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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.

GEOFFREY S BAER
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GEOFFREY S BAER

Listed Specialty: Sports Medicine
600 HIGHLAND AVE, MADISON, WI, 53792-0001
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GEOFFREY BAER,
Yearly Payment Breakdown:

2018 Payments At a Glance

16

payments

$13,958

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
Consulting
 3 $11,401
Travel and Lodging
 5 $2,165
Food and Beverage
 8 $392

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†
LINVATEC SHOULDER ARTHROSCOPY

device

 $9,805
KNEE BIOLOGICS

device

 $1,500
LINVATEC KNEE PRESERVATION SYSTEM

device

 $1,325
RIGIDLOOP

device

 $995
LINVATEC BURS & BLADES

device

 $243
HEALIX

device

 $108
MILAGRO

device

 $94
ORTHOCORD

device

 $94
Payments with no listed product

N/A

 $75
FMS

device

 $15
GRYPHON

device

 $15
VAPR

device

 $15
† 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
Dec 18, 2018 $9,000 LINVATEC SHOULDER ARTHROSCOPY Consulting LINVATEC CORPORATION
Oct 3, 2018 $1,500 KNEE BIOLOGICS Consulting LINVATEC CORPORATION
Sep 24, 2018 $998 LINVATEC KNEE PRESERVATION SYSTEM Travel and Lodging LINVATEC CORPORATION
Aug 27, 2018 $901 RIGIDLOOP Consulting MEDICAL DEVICE BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.
Dec 8, 2018 $481 LINVATEC SHOULDER ARTHROSCOPY Travel and Lodging LINVATEC CORPORATION
Dec 8, 2018 $294 LINVATEC KNEE PRESERVATION SYSTEM Travel and Lodging LINVATEC CORPORATION
Sep 24, 2018 $243 LINVATEC BURS & BLADES Travel and Lodging LINVATEC CORPORATION
Sep 24, 2018 $149 LINVATEC SHOULDER ARTHROSCOPY Travel and Lodging LINVATEC CORPORATION
Sep 23, 2018 $113 LINVATEC SHOULDER ARTHROSCOPY Food and Beverage LINVATEC CORPORATION
Jul 6, 2018 $94 HEALIX ORTHOCORD RIGIDLOOP MILAGRO Food and Beverage MEDICAL DEVICE BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.
May 10, 2018 $45 No Listed Product Food and Beverage DJO, LLC
Aug 7, 2018 $33 LINVATEC KNEE PRESERVATION SYSTEM Food and Beverage LINVATEC CORPORATION
Sep 24, 2018 $31 LINVATEC SHOULDER ARTHROSCOPY Food and Beverage LINVATEC CORPORATION
Nov 28, 2018 $31 LINVATEC SHOULDER ARTHROSCOPY Food and Beverage LINVATEC CORPORATION
May 9, 2018 $30 No Listed Product Food and Beverage DJO, LLC
Jul 6, 2018 $15 HEALIX GRYPHON VAPR FMS Food and Beverage MEDICAL DEVICE BUSINESS SERVICES, 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.