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FRANCO E VIGNA
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FRANCO E VIGNA

Listed Specialty: Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine
6932 WILLIAMS RD, SUITE 1600, NIAGARA FALLS, NY, 14304-3071
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DR. FRANCO VIGNA,
Yearly Payment Breakdown:

2018 Payments At a Glance

39

payments

$37,672

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
Consulting
 7 $20,863
Royalty or License
 3 $14,297
Travel and Lodging
 9 $1,968
Food and Beverage
 20 $545

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†
FORTILINK-TS IBF SYSTEM

device

 $15,297
MAP3 CELLULAR ALLOGENEIC BONE GRAFT

device

 $14,675
COVERED-STYLE ANTERIOR CERVICAL PLATE*

device

 $5,188
TETRAFUSE

device

 $1,387
ASPECT ANTERIOR CERVICAL PLATE SYSTEM

device

 $666
ALLOGRAFT

device

 $235
PROCLAIM FAMILY OF SCS IPGS

device

 $62
SCS IPGS

device

 $37
PENTA SCS LEADS

device

 $36
SPECTRA WAVEWRITER

device

 $32
EXPEDIUM

device

 $21
VIPER

device

 $21
IFUSE IMPLANT

device

 $20
CEQUENCE ANTERIOR CERVICAL PLATE SYSTEM

device

 $17
† 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
Apr 5, 2018 $11,500 MAP3 CELLULAR ALLOGENEIC BONE GRAFT Consulting RTI SURGICAL, INC.
Nov 15, 2018 $8,341 FORTILINK-TS IBF SYSTEM Royalty or License RTI SURGICAL, INC.
Oct 2, 2018 $4,188 COVERED-STYLE ANTERIOR CERVICAL PLATE* Consulting RTI SURGICAL, INC.
Aug 14, 2018 $4,035 FORTILINK-TS IBF SYSTEM Royalty or License RTI SURGICAL, INC.
Apr 5, 2018 $3,175 MAP3 CELLULAR ALLOGENEIC BONE GRAFT Consulting RTI SURGICAL, INC.
May 15, 2018 $1,921 FORTILINK-TS IBF SYSTEM Royalty or License RTI SURGICAL, INC.
May 2, 2018 $750 COVERED-STYLE ANTERIOR CERVICAL PLATE* Consulting RTI SURGICAL, INC. Spine Surgery of Buffalo Niagara
Jan 5, 2018 $750 FORTILINK-TS IBF SYSTEM Consulting RTI SURGICAL, INC.
Dec 8, 2018 $700 TETRAFUSE Travel and Lodging RTI SURGICAL, INC.
Dec 8, 2018 $367 TETRAFUSE Travel and Lodging RTI SURGICAL, INC.
Dec 8, 2018 $320 TETRAFUSE Food and Beverage RTI SURGICAL, INC.
Aug 6, 2018 $303 ASPECT ANTERIOR CERVICAL PLATE SYSTEM Travel and Lodging RTI SURGICAL, INC.
Nov 30, 2018 $250 COVERED-STYLE ANTERIOR CERVICAL PLATE* Consulting RTI SURGICAL, INC.
Aug 2, 2018 $250 FORTILINK-TS IBF SYSTEM Consulting RTI SURGICAL, INC.
Nov 21, 2018 $235 ALLOGRAFT Travel and Lodging RTI SURGICAL, INC.
Aug 26, 2018 $95 ASPECT ANTERIOR CERVICAL PLATE SYSTEM Travel and Lodging RTI SURGICAL, INC.
Aug 26, 2018 $88 ASPECT ANTERIOR CERVICAL PLATE SYSTEM Travel and Lodging RTI SURGICAL, INC.
Aug 25, 2018 $75 ASPECT ANTERIOR CERVICAL PLATE SYSTEM Travel and Lodging RTI SURGICAL, INC.
Aug 14, 2018 $56 ASPECT ANTERIOR CERVICAL PLATE SYSTEM Travel and Lodging RTI SURGICAL, INC.
Aug 20, 2018 $49 ASPECT ANTERIOR CERVICAL PLATE SYSTEM Travel and Lodging RTI SURGICAL, INC.
Mar 23, 2018 $21 VIPER EXPEDIUM Food and Beverage DEPUY SYNTHES SALES INC.
Feb 23, 2018 $20 SCS IPGS Food and Beverage ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Nov 22, 2018 $20 SPECTRA WAVEWRITER Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Jan 17, 2018 $17 SCS IPGS Food and Beverage ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Mar 22, 2018 $17 CEQUENCE ANTERIOR CERVICAL PLATE SYSTEM Food and Beverage RTI SURGICAL, INC.
Aug 1, 2018 $15 PROCLAIM FAMILY OF SCS IPGS Food and Beverage ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Sep 21, 2018 $14 IFUSE IMPLANT Food and Beverage SI-BONE, INC.
Jul 9, 2018 $12 PROCLAIM FAMILY OF SCS IPGS Food and Beverage ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Sep 7, 2018 $12 SPECTRA WAVEWRITER Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Apr 9, 2018 $11 PROCLAIM FAMILY OF SCS IPGS Food and Beverage ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Jun 27, 2018 $11 PENTA SCS LEADS Food and Beverage ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Oct 5, 2018 $11 PENTA SCS LEADS Food and Beverage ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Sep 14, 2018 $10 PENTA SCS LEADS Food and Beverage ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Aug 29, 2018 $8 PROCLAIM FAMILY OF SCS IPGS Food and Beverage ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Aug 1, 2018 $6 PROCLAIM FAMILY OF SCS IPGS Food and Beverage ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Feb 12, 2018 $6 IFUSE IMPLANT Food and Beverage SI-BONE, INC.
Apr 11, 2018 $5 PROCLAIM FAMILY OF SCS IPGS Food and Beverage ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Nov 8, 2018 $4 PENTA SCS LEADS Food and Beverage ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Sep 4, 2018 $4 PROCLAIM FAMILY OF SCS IPGS Food and Beverage ABBOTT LABORATORIES
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This site includes data published by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services on June 28, 2019.