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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.

LOUIS C ALMEKINDERS
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LOUIS C ALMEKINDERS

Listed Specialty: Orthopaedic Surgery
3609 SW DURHAM DR, DURHAM, NC, 27707-6507
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DR. LOUIS ALMEKINDERS,
Yearly Payment Breakdown:

2018 Payments At a Glance

9

payments

$149

payment total

9

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
Food and Beverage
 9 $149

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†
PENNSAID

drug

 $29
PROCLAIM FAMILY OF SCS IPGS

device

 $21
BIOMET ORTHOPAK

device

 $17
EBI BONE HEALING SYSTEM

device

 $17
PREVENA

device

 $17
EUFLEXXA

device

 $15
PICO

device

 $14
Payments with no listed product

N/A

 $13
SHINGRIX

drug

 $12
MONOVISC

device

 $11
† 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
Mar 26, 2018 $29 PENNSAID Food and Beverage HORIZON PHARMA PLC
Nov 15, 2018 $21 PROCLAIM FAMILY OF SCS IPGS Food and Beverage ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Mar 29, 2018 $17 BIOMET ORTHOPAK EBI BONE HEALING SYSTEM Food and Beverage ZIMMER BIOMET HOLDINGS, INC.
Mar 22, 2018 $17 PREVENA Food and Beverage KCI USA, INC
May 24, 2018 $15 EUFLEXXA Food and Beverage FERRING PHARMACEUTICALS INC.
Aug 15, 2018 $14 PICO Food and Beverage SMITH & NEPHEW, INC.
Jul 6, 2018 $13 No Listed Product Food and Beverage X-SPINE SYSTEMS, INC.
Mar 12, 2018 $12 SHINGRIX Food and Beverage GLAXOSMITHKLINE, LLC.
Feb 7, 2018 $11 MONOVISC Food and Beverage DEPUY SYNTHES SALES 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.