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SAM AKHAVAN
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SAM AKHAVAN

Listed Specialty: Orthopaedic Surgery
4815 LIBERTY AVE, SUITE 252, PITTSBURGH, PA, 15224-2156
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SAM AKHAVAN,
Yearly Payment Breakdown:

2018 Payments At a Glance

68

payments

$70,102

payment total

2

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
 15 $39,090
Consulting
 7 $15,588
Travel and Lodging
 31 $7,085
Royalty or License
 1 $5,637
Education
 1 $1,550
Food and Beverage
 13 $1,153

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

 $64,066
SHOULDER SUTURE FIBERWIRE SUTURETAPE

device

 $6,037
† 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
Jul 26, 2018 $12,400 No Listed Product Promotional Speaking/Other ARTHREX, INC.
Jul 26, 2018 $7,600 No Listed Product Promotional Speaking/Other ARTHREX, INC.
Apr 26, 2018 $6,800 No Listed Product Promotional Speaking/Other ARTHREX, INC.
Nov 1, 2018 $6,400 No Listed Product Consulting ARTHREX, INC.
Nov 15, 2018 $5,637 SHOULDER SUTURE FIBERWIRE SUTURETAPE Royalty or License ARTHREX, INC.
Apr 26, 2018 $5,400 No Listed Product Promotional Speaking/Other ARTHREX, INC.
Jul 26, 2018 $5,200 No Listed Product Promotional Speaking/Other ARTHREX, INC.
Apr 26, 2018 $5,100 No Listed Product Consulting ARTHREX, INC.
Oct 4, 2018 $2,400 No Listed Product Consulting ARTHREX, INC.
May 25, 2018 $1,550 No Listed Product Education MID-ATLANTIC SURGICAL SYSTEMS, LLC
Oct 25, 2018 $1,200 No Listed Product Promotional Speaking/Other ARTHREX, INC.
Jun 28, 2018 $1,200 No Listed Product Consulting ARTHREX, INC.
Dec 26, 2018 $686 No Listed Product Travel and Lodging ARTHREX, INC.
Feb 27, 2018 $604 No Listed Product Travel and Lodging ARTHREX, INC.
Jan 31, 2018 $575 No Listed Product Travel and Lodging ARTHREX, INC.
Feb 17, 2018 $544 No Listed Product Travel and Lodging ARTHREX, INC.
May 17, 2018 $516 No Listed Product Travel and Lodging ARTHREX, INC.
Feb 27, 2018 $476 No Listed Product Food and Beverage ARTHREX, INC.
Jul 26, 2018 $400 SHOULDER SUTURE FIBERWIRE SUTURETAPE Consulting ARTHREX, INC.
Apr 16, 2018 $342 No Listed Product Travel and Lodging ARTHREX, INC.
Dec 13, 2018 $335 No Listed Product Travel and Lodging ARTHREX, INC.
Apr 16, 2018 $322 No Listed Product Travel and Lodging ARTHREX, INC.
Oct 19, 2018 $295 No Listed Product Travel and Lodging ARTHREX, INC.
Jun 13, 2018 $269 No Listed Product Travel and Lodging ARTHREX, INC.
Aug 10, 2018 $269 No Listed Product Travel and Lodging ARTHREX, INC.
Aug 6, 2018 $237 No Listed Product Travel and Lodging ARTHREX, INC.
Jan 2, 2018 $233 No Listed Product Travel and Lodging ARTHREX, INC.
May 17, 2018 $224 No Listed Product Food and Beverage ARTHREX, INC.
Aug 6, 2018 $200 No Listed Product Travel and Lodging ARTHREX, INC.
Feb 18, 2018 $197 No Listed Product Travel and Lodging ARTHREX, INC.
Jan 30, 2018 $183 No Listed Product Travel and Lodging ARTHREX, INC.
May 17, 2018 $173 No Listed Product Travel and Lodging ARTHREX, INC.
May 16, 2018 $154 No Listed Product Travel and Lodging ARTHREX, INC.
Jul 26, 2018 $132 No Listed Product Promotional Speaking/Other ARTHREX, INC.
Jun 25, 2018 $132 No Listed Product Travel and Lodging ARTHREX, INC.
May 4, 2018 $124 No Listed Product Food and Beverage ARTHREX, INC.
Jan 2, 2018 $123 No Listed Product Travel and Lodging ARTHREX, INC.
Jun 8, 2018 $106 No Listed Product Travel and Lodging ARTHREX, INC.
Oct 17, 2018 $104 No Listed Product Travel and Lodging ARTHREX, INC.
Oct 19, 2018 $92 No Listed Product Travel and Lodging ARTHREX, INC.
Jul 4, 2018 $88 No Listed Product Travel and Lodging ARTHREX, INC.
Aug 10, 2018 $85 No Listed Product Food and Beverage ARTHREX, INC.
Nov 5, 2018 $79 No Listed Product Travel and Lodging MID-ATLANTIC SURGICAL SYSTEMS, LLC
Jan 21, 2018 $75 No Listed Product Promotional Speaking/Other ARTHREX, INC.
Apr 26, 2018 $66 No Listed Product Promotional Speaking/Other ARTHREX, INC.
Nov 1, 2018 $60 No Listed Product Consulting ARTHREX, INC.
Feb 26, 2018 $59 No Listed Product Travel and Lodging ARTHREX, INC.
Feb 19, 2018 $59 No Listed Product Travel and Lodging ARTHREX, INC.
Feb 26, 2018 $59 No Listed Product Travel and Lodging ARTHREX, INC.
Nov 15, 2018 $56 No Listed Product Food and Beverage ARTHREX, INC.
Jul 26, 2018 $42 No Listed Product Promotional Speaking/Other ARTHREX, INC.
Apr 26, 2018 $42 No Listed Product Promotional Speaking/Other ARTHREX, INC.
Jul 26, 2018 $42 No Listed Product Promotional Speaking/Other ARTHREX, INC.
Jul 26, 2018 $40 No Listed Product Promotional Speaking/Other ARTHREX, INC.
Feb 17, 2018 $35 No Listed Product Food and Beverage ARTHREX, INC.
Jun 11, 2018 $33 No Listed Product Food and Beverage ARTHREX, INC.
May 4, 2018 $28 No Listed Product Food and Beverage ARTHREX, INC.
Aug 24, 2018 $28 No Listed Product Food and Beverage ARTHREX, INC.
Feb 16, 2018 $28 No Listed Product Food and Beverage ARTHREX, INC.
Jul 26, 2018 $28 No Listed Product Promotional Speaking/Other ARTHREX, INC.
Nov 1, 2018 $28 No Listed Product Consulting ARTHREX, INC.
Jul 26, 2018 $22 No Listed Product Promotional Speaking/Other ARTHREX, INC.
Oct 19, 2018 $20 No Listed Product Travel and Lodging ARTHREX, INC.
Feb 7, 2018 $17 No Listed Product Travel and Lodging ARTHREX, INC.
Nov 16, 2018 $16 No Listed Product Food and Beverage ARTHREX, INC.
May 17, 2018 $15 No Listed Product Travel and Lodging ARTHREX, INC.
Oct 12, 2018 $10 No Listed Product Food and Beverage MID-ATLANTIC SURGICAL SYSTEMS, LLC
May 25, 2018 $10 No Listed Product Food and Beverage MID-ATLANTIC SURGICAL SYSTEMS, LLC
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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.