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RUBEN D ROMERO
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RUBEN D ROMERO

Listed Specialty: Dentist, General Practice
3208 E FORT LOWELL RD, STE 101, TUCSON, AZ, 85716-1625
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DR. RUBEN ROMERO,
Yearly Payment Breakdown:

2018 Payments At a Glance

23

payments

$1,961

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
 4 $1,040
Food and Beverage
 19 $921

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†
DIEM2

device

 $1,209
ALL T3 IMPLANTS

device

 $266
TAPERED SCREW

device

 $122
PUROS

device

 $112
TMT MTX

device

 $105
BIOHORIZONS DENTAL IMPLANTS

device

 $96
TSV 4MM MACHINED COLLAR MTX

device

 $43
INVISALIGN

device

 $8
† 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
Nov 5, 2018 $596 DIEM2 Travel and Lodging ZIMMER BIOMET HOLDINGS, INC.
Oct 18, 2018 $294 DIEM2 Travel and Lodging ZIMMER BIOMET HOLDINGS, INC.
Oct 4, 2018 $122 TAPERED SCREW Food and Beverage ZIMMER BIOMET HOLDINGS, INC.
Apr 27, 2018 $118 ALL T3 IMPLANTS Food and Beverage ZIMMER BIOMET HOLDINGS, INC.
Oct 18, 2018 $116 DIEM2 Travel and Lodging ZIMMER BIOMET HOLDINGS, INC.
May 24, 2018 $112 PUROS Food and Beverage ZIMMER BIOMET HOLDINGS, INC.
May 17, 2018 $105 TMT MTX Food and Beverage ZIMMER BIOMET HOLDINGS, INC.
Oct 19, 2018 $62 DIEM2 Food and Beverage ZIMMER BIOMET HOLDINGS, INC.
Feb 27, 2018 $58 BIOHORIZONS DENTAL IMPLANTS Food and Beverage BIOHORIZONS IMPLANT SYSTEMS INC.
Aug 29, 2018 $43 TSV 4MM MACHINED COLLAR MTX Food and Beverage ZIMMER BIOMET HOLDINGS, INC.
Oct 21, 2018 $43 ALL T3 IMPLANTS Food and Beverage ZIMMER BIOMET HOLDINGS, INC.
Oct 20, 2018 $42 ALL T3 IMPLANTS Food and Beverage ZIMMER BIOMET HOLDINGS, INC.
Mar 13, 2018 $38 BIOHORIZONS DENTAL IMPLANTS Food and Beverage BIOHORIZONS IMPLANT SYSTEMS INC.
Oct 2, 2018 $34 DIEM2 Travel and Lodging ZIMMER BIOMET HOLDINGS, INC.
Oct 19, 2018 $33 DIEM2 Food and Beverage ZIMMER BIOMET HOLDINGS, INC.
Oct 20, 2018 $33 DIEM2 Food and Beverage ZIMMER BIOMET HOLDINGS, INC.
Oct 20, 2018 $23 ALL T3 IMPLANTS Food and Beverage ZIMMER BIOMET HOLDINGS, INC.
Oct 20, 2018 $20 DIEM2 Food and Beverage ZIMMER BIOMET HOLDINGS, INC.
Oct 19, 2018 $20 DIEM2 Food and Beverage ZIMMER BIOMET HOLDINGS, INC.
Oct 20, 2018 $18 ALL T3 IMPLANTS Food and Beverage ZIMMER BIOMET HOLDINGS, INC.
Oct 19, 2018 $12 ALL T3 IMPLANTS Food and Beverage ZIMMER BIOMET HOLDINGS, INC.
Oct 20, 2018 $11 ALL T3 IMPLANTS Food and Beverage ZIMMER BIOMET HOLDINGS, INC.
Jun 27, 2018 $8 INVISALIGN Food and Beverage ALIGN TECHNOLOGY, INC.
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This site includes data published by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services on June 28, 2019.