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Product Program year 2021 Source: CMS Open Payments

Independence

Device Spine/Joint

PDI 00849044006063

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General payments

$469,023

259 payments

Research payments

$0

0 payments

Through program year 2021, $469,023 in general payments and $0 in research payments were reported against Independence (Spine/Joint).

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

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Year Kind Amount Payments
2021 General $469,023 259

Breakdown

Who paid General payments · program year 2021
  1. Globus Medical, Inc. $469,023 259 payments
Top recipients General payments · program year 2021
  1. Robert Banco Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine · Wellesley Hills, MA $49,862 11% · 4 payments
  2. Warren Yu Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine · Washington, DC $49,862 11% · 4 payments
  3. Ira Fedder Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine · Towson, MD $49,598 11% · 4 payments
  4. Seth Zeidman Neurological Surgery · Rochester, NY $48,110 10% · 4 payments
  5. Ali Mortazavi Orthopaedic Surgery · Austell, GA $29,178 6% · 4 payments

The top 5 of the 100 largest recipients; each share is of general payments naming this product in 2021.

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Specialties paid General payments · program year 2021
  1. Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine Orthopaedic Surgery $209,456 46% · 24 practitioners
  2. Neurological Surgery $119,678 26% · 34 practitioners
  3. Orthopaedic Surgery $105,496 23% · 23 practitioners
  4. Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) $8,742 2% · 1 practitioner
  5. Vascular Surgery Surgery $8,739 2% · 8 practitioners

The top 5 of 11 specialties; each share is of general payments naming this product to practitioners with a specialty in 2021. Each practitioner is counted under their primary specialty.

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Where the money went General payments · program year 2021
  1. New York $80,594 17% · 7 recipients
  2. Maryland $67,225 14% · 3 recipients
  3. District of Columbia $49,862 11% · 1 recipient
  4. Massachusetts $49,862 11% · 1 recipient
  5. North Carolina $36,732 8% · 10 recipients

The top 5 of 30 states; each share is of general payments naming this product in 2021 where a state was reported.

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Records

259 general

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Provenance

Source: CMS Open Payments · through program year 2021

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