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PATRICK J FERNICOLA
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PATRICK J FERNICOLA

Listed Specialty: Orthopaedic Surgery
6262 VETERANS PKWY, COLUMBUS, GA, 31909-3540
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DR. PATRICK FERNICOLA,
Yearly Payment Breakdown:

2018 Payments At a Glance

18

payments

$763

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
 14 $508
Travel and Lodging
 4 $255

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†
BLUEPRINT PSI SYSTEM

device

 $259
AEQUALIS

device

 $219
SPIDER/2

device

 $85
ZILRETTA

drug

 $36
HEMICAP PATELLA-FEMORAL XL

device

 $35
PICO

device

 $33
DUROLANE

device

 $30
Payments with no listed product

N/A

 $27
MACI _ PEAK STUDY

drug

 $20
DYNASPLINT

device

 $14
CONTINUOUS PASSIVE MOTION DEVICE

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
Jul 12, 2018 $219 AEQUALIS Travel and Lodging WRIGHT MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY, INC.
Aug 24, 2018 $162 BLUEPRINT PSI SYSTEM Food and Beverage WRIGHT MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY, INC.
Sep 26, 2018 $85 SPIDER/2 Food and Beverage SMITH & NEPHEW, INC.
Apr 24, 2018 $35 HEMICAP PATELLA-FEMORAL XL Food and Beverage ARTHROSURFACE INCORPORATED
Jan 13, 2018 $33 PICO Food and Beverage SMITH & NEPHEW, INC.
Aug 25, 2018 $32 BLUEPRINT PSI SYSTEM Food and Beverage WRIGHT MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY, INC.
Aug 25, 2018 $29 BLUEPRINT PSI SYSTEM Food and Beverage WRIGHT MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY, INC.
Jan 4, 2018 $27 No Listed Product Food and Beverage ERMI INC.
Aug 25, 2018 $27 BLUEPRINT PSI SYSTEM Travel and Lodging WRIGHT MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY, INC.
Jul 18, 2018 $20 MACI _ PEAK STUDY Food and Beverage VERICEL CORPORATION
May 16, 2018 $18 ZILRETTA Food and Beverage FLEXION THERAPEUTICS, INC.
Apr 4, 2018 $18 ZILRETTA Food and Beverage FLEXION THERAPEUTICS, INC.
Oct 24, 2018 $16 DUROLANE Food and Beverage BIOVENTUS LLC
Aug 15, 2018 $14 DUROLANE Food and Beverage BIOVENTUS LLC
Sep 19, 2018 $14 DYNASPLINT Food and Beverage DYNASPLINT SYSTEMS INC.
Dec 23, 2018 $5 CONTINUOUS PASSIVE MOTION DEVICE Food and Beverage KINEX MEDICAL COMPANY LLC
Aug 25, 2018 $5 BLUEPRINT PSI SYSTEM Travel and Lodging WRIGHT MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY, INC.
Aug 25, 2018 $4 BLUEPRINT PSI SYSTEM Travel and Lodging WRIGHT MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY, INC.
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This site includes data published by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services on June 28, 2019.