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ADDISU MESFIN
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ADDISU MESFIN

Listed Specialty: Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine
601 ELMWOOD AVE, BOX 665, ROCHESTER, NY, 14642
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DR. ADDISU MESFIN,
Yearly Payment Breakdown:

2018 Payments At a Glance

23

payments

$4,706

payment total

6

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
Travel and Lodging
 7 $3,499
Food and Beverage
 16 $1,207

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†
INSET

device

 $2,595
MISQUITO

device

 $2,595
PEDFUSE RESET

device

 $2,595
EXPEDIUM

device

 $1,805
ACCOLADE

device

 $133
MOBI-C

device

 $95
IFUSE IMPLANT

device

 $79
† 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
Apr 6, 2018 $1,109 EXPEDIUM Travel and Lodging MEDICAL DEVICE BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.
Sep 21, 2018 $1,007 PEDFUSE RESET INSET MISQUITO Travel and Lodging SPINEFRONTIER, INC.
Aug 29, 2018 $554 PEDFUSE RESET INSET MISQUITO Travel and Lodging SPINEFRONTIER, INC.
Jul 24, 2018 $318 PEDFUSE RESET INSET MISQUITO Travel and Lodging SPINEFRONTIER, INC.
Apr 6, 2018 $247 EXPEDIUM Travel and Lodging MEDICAL DEVICE BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.
May 9, 2018 $176 PEDFUSE RESET INSET MISQUITO Food and Beverage SPINEFRONTIER, INC.
Jul 27, 2018 $155 PEDFUSE RESET INSET MISQUITO Food and Beverage SPINEFRONTIER, INC.
Jul 30, 2018 $155 PEDFUSE RESET INSET MISQUITO Food and Beverage SPINEFRONTIER, INC.
Dec 7, 2018 $143 EXPEDIUM Food and Beverage DEPUY SYNTHES SALES INC.
Apr 6, 2018 $140 EXPEDIUM Travel and Lodging MEDICAL DEVICE BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.
Mar 2, 2018 $133 ACCOLADE Food and Beverage STRYKER CORPORATION
May 9, 2018 $123 PEDFUSE RESET INSET MISQUITO Travel and Lodging SPINEFRONTIER, INC.
Oct 3, 2018 $95 MOBI-C Food and Beverage ZIMMER BIOMET HOLDINGS, INC.
Dec 6, 2018 $64 PEDFUSE RESET INSET MISQUITO Food and Beverage SPINEFRONTIER, INC.
Apr 7, 2018 $50 EXPEDIUM Food and Beverage MEDICAL DEVICE BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.
Aug 12, 2018 $43 PEDFUSE RESET INSET MISQUITO Food and Beverage SPINEFRONTIER, INC.
Aug 12, 2018 $41 IFUSE IMPLANT Food and Beverage SI-BONE, INC.
Dec 13, 2018 $38 IFUSE IMPLANT Food and Beverage SI-BONE, INC.
Apr 7, 2018 $35 EXPEDIUM Food and Beverage MEDICAL DEVICE BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.
Apr 7, 2018 $35 EXPEDIUM Food and Beverage MEDICAL DEVICE BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.
Sep 20, 2018 $19 EXPEDIUM Food and Beverage DEPUY SYNTHES SALES INC.
Oct 20, 2018 $14 EXPEDIUM Food and Beverage DEPUY SYNTHES SALES INC.
Oct 20, 2018 $13 EXPEDIUM Food and Beverage DEPUY SYNTHES SALES 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.