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Product Program year 2020 Source: CMS Open Payments

Plif

Device Spine/Spine Surgery

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General payments

$883,748

211 payments

Research payments

$0

0 payments

Through program year 2020, $883,748 in general payments and $0 in research payments were reported against Plif (Spine/Spine Surgery).

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

2 rows
Year Kind Amount Payments
2020 General $522,203 55
2019 General $361,545 156

Breakdown

Who paid General payments · program years 2019–2020
  1. NuVasive, Inc. $883,748 211 payments
Top recipients General payments · program year 2020
  1. Gurvinder Deol Orthopaedic Surgery · Raleigh, NC $150,178 29% · 4 payments
  2. David Okonkwo Neurological Surgery · Pittsburgh, PA $100,000 19% · 1 payment
  3. Adam Kanter Neurological Surgery · Pittsburgh, PA $100,000 19% · 1 payment
  4. Nitin Khanna Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine · Munster, IN $82,449 16% · 4 payments
  5. Bradley Heiges Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine · Savannah, GA $44,025 8% · 3 payments

The top 5 of 37 recipients; each share is of general payments naming this product in 2020.

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Specialties paid General payments · program year 2020
  1. Neurological Surgery $227,766 44% · 18 practitioners
  2. Orthopaedic Surgery $165,924 32% · 5 practitioners
  3. Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine Orthopaedic Surgery $128,144 25% · 11 practitioners
  4. Surgery $123 <1% · 1 practitioner
  5. Family Medicine $123 <1% · 1 practitioner

The top 5 of 6 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. Pennsylvania $200,000 38% · 2 recipients
  2. North Carolina $150,301 29% · 2 recipients
  3. Indiana $82,449 16% · 1 recipient
  4. Georgia $44,025 8% · 1 recipient
  5. Virginia $14,315 3% · 3 recipients

The top 5 of 16 states; each share is of general payments naming this product in 2020 where a state was reported.

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Records

211 general

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Provenance

Source: CMS Open Payments · through program year 2020

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