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This database was last updated in October 2019 and should only be used as a historical snapshot. Newer data is available at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Open Payments site.

FERNANDO A RIVERON
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FERNANDO A RIVERON

Listed Specialty: Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery)
425 PINE RIDGE BLVD, SUITE 209, WAUSAU, WI, 54401-4123
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FERNANDO RIVERON,
Yearly Payment Breakdown:

2018 Payments At a Glance

20

payments

$10,521

payment total

3

companies paid this doctor

Payment Calendar in 2018

This doctor received a payment on days in 2018.

Each box below represents a single day during the disclosure period. A gray box indicates no payments. The darker the color, the more payments a doctor received that day.

2018

Types of Payments in 2018

Category Payments Payment Value
Consulting
 6 $8,910
Travel and Lodging
 4 $930
Food and Beverage
 10 $681

Drugs & Devices in 2018

Totals listed below account for all payments from that mention this product. Beginning in 2016, the government began classifying products as drugs, devices, biologics or medical supplies. Below, you will see drugs (drugs and biologics) and devices (devices and medical supplies). If a payment record mentions more than one product, the entire value will be included in each of those products. When no products are listed, they are not included in the list below.

Product Name Product Type Payments†
MASTERS MECHANICAL HEART VALVE

device

 $9,557
Payments with no listed product

N/A

 $408
OCTOPUS

device

 $252
MITRA CLIP SYSTEM

device

 $161
CG FUTURE

device

 $121
VALVE REPAIR FLEXIBLE RINGS AND BANDS

device

 $21
† May not add up to dollar total at top of page, since a payment record may not be associated with any product or can be associated with several products.

Payment Details in 2018

When How Much Related To What For From Third Party Payee
Mar 1, 2018 $2,835 MASTERS MECHANICAL HEART VALVE Consulting ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Mar 1, 2018 $2,835 MASTERS MECHANICAL HEART VALVE Consulting ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Mar 1, 2018 $1,215 MASTERS MECHANICAL HEART VALVE Consulting ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Mar 1, 2018 $810 MASTERS MECHANICAL HEART VALVE Consulting ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Mar 1, 2018 $810 MASTERS MECHANICAL HEART VALVE Consulting ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Mar 1, 2018 $639 MASTERS MECHANICAL HEART VALVE Travel and Lodging ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Mar 1, 2018 $405 MASTERS MECHANICAL HEART VALVE Consulting ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Apr 6, 2018 $281 No Listed Product Travel and Lodging EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORPORATION
Jan 29, 2018 $130 OCTOPUS Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Mar 20, 2018 $125 MITRA CLIP SYSTEM Food and Beverage ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Mar 13, 2018 $104 CG FUTURE Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Jan 27, 2018 $103 OCTOPUS Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Jan 27, 2018 $100 No Listed Product Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Mar 20, 2018 $37 MITRA CLIP SYSTEM Food and Beverage ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Apr 6, 2018 $25 No Listed Product Food and Beverage EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORPORATION
Feb 13, 2018 $21 VALVE REPAIR FLEXIBLE RINGS AND BANDS Food and Beverage ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Jan 27, 2018 $19 OCTOPUS Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Mar 13, 2018 $17 CG FUTURE Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Mar 1, 2018 $8 MASTERS MECHANICAL HEART VALVE Travel and Lodging ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Apr 6, 2018 $2 No Listed Product Travel and Lodging EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORPORATION
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Note: We have made some effort to normalize the data and eliminate duplicates, but the data is primarily as it has been reported by the companies to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. To purchase the normalized data, please visit the ProPublica Data Store. If you spot an error, please let us know at [email protected].

This site includes data published by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services on June 28, 2019.