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BERT C HEPNER
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BERT C HEPNER

Listed Specialty: Orthopaedic Surgery
316 1ST AVE, SUITE 275, KITTANNING, PA, 16201-2264
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DR. BERT HEPNER,
Yearly Payment Breakdown:

2018 Payments At a Glance

22

payments

$2,110

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
Travel and Lodging
 3 $1,373
Food and Beverage
 19 $737

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†
JOURNEY II BCS

device

 $947
POLARSTEM

device

 $876
ANTHOLOGY

device

 $769
R3

device

 $511
OXINIUM HIPS

device

 $404
POLARCUP

device

 $404
JOURNEY PFJ

device

 $365
JOURNEY UNI

device

 $365
LEGION HINGE

device

 $365
VISIONAIRE CUTTING GUIDES

device

 $100
VISIONAIRE FASTPAK

device

 $100
EUFLEXXA

device

 $42
BME NITINOL CONTINUOUS COMPRESSION IMPLANTS

device

 $35
VIVIGEN

device

 $35
IFUSE IMPLANT

device

 $27
APTUS

device

 $18
PENNSAID

drug

 $15
HIP PRODUCT PORTFOLIO

device

 $13
TAPERLOC

device

 $13
AQUAMANTYS

device

 $13
ARISTA AH

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
Apr 22, 2018 $947 JOURNEY II BCS Travel and Lodging SMITH & NEPHEW, INC.
Apr 18, 2018 $404 ANTHOLOGY OXINIUM HIPS POLARCUP POLARSTEM R3 Travel and Lodging SMITH & NEPHEW, INC.
Apr 20, 2018 $144 ANTHOLOGY POLARSTEM JOURNEY PFJ JOURNEY UNI LEGION HINGE Food and Beverage SMITH & NEPHEW, INC.
Apr 18, 2018 $107 POLARSTEM R3 Food and Beverage SMITH & NEPHEW, INC.
Apr 19, 2018 $101 ANTHOLOGY POLARSTEM JOURNEY PFJ JOURNEY UNI LEGION HINGE Food and Beverage SMITH & NEPHEW, INC.
Nov 20, 2018 $100 VISIONAIRE CUTTING GUIDES VISIONAIRE FASTPAK Food and Beverage SMITH & NEPHEW, INC.
Apr 21, 2018 $99 ANTHOLOGY POLARSTEM JOURNEY PFJ JOURNEY UNI LEGION HINGE Food and Beverage SMITH & NEPHEW, INC.
Apr 18, 2018 $21 ANTHOLOGY POLARSTEM JOURNEY PFJ JOURNEY UNI LEGION HINGE Travel and Lodging SMITH & NEPHEW, INC.
Dec 3, 2018 $18 APTUS Food and Beverage MEDARTIS INC.
May 7, 2018 $16 IFUSE IMPLANT Food and Beverage SI-BONE, INC.
Feb 13, 2018 $15 EUFLEXXA Food and Beverage FERRING PHARMACEUTICALS INC.
Jan 29, 2018 $15 PENNSAID Food and Beverage HORIZON PHARMA PLC
Apr 10, 2018 $14 EUFLEXXA Food and Beverage FERRING PHARMACEUTICALS INC.
Apr 2, 2018 $13 HIP PRODUCT PORTFOLIO Food and Beverage ZIMMER BIOMET HOLDINGS, INC.
Aug 21, 2018 $13 EUFLEXXA Food and Beverage FERRING PHARMACEUTICALS INC.
May 15, 2018 $13 BME NITINOL CONTINUOUS COMPRESSION IMPLANTS VIVIGEN Food and Beverage DEPUY SYNTHES SALES INC.
Oct 22, 2018 $13 TAPERLOC Food and Beverage ZIMMER BIOMET HOLDINGS, INC.
Sep 10, 2018 $13 AQUAMANTYS Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC USA, INC.
Jul 30, 2018 $12 IFUSE IMPLANT Food and Beverage SI-BONE, INC.
Apr 16, 2018 $11 ARISTA AH Food and Beverage DAVOL INC.
Jun 25, 2018 $11 BME NITINOL CONTINUOUS COMPRESSION IMPLANTS VIVIGEN Food and Beverage DEPUY SYNTHES SALES INC.
Oct 8, 2018 $11 BME NITINOL CONTINUOUS COMPRESSION IMPLANTS VIVIGEN Food and Beverage DEPUY SYNTHES SALES 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.