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Product Program year 2020 Source: CMS Open Payments

Vega System

Device Orthopaedic Joint Replacement

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General payments

$567,146

96 payments

Research payments

$0

0 payments

Through program year 2020, $567,146 in general payments and $0 in research payments were reported against Vega System (Orthopaedic Joint Replacement).

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 $257,697 25
2019 General $309,449 71

Breakdown

Who paid General payments · program years 2019–2020
  1. Aesculap AG $476,500 16 payments
  2. Aesculap Implant Systems, LLC $90,646 80 payments
Top recipients General payments · program year 2020
  1. William Mihalko Orthopaedic Surgery · Charlottesville, VA $140,776 55% · 12 payments
  2. Khaled Saleh Orthopaedic Surgery · Ferndale, MI $100,238 39% · 4 payments
  3. Mauro Giordani Adult Reconstructive Orthopaedic Surgery · Sacramento, CA $16,413 6% · 6 payments
  4. Venkat Rapuri Orthopaedic Surgery · Arlington, TX $110 <1% · 1 payment
  5. Maurice Jove Orthopaedic Surgery · Decatur, GA $91 <1% · 1 payment

The top 5 of 6 recipients; each share is of general payments naming this product in 2020.

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Specialties paid General payments · program year 2020
  1. Orthopaedic Surgery $241,214 94% · 4 practitioners
  2. Adult Reconstructive Orthopaedic Surgery Orthopaedic Surgery $16,483 6% · 2 practitioners

Each share is of general payments naming this product to practitioners with a specialty in 2020. Each practitioner is counted under their primary specialty.

Where the money went General payments · program year 2020
  1. Tennessee $140,776 55% · 1 recipient
  2. Michigan $100,238 39% · 1 recipient
  3. California $16,413 6% · 1 recipient
  4. Texas $180 <1% · 2 recipients
  5. Georgia $91 <1% · 1 recipient

Each share is of general payments naming this product in 2020 where a state was reported.

Records

96 general

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Provenance

Source: CMS Open Payments · through program year 2020

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