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FRANK K KUWAMURA
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FRANK K KUWAMURA

Listed Specialty: Orthopaedic Surgery
525 OAK CENTRE DR, SUITE 100, SAN ANTONIO, TX, 78258-3944
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DR. FRANK KUWAMURA,
Yearly Payment Breakdown:

2018 Payments At a Glance

21

payments

$18,526

payment total

4

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 $16,430
Travel and Lodging
 5 $1,681
Food and Beverage
 12 $415

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†
BATALLION LATERAL

device

 $16,430
ADAPTIVESTIM

device

 $1,244
IFUSE IMPLANT

device

 $823
Payments with no listed product

N/A

 $28
† 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 27, 2018 $5,769 BATALLION LATERAL Royalty or License ALPHATEC SPINE, INC
Aug 27, 2018 $5,646 BATALLION LATERAL Royalty or License ALPHATEC SPINE, INC
May 30, 2018 $3,163 BATALLION LATERAL Royalty or License ALPHATEC SPINE, INC
Feb 27, 2018 $1,852 BATALLION LATERAL Royalty or License ALPHATEC SPINE, INC
Jan 21, 2018 $651 ADAPTIVESTIM Travel and Lodging MEDTRONIC USA, INC.
Jan 25, 2018 $501 IFUSE IMPLANT Travel and Lodging SI-BONE, INC.
Jan 21, 2018 $198 ADAPTIVESTIM Travel and Lodging MEDTRONIC USA, INC.
Jan 21, 2018 $179 ADAPTIVESTIM Travel and Lodging MEDTRONIC USA, INC.
Feb 17, 2018 $152 IFUSE IMPLANT Travel and Lodging SI-BONE, INC.
Feb 16, 2018 $73 IFUSE IMPLANT Food and Beverage SI-BONE, INC.
Jan 21, 2018 $63 ADAPTIVESTIM Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC USA, INC.
Jan 22, 2018 $61 ADAPTIVESTIM Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC USA, INC.
Jan 22, 2018 $45 ADAPTIVESTIM Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC USA, INC.
Aug 21, 2018 $44 IFUSE IMPLANT Food and Beverage SI-BONE, INC.
Apr 11, 2018 $28 No Listed Product Food and Beverage NUVASIVE, INC.
Jan 22, 2018 $25 ADAPTIVESTIM Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC USA, INC.
Feb 16, 2018 $21 IFUSE IMPLANT Food and Beverage SI-BONE, INC.
Jan 22, 2018 $20 ADAPTIVESTIM Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC USA, INC.
Jun 13, 2018 $18 IFUSE IMPLANT Food and Beverage SI-BONE, INC.
Feb 7, 2018 $14 IFUSE IMPLANT Food and Beverage SI-BONE, INC.
Jan 22, 2018 $2 ADAPTIVESTIM Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC USA, 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.