Product Program year 2024 Source: CMS Open Payments

VariLift

Device implant

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General payments

$2,497

18 payments

Research payments

$0

0 payments

Through program year 2024, $2,497 in general payments and $0 in research payments were reported against VariLift (implant).

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

1 row
Year Kind Amount Payments
2024 General $2,497 18

Breakdown

Who paid General payments · program year 2024
  1. Wenzel Spine, Inc. $2,497 18 payments
Top recipients General payments · program year 2024
  1. Aaron Calodney Pain Medicine · Tyler, TX $320 13% · 1 payment
  2. Sven Hochheimer Neurological Surgery · Wichita Falls, TX $308 12% · 1 payment
  3. Armond Levy Neurological Surgery · Wilkes Barre, PA $305 12% · 1 payment
  4. James Randle Neurological Surgery · Nacogdoches, TX $203 8% · 1 payment
  5. Michael Kremer Neurological Surgery · Holland, MI $182 7% · 1 payment

The top 5 of 18 recipients; each share is of general payments naming this product in 2024.

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Specialties paid General payments · program year 2024
  1. Neurological Surgery $1,442 60% · 9 practitioners
  2. Diagnostic Radiology Radiology $346 14% · 2 practitioners
  3. Pain Medicine $320 13% · 1 practitioner
  4. Pain Medicine Anesthesiology $104 4% · 1 practitioner
  5. Orthopaedic Surgery $93 4% · 1 practitioner

The top 5 of 8 specialties; each share is of general payments naming this product to practitioners with a specialty in 2024. Each practitioner is counted under their primary specialty.

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Where the money went General payments · program year 2024
  1. Texas $1,306 52% · 8 recipients
  2. Michigan $336 13% · 2 recipients
  3. Missouri $305 12% · 1 recipient
  4. Florida $225 9% · 3 recipients
  5. Oklahoma $217 9% · 2 recipients

The top 5 of 7 states; each share is of general payments naming this product in 2024 where a state was reported.

The top 25 states, free in the app

18 general

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Provenance

Source: CMS Open Payments · through program year 2024

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