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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.

ROJEH MELIKIAN
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ROJEH MELIKIAN

Listed Specialty: Orthopaedic Surgery
MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL, 55 FRUIT STREET, BOSTON, MA, 02114
* Note: This physician had a California practice address when the most recent payments were reported.
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ROJEH MELIKIAN,
Yearly Payment Breakdown:

2018 Payments At a Glance

22

payments

$3,654

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
Consulting
 3 $2,250
Food and Beverage
 19 $1,404

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†
Payments with no listed product

N/A

 $2,298
XLIF

device

 $671
RELINE

device

 $241
ALIF

device

 $125
GALLERY LAMINOPLASTY

device

 $85
VITAL

device

 $85
WALTER

device

 $85
TRITANIUM

device

 $77
ARDIS

device

 $36
COFLEX

device

 $32
GIZA

device

 $27
COHERE

device

 $26
ES2

device

 $20
SENZA SPINAL CORD STIMULATION SYSTEM

device

 $15
† 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
Sep 20, 2018 $750 No Listed Product Consulting CTL MEDICAL CORPORATION
May 24, 2018 $750 No Listed Product Consulting CTL MEDICAL CORPORATION
Nov 13, 2018 $750 No Listed Product Consulting CTL MEDICAL CORPORATION
Jul 8, 2018 $442 XLIF Food and Beverage NUVASIVE, INC.
Aug 3, 2018 $241 RELINE Food and Beverage NUVASIVE, INC.
Sep 20, 2018 $145 XLIF Food and Beverage NUVASIVE, INC.
Jul 5, 2018 $125 ALIF Food and Beverage NUVASIVE, INC.
Sep 7, 2018 $85 GALLERY LAMINOPLASTY WALTER VITAL Food and Beverage ZIMMER BIOMET HOLDINGS, INC.
Mar 20, 2018 $55 XLIF Food and Beverage NUVASIVE, INC.
Sep 18, 2018 $43 TRITANIUM Food and Beverage STRYKER CORPORATION
Jul 30, 2018 $36 ARDIS Food and Beverage ZIMMER BIOMET HOLDINGS, INC.
Aug 2, 2018 $32 COFLEX Food and Beverage PARADIGM SPINE, LLC
Apr 6, 2018 $29 XLIF Food and Beverage NUVASIVE, INC.
Apr 12, 2018 $26 COHERE Food and Beverage NUVASIVE, INC.
Jan 11, 2018 $26 No Listed Product Food and Beverage NUVASIVE, INC.
Feb 26, 2018 $23 TRITANIUM Food and Beverage STRYKER CORPORATION
Apr 14, 2018 $21 No Listed Product Food and Beverage NUVASIVE, INC.
Feb 13, 2018 $20 ES2 Food and Beverage STRYKER CORPORATION
Mar 8, 2018 $20 GIZA Food and Beverage STRYKER CORPORATION
Aug 1, 2018 $15 SENZA SPINAL CORD STIMULATION SYSTEM Food and Beverage NEVRO CORP.
Feb 23, 2018 $12 TRITANIUM Food and Beverage STRYKER CORPORATION
Feb 5, 2018 $8 GIZA Food and Beverage STRYKER CORPORATION
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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.