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Product Program year 2020 Source: CMS Open Payments

Vitality

Device Spine

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General payments

$3,929,723

601 payments

Research payments

$0

0 payments

Through program year 2020, $3,929,723 in general payments and $0 in research payments were reported against Vitality (Spine).

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 $1,465,963 188
2019 General $2,463,760 413

Breakdown

Who paid General payments · program years 2019–2020
  1. Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. $3,929,723 601 payments
Top recipients General payments · program year 2020
  1. Frank Schwab Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine · New York, NY $239,149 16% · 6 payments
  2. Han Kim Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine · New York, NY $213,156 15% · 10 payments
  3. David Skaggs Orthopaedic Surgery · Los Angeles, CA $212,619 15% · 6 payments
  4. Justin Smith Neurological Surgery · Charlottesville, VA $196,444 13% · 12 payments
  5. Michael Vitale Orthopaedic Surgery · New York, NY $166,181 11% · 7 payments

The top 5 of 58 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 of the Spine Orthopaedic Surgery $573,790 39% · 15 practitioners
  2. Orthopaedic Surgery $499,186 34% · 15 practitioners
  3. Neurological Surgery $291,417 20% · 16 practitioners
  4. Gastroenterology Internal Medicine $100,572 7% · 1 practitioner
  5. Diagnostic Radiology Radiology $264 <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.

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Where the money went General payments · program year 2020
  1. New York $619,286 42% · 8 recipients
  2. California $262,550 18% · 9 recipients
  3. Virginia $196,444 13% · 1 recipient
  4. Minnesota $148,858 10% · 3 recipients
  5. Illinois $63,611 4% · 2 recipients

The top 5 of 22 states; each share is of general payments naming this product in 2020 where a state was reported.

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Records

601 general

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Provenance

Source: CMS Open Payments · through program year 2020

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