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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.

KARL M SCHWEITZER
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KARL M SCHWEITZER

Listed Specialty: Orthopaedic Surgery
3480 WAKE FOREST RD, SUITE 204, RALEIGH, NC, 27609-7376
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DR. KARL SCHWEITZER,
Yearly Payment Breakdown:

2018 Payments At a Glance

20

payments

$4,087

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
 1 $1,500
Food and Beverage
 16 $1,233
Education
 2 $1,026
Travel and Lodging
 1 $328

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

 $1,805
INFINITY

device

 $1,487
AUGMENT

device

 $246
VANTAGE

device

 $244
GRAFIX & STRAVIX

drug

 $124
SALVATION

device

 $113
DISTAL EXTREMITIES IMPLANTS SOFT TISSUE IB LIGAMENT AUGMENTATION

device

 $68
† 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 1, 2018 $1,500 No Listed Product Promotional Speaking/Other ARTHREX, INC.
Jan 25, 2018 $721 INFINITY Education WRIGHT MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY, INC.
Aug 10, 2018 $328 INFINITY Travel and Lodging WRIGHT MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY, INC.
Jan 3, 2018 $305 No Listed Product Education SOUTHTECH ORTHOPEDICS
Aug 28, 2018 $144 VANTAGE Food and Beverage EXACTECH, INC.
Sep 7, 2018 $142 AUGMENT Food and Beverage WRIGHT MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY, INC.
Sep 21, 2018 $136 INFINITY Food and Beverage WRIGHT MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY, INC.
Nov 28, 2018 $124 GRAFIX & STRAVIX Food and Beverage OSIRIS THERAPEUTICS INC.
Feb 27, 2018 $113 SALVATION Food and Beverage WRIGHT MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY, INC.
Sep 22, 2018 $101 INFINITY Food and Beverage WRIGHT MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY, INC.
Aug 28, 2018 $100 VANTAGE Food and Beverage EXACTECH, INC.
Sep 22, 2018 $77 INFINITY Food and Beverage WRIGHT MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY, INC.
Jul 10, 2018 $68 DISTAL EXTREMITIES IMPLANTS SOFT TISSUE IB LIGAMENT AUGMENTATION Food and Beverage ARTHREX, INC.
Oct 15, 2018 $67 AUGMENT Food and Beverage WRIGHT MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY, INC.
Sep 21, 2018 $38 INFINITY Food and Beverage WRIGHT MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY, INC.
Sep 10, 2018 $37 AUGMENT Food and Beverage WRIGHT MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY, INC.
Sep 21, 2018 $37 INFINITY Food and Beverage WRIGHT MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY, INC.
Sep 22, 2018 $29 INFINITY Food and Beverage WRIGHT MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY, INC.
Sep 21, 2018 $18 INFINITY Food and Beverage WRIGHT MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY, INC.
Sep 22, 2018 $2 INFINITY Food and Beverage WRIGHT MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY, 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.