Product Program year 2020 Source: CMS Open Payments

SEAMGUARD Bioabsorbable Staple Line Reinforcement

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General payments

$411,569

1,585 payments

Research payments

$0

0 payments

Through program year 2020, $411,569 in general payments and $0 in research payments were reported against SEAMGUARD Bioabsorbable Staple Line Reinforcement (Devices).

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 $90,778 340
2019 General $320,792 1,245

Breakdown

Who paid General payments · program years 2019–2020
  1. W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. $411,569 1,585 payments
Top recipients General payments · program year 2020
  1. Teresa Lamasters Surgery · West Des Moines, IA $9,365 10% · 4 payments
  2. Samer Mattar Surgery · Houston, TX $8,850 10% · 1 payment
  3. Erik Wilson Surgery · Bellaire, TX $8,741 10% · 9 payments
  4. Keith Gersin Surgery · Charlotte, NC $8,183 9% · 9 payments
  5. Shanu Kothari Surgery · Greenville, SC $7,804 9% · 2 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 $89,086 98% · 152 practitioners
  2. Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) $301 <1% · 3 practitioners
  3. Vascular Surgery Surgery $214 <1% · 2 practitioners
  4. Obesity Medicine Preventive Medicine $207 <1% · 1 practitioner
  5. Pediatric Surgery Surgery $200 <1% · 2 practitioners

The top 5 of 15 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. North Carolina $13,166 15% · 9 recipients
  2. Texas $10,942 12% · 15 recipients
  3. Illinois $10,588 12% · 10 recipients
  4. Iowa $9,365 10% · 1 recipient
  5. New York $9,330 10% · 32 recipients

The top 5 of 33 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

1,585 general

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Provenance

Source: CMS Open Payments · through program year 2020

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