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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.

DEBORAH A KOWALCHUK
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DEBORAH A KOWALCHUK

Listed Specialty: Orthopaedic Surgery
6335 HOSPITAL PKWY, SUITE 200, JOHNS CREEK, GA, 30097-1549
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DR. DEBORAH KOWALCHUK,
Yearly Payment Breakdown:

2018 Payments At a Glance

15

payments

$1,783

payment total

3

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
Travel and Lodging
 5 $1,294
Food and Beverage
 10 $489

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†
MIS INSTRUMENTATION

device

 $1,370
FOOT AND ANKLE

device

 $246
INFINITY

device

 $63
DISTAL EXTREMITIES IMPLANTS HINDFOOT & ANKLE SYNDESMOSIS TIGHTROPE

device

 $63
MONSTER HINDFOOT

device

 $23
MICA

device

 $15
TENFUSE

device

 $5
† 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
Aug 3, 2018 $944 MIS INSTRUMENTATION Travel and Lodging WRIGHT MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY, INC.
Aug 10, 2018 $246 MIS INSTRUMENTATION Travel and Lodging WRIGHT MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY, INC.
Feb 12, 2018 $161 FOOT AND ANKLE Food and Beverage WRIGHT MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY, INC.
Sep 20, 2018 $85 FOOT AND ANKLE Food and Beverage WRIGHT MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY, INC.
Sep 10, 2018 $63 INFINITY Food and Beverage WRIGHT MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY, INC.
Nov 8, 2018 $63 DISTAL EXTREMITIES IMPLANTS HINDFOOT & ANKLE SYNDESMOSIS TIGHTROPE Food and Beverage ARTHREX, INC.
Aug 10, 2018 $56 MIS INSTRUMENTATION Food and Beverage WRIGHT MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY, INC.
Aug 10, 2018 $43 MIS INSTRUMENTATION Travel and Lodging WRIGHT MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY, INC.
Aug 10, 2018 $31 MIS INSTRUMENTATION Travel and Lodging WRIGHT MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY, INC.
Aug 10, 2018 $31 MIS INSTRUMENTATION Travel and Lodging WRIGHT MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY, INC.
Aug 30, 2018 $23 MONSTER HINDFOOT Food and Beverage PARAGON 28, INC.
Jul 26, 2018 $16 MIS INSTRUMENTATION Food and Beverage WRIGHT MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY, INC.
May 19, 2018 $15 MICA Food and Beverage WRIGHT MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY, INC.
Apr 25, 2018 $5 TENFUSE Food and Beverage WRIGHT MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY, INC.
Aug 10, 2018 $3 MIS INSTRUMENTATION Food and Beverage WRIGHT MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY, 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.