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CHRISTOPHER R CHUINARD
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CHRISTOPHER R CHUINARD

Listed Specialty: Orthopaedic Surgery
4045 W ROYAL DR, TRAVERSE CITY, MI, 49684-8965
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CHRISTOPHER CHUINARD,
Yearly Payment Breakdown:

2018 Payments At a Glance

48

payments

$170,093

payment total

8

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
 17 $109K
Royalty or License
 5 $49,531
Travel and Lodging
 10 $9,887
Food and Beverage
 15 $1,156
Education
 1 $890

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†
AEQUALIS

device

 $85,963
HEALIX

device

 $40,601
R&D UPPER EXT

device

 $15,500
BRISTOW-LATARJET

device

 $7,870
Payments with no listed product

N/A

 $7,680
SIMPLICITI

device

 $7,250
DJO SURGICAL DISCOVERY ELBOW SYSTEM

device

 $2,558
GRYPHON

device

 $1,120
PERFORM GLENOID

device

 $1,000
BLUEPRINT PSI SYSTEM

device

 $572
DYNACORD

device

 $103
MILAGRO

device

 $83
ORTHOCORD

device

 $83
† 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 24, 2018 $28,095 HEALIX Consulting MEDICAL DEVICE BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.
Jan 30, 2018 $20,315 AEQUALIS Consulting WRIGHT MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY, INC. OMOS LLC
Jul 27, 2018 $20,277 AEQUALIS Royalty or License WRIGHT MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY, INC.
Oct 29, 2018 $18,639 AEQUALIS Royalty or License WRIGHT MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY, INC.
Apr 27, 2018 $18,278 AEQUALIS Consulting WRIGHT MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY, INC. OMOS LLC
Oct 30, 2018 $8,243 HEALIX Consulting MEDICAL DEVICE BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.
May 2, 2018 $7,746 BRISTOW-LATARJET Travel and Lodging MEDICAL DEVICE BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.
Dec 7, 2018 $5,776 No Listed Product Royalty or License SHOULDER INNOVATIONS, INC.
Jun 21, 2018 $5,750 R&D UPPER EXT Consulting WRIGHT MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY, INC. OMOS LLC
Jun 21, 2018 $5,750 R&D UPPER EXT Consulting WRIGHT MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY, INC. OMOS LLC
Jul 30, 2018 $3,857 HEALIX Consulting MEDICAL DEVICE BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.
Feb 2, 2018 $3,500 SIMPLICITI Consulting WRIGHT MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY, INC. OMOS LLC
Jun 21, 2018 $3,000 R&D UPPER EXT Consulting WRIGHT MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY, INC. OMOS LLC
Feb 2, 2018 $2,750 SIMPLICITI Consulting WRIGHT MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY, INC. OMOS LLC
Jul 27, 2018 $2,669 AEQUALIS Royalty or License WRIGHT MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY, INC.
May 2, 2018 $2,475 DJO SURGICAL DISCOVERY ELBOW SYSTEM Consulting ENCORE MEDICAL, LP
Oct 29, 2018 $2,169 AEQUALIS Royalty or License WRIGHT MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY, INC.
Apr 27, 2018 $1,953 AEQUALIS Consulting WRIGHT MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY, INC. OMOS LLC
Jan 30, 2018 $1,663 AEQUALIS Consulting WRIGHT MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY, INC. OMOS LLC
Aug 16, 2018 $1,000 PERFORM GLENOID Consulting WRIGHT MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY, INC.
Aug 16, 2018 $1,000 SIMPLICITI Consulting WRIGHT MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY, INC.
Jan 4, 2018 $890 No Listed Product Education MEDWEST ASSOCIATES
Apr 21, 2018 $743 No Listed Product Travel and Lodging MEDWEST ASSOCIATES
Sep 29, 2018 $509 GRYPHON Travel and Lodging MEDICAL DEVICE BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.
Jun 21, 2018 $500 R&D UPPER EXT Consulting WRIGHT MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY, INC. OMOS LLC
Jun 14, 2018 $500 R&D UPPER EXT Consulting WRIGHT MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY, INC. OMOS LLC
Sep 29, 2018 $405 GRYPHON Travel and Lodging MEDICAL DEVICE BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.
Mar 9, 2018 $151 BLUEPRINT PSI SYSTEM Food and Beverage WRIGHT MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY, INC.
Dec 17, 2018 $144 BLUEPRINT PSI SYSTEM Food and Beverage WRIGHT MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY, INC.
Jun 21, 2018 $134 No Listed Product Travel and Lodging ARTHREX, INC.
Mar 7, 2018 $128 No Listed Product Food and Beverage DJO, LLC
Dec 13, 2018 $126 BLUEPRINT PSI SYSTEM Travel and Lodging WRIGHT MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY, INC.
Apr 4, 2018 $124 HEALIX BRISTOW-LATARJET Food and Beverage MEDICAL DEVICE BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.
Sep 29, 2018 $114 GRYPHON Travel and Lodging MEDICAL DEVICE BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.
Dec 8, 2018 $103 DYNACORD Food and Beverage MEDICAL DEVICE BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.
Jul 24, 2018 $85 HEALIX Travel and Lodging MEDICAL DEVICE BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.
Aug 22, 2018 $83 DJO SURGICAL DISCOVERY ELBOW SYSTEM Food and Beverage ENCORE MEDICAL, LP
Jan 25, 2018 $83 MILAGRO HEALIX ORTHOCORD Food and Beverage MEDICAL DEVICE BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.
Nov 30, 2018 $71 BLUEPRINT PSI SYSTEM Food and Beverage WRIGHT MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY, INC.
Jun 21, 2018 $62 HEALIX Food and Beverage MEDICAL DEVICE BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.
Sep 29, 2018 $50 GRYPHON Food and Beverage MEDICAL DEVICE BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.
Nov 30, 2018 $50 BLUEPRINT PSI SYSTEM Food and Beverage WRIGHT MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY, INC.
Jan 25, 2018 $36 HEALIX Food and Beverage DEPUY SYNTHES SALES INC.
Nov 30, 2018 $30 BLUEPRINT PSI SYSTEM Food and Beverage WRIGHT MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY, INC.
Sep 29, 2018 $28 GRYPHON Food and Beverage MEDICAL DEVICE BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.
Oct 30, 2018 $17 HEALIX Travel and Lodging MEDICAL DEVICE BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.
Sep 29, 2018 $14 GRYPHON Food and Beverage MEDICAL DEVICE BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.
May 16, 2018 $9 No Listed Product Travel and Lodging ARTHREX, 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.