Product Program year 2022 Source: CMS Open Payments

Altera

Device Spine

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General payments

$845,336

750 payments

Research payments

$5,392

1 payment

Through program year 2022, $845,336 in general payments and $5,392 in research payments were reported against Altera (Spine).

No combined total These are different kinds of money, reported under different rules. A meal and a clinical trial grant do not add up to anything meaningful, so this site does not add them.

By program year

4 rows
Year Kind Amount Payments
2022 General $310,096 148
2020 General $86,934 27
2019 General $448,306 575
2019 Research $5,392 1

Breakdown

Who paid General payments · program years 2019–2022
  1. Globus Medical, Inc. $845,336 750 payments
Top recipients General payments · program year 2022
  1. Steve Chang Neurological Surgery · Chandler, AZ $48,592 16% · 4 payments
  2. Farhan Siddiqi Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine · Odessa, FL $48,592 16% · 4 payments
  3. Aziz Basem Qandah Neurological Surgery · New Hartford, NY $48,592 16% · 3 payments
  4. Paul McAfee Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine · Baltimore, MD $48,592 16% · 4 payments
  5. Steven Vanni Neurological Surgery · Miami, FL $48,471 16% · 4 payments

The top 5 of the 100 largest recipients; each share is of general payments naming this product in 2022.

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Specialties paid General payments · program year 2022
  1. Neurological Surgery $190,313 61% · 41 practitioners
  2. Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine Orthopaedic Surgery $102,644 33% · 23 practitioners
  3. Orthopaedic Surgery $14,122 5% · 13 practitioners
  4. Physician Assistant $1,272 <1% · 10 practitioners
  5. Physician Assistant, Surgical Physician Assistant $524 <1% · 3 practitioners

The top 5 of 12 specialties; each share is of general payments naming this product to practitioners with a specialty in 2022. Each practitioner is counted under their primary specialty.

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Where the money went General payments · program year 2022
  1. Florida $98,438 32% · 3 recipients
  2. New York $51,973 17% · 16 recipients
  3. Arizona $48,614 16% · 2 recipients
  4. Maryland $48,592 16% · 1 recipient
  5. North Carolina $40,979 13% · 4 recipients

The top 5 of 26 states; each share is of general payments naming this product in 2022 where a state was reported.

The top 25 states, free in the app

750 general · 1 research

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Provenance

Source: CMS Open Payments · through program year 2022

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