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Product Program year 2020 Source: CMS Open Payments

Vlift

Device Interbody Device

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General payments

$234,096

265 payments

Research payments

$28,400

2 payments

Through program year 2020, $234,096 in general payments and $28,400 in research payments were reported against Vlift (Interbody Device).

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

3 rows
Year Kind Amount Payments
2020 General $74,618 123
2019 General $159,478 142
2019 Research $28,400 2

Breakdown

Who paid General payments · program years 2019–2020
  1. Stryker Corporation $234,096 265 payments
Top recipients General payments · program year 2020
  1. Jad Khalil Orthopaedic Surgery · Southfield, MI $19,784 27% · 8 payments
  2. Jeffrey Fischgrund Orthopaedic Surgery · Southfield, MI $18,083 24% · 7 payments
  3. Daniel Park Orthopaedic Surgery · Chicago, IL $12,654 17% · 7 payments
  4. Hugh Bassewitz Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine · Las Vegas, NV $10,095 14% · 5 payments
  5. Laurence Rhines Neurological Surgery · Houston, TX $3,000 4% · 1 payment

The top 5 of 36 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 $54,136 73% · 9 practitioners
  2. Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine Orthopaedic Surgery $17,010 23% · 17 practitioners
  3. Neurological Surgery $3,405 5% · 9 practitioners
  4. Pediatric Orthopaedic Surgery Orthopaedic Surgery $67 <1% · 1 practitioner

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. Michigan $51,228 69% · 4 recipients
  2. Nevada $10,925 15% · 4 recipients
  3. Texas $4,206 6% · 4 recipients
  4. Pennsylvania $1,166 2% · 2 recipients
  5. Colorado $708 <1% · 1 recipient

The top 5 of 20 states; each share is of general payments naming this product in 2020 where a state was reported.

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Records

265 general · 2 research

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Provenance

Source: CMS Open Payments · through program year 2020

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