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Product Program year 2020 Source: CMS Open Payments

LINX Reflux Management System

Device Endo-Mechanical

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General payments

$3,083,784

8,395 payments

Research payments

$574,378

150 payments

Through program year 2020, $3,083,784 in general payments and $574,378 in research payments were reported against LINX Reflux Management System (Endo-Mechanical).

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
2020 General $782,325 1,356
2020 Research $439,231 122
2019 General $2,301,458 7,039
2019 Research $135,147 28

Breakdown

Who paid General payments · program years 2019–2020
  1. Ethicon US, LLC $1,634,880 4,994 payments
  2. Medical Device Business Services, Inc. $1,196,608 3,317 payments
  3. Ethicon Inc. $251,877 72 payments
  4. Ethicon Endo-Surgery Inc. $418 12 payments
Top recipients General payments · program year 2020
  1. John Lipham Surgery · Los Angeles, CA $121,700 16% · 41 payments
  2. Philip Woodworth Surgery · Lone Tree, CO $91,129 12% · 56 payments
  3. Reginald Bell Surgery · Lone Tree, CO $80,232 10% · 32 payments
  4. Blair Jobe Surgery · Pittsburgh, PA $39,837 5% · 17 payments
  5. Nikolai Bildzukewicz Surgery · Los Angeles, CA $33,509 4% · 19 payments

The top 5 of the 100 largest recipients; each share is of general payments naming this product in 2020.

The top 25 recipients, free in the app

Specialties paid General payments · program year 2020
  1. Surgery $711,231 91% · 223 practitioners
  2. Gastroenterology Internal Medicine $33,636 4% · 177 practitioners
  3. Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) $23,322 3% · 15 practitioners
  4. Otolaryngology $1,512 <1% · 20 practitioners
  5. Internal Medicine $1,505 <1% · 36 practitioners

The top 5 of 34 specialties; each share is of general payments naming this product to practitioners with a specialty in 2020. Each practitioner is counted under their primary specialty.

The top 25 specialties, free in the app

Where the money went General payments · program year 2020
  1. California $161,516 21% · 17 recipients
  2. Arkansas $91,129 12% · 1 recipient
  3. Texas $86,821 11% · 121 recipients
  4. Colorado $82,898 11% · 71 recipients
  5. Florida $68,981 9% · 88 recipients

The top 5 of 41 states; each share is of general payments naming this product in 2020 where a state was reported.

The top 25 states, free in the app

Records

8,395 general · 150 research

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Provenance

Source: CMS Open Payments · through program year 2020

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