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JAMES J YUE
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JAMES J YUE

Listed Specialty: Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine
800 HOWARD AVE, YALE PHYSICIANS BUILDING, NEW HAVEN, CT, 06519-1369
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JAMES YUE,
Yearly Payment Breakdown:

2018 Payments At a Glance

76

payments

$125,716

payment total

19

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
 10 $84,283
Promotional Speaking/Other
 6 $20,900
Travel and Lodging
 25 $15,676
Consulting
 1 $3,600
Food and Beverage
 33 $1,205
Gift
 1 $53

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†
ACTIVL ARTIFICIAL DISC

device

 $85,370
RISE

device

 $20,977
Payments with no listed product

N/A

 $7,133
OSSEOFIX

device

 $3,182
RISE-L

device

 $1,960
ACIFT SOLOFUSE

device

 $1,609
NANOFUSE

device

 $1,609
PROCLAIM FAMILY OF SCS IPGS

device

 $1,471
FREEDOM LUMBAR DISC

device

 $1,244
RISE INTRA LIF

device

 $650
KICK, AIRO, CURVE, BUZZ, NODE, EXACT TRAC, NOVALIS, TRAMACAD, ELEMENTS

device

 $564
HELIFIX

device

 $477
EXCELSIUS - GPS

device

 $453
LESSRAY

device

 $187
NT1100 NT2000IX SIMPLICITY

device

 $126
PULSE

device

 $110
MULTIPLE PRODUCTS

device

 $69
VARILIFT

device

 $35
BENDINI

device

 $34
LIFENET VIVIGEN

device

 $32
RELINE

device

 $31
COLUMBUS

device

 $29
NEUROMODULATION DSPSBLS AND ACCS

device

 $24
PRODISC C

device

 $23
CLYDESDALE

device

 $20
PENTA SCS LEADS

device

 $20
RAMPART DUO INTERBODY FUSION SYSTEM

device

 $14
DUEXIS

drug

 $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 26, 2018 $21,867 ACTIVL ARTIFICIAL DISC Royalty or License AESCULAP AG
Feb 5, 2018 $20,909 ACTIVL ARTIFICIAL DISC Royalty or License AESCULAP AG
Aug 8, 2018 $19,808 ACTIVL ARTIFICIAL DISC Royalty or License AESCULAP AG
Apr 19, 2018 $18,040 ACTIVL ARTIFICIAL DISC Royalty or License AESCULAP AG
Nov 17, 2018 $5,200 RISE Promotional Speaking/Other GLOBUS MEDICAL, INC.
Sep 14, 2018 $4,550 RISE Promotional Speaking/Other GLOBUS MEDICAL, INC.
Dec 22, 2018 $4,000 No Listed Product Promotional Speaking/Other RICHARD WOLF MEDICAL INSTRUMENTS CORP.
Jun 15, 2018 $3,600 ACTIVL ARTIFICIAL DISC Consulting AESCULAP IMPLANT SYSTEMS, LLC
Nov 17, 2018 $3,575 RISE Promotional Speaking/Other GLOBUS MEDICAL, INC.
Nov 16, 2018 $2,990 RISE Travel and Lodging GLOBUS MEDICAL, INC.
Sep 14, 2018 $2,925 RISE Promotional Speaking/Other GLOBUS MEDICAL, INC.
Nov 17, 2018 $1,538 RISE Travel and Lodging GLOBUS MEDICAL, INC.
Sep 13, 2018 $1,422 RISE-L Travel and Lodging GLOBUS MEDICAL, INC.
Nov 27, 2018 $1,316 OSSEOFIX Royalty or License ALPHATEC SPINE, INC VERTERE LLC
Sep 25, 2018 $1,295 No Listed Product Travel and Lodging NUVASIVE, INC.
Jun 4, 2018 $1,244 FREEDOM LUMBAR DISC Travel and Lodging AXIOMED LLC
Nov 12, 2018 $1,072 ACIFT SOLOFUSE NANOFUSE Travel and Lodging SPINEFRONTIER, INC.
Aug 27, 2018 $968 OSSEOFIX Royalty or License ALPHATEC SPINE, INC VERTERE LLC
Oct 26, 2018 $931 No Listed Product Travel and Lodging CTL MEDICAL CORPORATION
Jul 19, 2018 $663 PROCLAIM FAMILY OF SCS IPGS Travel and Lodging ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Sep 25, 2018 $650 RISE INTRA LIF Promotional Speaking/Other GLOBUS MEDICAL, INC.
Jul 19, 2018 $603 PROCLAIM FAMILY OF SCS IPGS Travel and Lodging ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Sep 15, 2018 $538 RISE-L Travel and Lodging GLOBUS MEDICAL, INC.
Jun 29, 2018 $536 KICK, AIRO, CURVE, BUZZ, NODE, EXACT TRAC, NOVALIS, TRAMACAD, ELEMENTS Travel and Lodging BRAINLAB, INC.
May 30, 2018 $452 OSSEOFIX Royalty or License ALPHATEC SPINE, INC VERTERE LLC
May 19, 2018 $449 ACTIVL ARTIFICIAL DISC Travel and Lodging AESCULAP IMPLANT SYSTEMS, LLC
Mar 29, 2018 $446 OSSEOFIX Royalty or License ALPHATEC SPINE, INC VERTERE LLC
Nov 13, 2018 $445 ACIFT SOLOFUSE NANOFUSE Travel and Lodging SPINEFRONTIER, INC.
Sep 25, 2018 $432 No Listed Product Travel and Lodging NUVASIVE, INC.
Jan 30, 2018 $426 HELIFIX Royalty or License ALPHATEC SPINE, INC HELIX POINT LLC
Oct 8, 2018 $417 EXCELSIUS - GPS Travel and Lodging GLOBUS MEDICAL, INC.
Oct 1, 2018 $325 No Listed Product Travel and Lodging NUVASIVE, INC.
Jul 16, 2018 $159 PROCLAIM FAMILY OF SCS IPGS Travel and Lodging ABBOTT LABORATORIES
May 19, 2018 $135 ACTIVL ARTIFICIAL DISC Travel and Lodging AESCULAP IMPLANT SYSTEMS, LLC
May 19, 2018 $126 ACTIVL ARTIFICIAL DISC Food and Beverage AESCULAP IMPLANT SYSTEMS, LLC
Dec 19, 2018 $126 NT1100 NT2000IX SIMPLICITY Food and Beverage ABBOTT LABORATORIES
May 19, 2018 $124 ACTIVL ARTIFICIAL DISC Travel and Lodging AESCULAP IMPLANT SYSTEMS, LLC
Nov 20, 2018 $123 RISE Travel and Lodging GLOBUS MEDICAL, INC.
Sep 29, 2018 $110 LESSRAY PULSE Travel and Lodging NUVASIVE, INC.
Nov 17, 2018 $76 RISE Food and Beverage GLOBUS MEDICAL, INC.
Sep 7, 2018 $69 MULTIPLE PRODUCTS Food and Beverage ALPHATEC SPINE, INC
May 20, 2018 $67 ACTIVL ARTIFICIAL DISC Travel and Lodging AESCULAP IMPLANT SYSTEMS, LLC
Dec 7, 2018 $53 ACTIVL ARTIFICIAL DISC Gift AESCULAP IMPLANT SYSTEMS, LLC
Jul 30, 2018 $51 HELIFIX Royalty or License ALPHATEC SPINE, INC HELIX POINT LLC
Jun 8, 2018 $50 ACIFT SOLOFUSE NANOFUSE Food and Beverage SPINEFRONTIER, INC.
Apr 11, 2018 $47 ACTIVL ARTIFICIAL DISC Food and Beverage AESCULAP IMPLANT SYSTEMS, LLC
Dec 13, 2018 $46 LESSRAY Food and Beverage NUVASIVE, INC.
Dec 22, 2018 $39 No Listed Product Food and Beverage RICHARD WOLF MEDICAL INSTRUMENTS CORP.
Jul 19, 2018 $38 PROCLAIM FAMILY OF SCS IPGS Food and Beverage ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Oct 11, 2018 $35 VARILIFT Food and Beverage WENZEL SPINE, INC.
May 20, 2018 $35 ACTIVL ARTIFICIAL DISC Food and Beverage AESCULAP IMPLANT SYSTEMS, LLC
Jan 26, 2018 $32 LIFENET VIVIGEN Food and Beverage DEPUY SYNTHES SALES INC.
Jun 27, 2018 $31 No Listed Product Food and Beverage RICHARD WOLF MEDICAL INSTRUMENTS CORP.
Sep 20, 2018 $31 LESSRAY RELINE Food and Beverage NUVASIVE, INC.
Oct 26, 2018 $30 No Listed Product Food and Beverage CTL MEDICAL CORPORATION
Jul 25, 2018 $29 COLUMBUS Food and Beverage AESCULAP IMPLANT SYSTEMS, LLC
May 19, 2018 $28 ACTIVL ARTIFICIAL DISC Food and Beverage AESCULAP IMPLANT SYSTEMS, LLC
Jun 29, 2018 $28 KICK, AIRO, CURVE, BUZZ, NODE, EXACT TRAC, NOVALIS, TRAMACAD, ELEMENTS Travel and Lodging BRAINLAB, INC.
May 20, 2018 $28 ACTIVL ARTIFICIAL DISC Food and Beverage AESCULAP IMPLANT SYSTEMS, LLC
Oct 17, 2018 $28 ACTIVL ARTIFICIAL DISC Food and Beverage AESCULAP IMPLANT SYSTEMS, LLC
Sep 5, 2018 $27 ACTIVL ARTIFICIAL DISC Food and Beverage AESCULAP IMPLANT SYSTEMS, LLC
Jun 4, 2018 $26 No Listed Product Food and Beverage STABILITY BIOLOGICS, LLC
Nov 3, 2018 $25 No Listed Product Food and Beverage STIMWAVE TECHNOLOGIES INCORPORATED
Oct 31, 2018 $24 ACIFT SOLOFUSE NANOFUSE Food and Beverage SPINEFRONTIER, INC.
Oct 3, 2018 $24 NEUROMODULATION DSPSBLS AND ACCS Food and Beverage ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Apr 11, 2018 $23 PRODISC C Food and Beverage CENTINEL SPINE, LLC
May 10, 2018 $22 BENDINI Food and Beverage NUVASIVE, INC.
Oct 11, 2018 $21 EXCELSIUS - GPS Travel and Lodging GLOBUS MEDICAL, INC.
Apr 24, 2018 $20 CLYDESDALE Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC USA, INC.
Nov 21, 2018 $20 PENTA SCS LEADS Food and Beverage ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Sep 27, 2018 $17 ACIFT SOLOFUSE NANOFUSE Food and Beverage SPINEFRONTIER, INC.
Oct 11, 2018 $15 EXCELSIUS - GPS Food and Beverage GLOBUS MEDICAL, INC.
Jan 10, 2018 $14 RAMPART DUO INTERBODY FUSION SYSTEM Food and Beverage SPINEOLOGY INC.
Oct 23, 2018 $12 BENDINI Food and Beverage NUVASIVE, INC.
Mar 28, 2018 $12 DUEXIS Food and Beverage HORIZON PHARMA PLC
Jul 19, 2018 $8 PROCLAIM FAMILY OF SCS IPGS Travel and Lodging ABBOTT LABORATORIES
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This site includes data published by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services on June 28, 2019.