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PAUL D ACKERMAN
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PAUL D ACKERMAN

Listed Specialty: Neurological Surgery
2160 S 1ST AVE, BLD 105, SUITE 1900, MAYWOOD, IL, 60153-3328
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DR. PAUL ACKERMAN,
Yearly Payment Breakdown:

2018 Payments At a Glance

37

payments

$1,103

payment total

13

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
 37 $1,103

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†
CASCADIA INTERBODY SYSTEM

device

 $134
XIA

device

 $121
KCENTRA

drug

 $89
Payments with no listed product

N/A

 $88
FORMAGRAFT

device

 $88
MESA SPINAL SYSTEM

device

 $83
IFUSE IMPLANT

device

 $62
CAPRI CORPECTOMY CAGE SYSTEM

device

 $53
GENERAL K2M PRODUCT DISCUSSION

device

 $51
SYNFIX

device

 $35
SERRATO

device

 $35
EVEREST SPINAL SYSTEM

device

 $33
VIMPAT

drug

 $31
VARILIFT

device

 $25
EXPEDIUM

device

 $22
PRESTIGE

device

 $22
CASCADIA

device

 $21
TRITANIUM

device

 $21
VITOSS

device

 $21
CAVUX CERVICAL CAGE

device

 $20
DTRAX SPINAL SYSTEM

device

 $20
ALLY BONE SCREW

device

 $20
BIOLOGIX ALLOGRAFT BONE

device

 $20
INTELLIS

device

 $16
ANATOMIC PEEK

device

 $16
BONESCALPEL

device

 $13
OSTEOCEL

device

 $12
BIOMET SPINALPAK

device

 $11
† 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
Sep 7, 2018 $74 FORMAGRAFT Food and Beverage NUVASIVE, INC.
Jul 16, 2018 $54 MESA SPINAL SYSTEM Food and Beverage K2M, INC.
Oct 11, 2018 $53 CAPRI CORPECTOMY CAGE SYSTEM Food and Beverage K2M, INC.
Feb 12, 2018 $51 GENERAL K2M PRODUCT DISCUSSION Food and Beverage K2M, INC.
Apr 20, 2018 $49 XIA Food and Beverage STRYKER CORPORATION
Apr 20, 2018 $49 XIA Food and Beverage STRYKER CORPORATION
Jun 19, 2018 $49 CASCADIA INTERBODY SYSTEM Food and Beverage K2M, INC.
Mar 26, 2018 $46 CASCADIA INTERBODY SYSTEM Food and Beverage K2M, INC.
Apr 23, 2018 $44 No Listed Product Food and Beverage X-SPINE SYSTEMS, INC.
Apr 11, 2018 $44 No Listed Product Food and Beverage X-SPINE SYSTEMS, INC.
Mar 29, 2018 $35 SYNFIX Food and Beverage DEPUY SYNTHES SALES INC.
Jun 27, 2018 $35 SERRATO Food and Beverage STRYKER CORPORATION
Mar 21, 2018 $33 EVEREST SPINAL SYSTEM Food and Beverage K2M, INC.
Apr 18, 2018 $31 KCENTRA Food and Beverage CSL BEHRING
Jan 17, 2018 $31 KCENTRA Food and Beverage CSL BEHRING
Feb 2, 2018 $31 VIMPAT Food and Beverage UCB, INC.
May 24, 2018 $29 MESA SPINAL SYSTEM Food and Beverage K2M, INC.
Sep 7, 2018 $27 KCENTRA Food and Beverage CSL BEHRING
Jun 18, 2018 $25 VARILIFT Food and Beverage WENZEL SPINE, INC.
Apr 20, 2018 $23 XIA Food and Beverage STRYKER CORPORATION
Jul 19, 2018 $23 CASCADIA INTERBODY SYSTEM Food and Beverage K2M, INC.
Oct 20, 2018 $22 EXPEDIUM Food and Beverage DEPUY SYNTHES SALES INC.
Nov 11, 2018 $22 PRESTIGE Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC USA, INC.
Nov 19, 2018 $21 CASCADIA Food and Beverage STRYKER CORPORATION
Oct 3, 2018 $21 IFUSE IMPLANT Food and Beverage SI-BONE, INC.
Apr 9, 2018 $21 IFUSE IMPLANT Food and Beverage SI-BONE, INC.
May 10, 2018 $21 VITOSS TRITANIUM Food and Beverage STRYKER CORPORATION
May 20, 2018 $20 CAVUX CERVICAL CAGE DTRAX SPINAL SYSTEM ALLY BONE SCREW BIOLOGIX ALLOGRAFT BONE Food and Beverage PROVIDENCE MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY, INC.
Aug 10, 2018 $20 IFUSE IMPLANT Food and Beverage SI-BONE, INC.
Apr 12, 2018 $16 INTELLIS Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC USA, INC.
Dec 27, 2018 $16 ANATOMIC PEEK Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC USA, INC.
Dec 14, 2018 $14 FORMAGRAFT Food and Beverage NUVASIVE, INC.
Aug 24, 2018 $13 BONESCALPEL Food and Beverage MISONIX INC
Aug 2, 2018 $12 OSTEOCEL Food and Beverage NUVASIVE, INC.
Nov 14, 2018 $11 BIOMET SPINALPAK Food and Beverage ZIMMER BIOMET HOLDINGS, INC.
May 31, 2018 $8 CASCADIA INTERBODY SYSTEM Food and Beverage K2M, INC.
Apr 19, 2018 $8 CASCADIA INTERBODY SYSTEM Food and Beverage K2M, INC.
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This site includes data published by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services on June 28, 2019.