENSE Food and Beverage ORTHOSENSOR INC.
Nov 17, 2018 $11 No Listed Product Food and Beverage SMITH & NEPHEW, INC.
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This site includes data published by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services on June 28, 2019.