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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.

VALENTIN J DEL RIO-SANTIAGO
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VALENTIN J DEL RIO-SANTIAGO

Listed Specialty: Interventional Cardiology
474 CALLE DE DIEGO, DE DIEGO CHALETS APT 21, SAN JUAN, PR, 00923-3101
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DR. VALENTIN DEL RIO-SANTIAGO,
Yearly Payment Breakdown:

2018 Payments At a Glance

41

payments

$5,796

payment total

8

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
Promotional Speaking/Other
 1 $3,000
Food and Beverage
 36 $1,535
Travel and Lodging
 2 $1,214
Education
 2 $47

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†
SYNERGY

device

 $3,075
COREVALVE EVOLUT

device

 $1,214
Payments with no listed product

N/A

 $598
AMPLIA MRI

device

 $239
ELIQUIS

drug

 $185
RESOLUTE

device

 $175
LIFEVEST

device

 $85
XARELTO

drug

 $83
TRACELET

device

 $47
BRILINTA

drug

 $44
OPTICROSS

device

 $26
MICRA

device

 $20
EMERGE

device

 $3
ONYX

device

 $2
† 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 6, 2018 $3,000 SYNERGY Promotional Speaking/Other BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Oct 9, 2018 $929 COREVALVE EVOLUT Travel and Lodging MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Jul 15, 2018 $365 No Listed Product Food and Beverage E.R. SQUIBB & SONS, L.L.C.
Oct 9, 2018 $285 COREVALVE EVOLUT Travel and Lodging MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Jun 14, 2018 $125 ELIQUIS Food and Beverage PFIZER PHARMACEUTICALS LLC
Jun 27, 2018 $113 AMPLIA MRI Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC, INC.
Jan 31, 2018 $99 No Listed Product Food and Beverage ASTRAZENECA PHARMACEUTICALS LP
Jul 18, 2018 $87 No Listed Product Food and Beverage ASTRAZENECA PHARMACEUTICALS LP
Jun 11, 2018 $72 RESOLUTE Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Apr 4, 2018 $47 No Listed Product Food and Beverage ASTRAZENECA PHARMACEUTICALS LP
May 16, 2018 $47 TRACELET Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Jul 14, 2018 $45 XARELTO Food and Beverage JANSSEN PHARMACEUTICALS, INC
Jul 14, 2018 $44 AMPLIA MRI Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC, INC.
Oct 9, 2018 $43 RESOLUTE Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC, INC.
Aug 28, 2018 $40 AMPLIA MRI Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC, INC.
Aug 25, 2018 $40 ELIQUIS Food and Beverage E.R. SQUIBB & SONS, L.L.C.
Apr 24, 2018 $39 SYNERGY Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Jul 23, 2018 $38 XARELTO Education JANSSEN PHARMACEUTICALS, INC
May 19, 2018 $30 AMPLIA MRI Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC, INC.
Jul 13, 2018 $29 LIFEVEST Food and Beverage ZOLL SERVICES LLC (A/K/A ZOLL LIFECOR CORP)
May 19, 2018 $27 LIFEVEST Food and Beverage ZOLL SERVICES LLC (A/K/A ZOLL LIFECOR CORP)
Nov 2, 2018 $26 OPTICROSS Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Feb 2, 2018 $24 SYNERGY Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
May 8, 2018 $21 RESOLUTE Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Oct 22, 2018 $20 MICRA Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC, INC.
Oct 19, 2018 $20 ELIQUIS Food and Beverage PFIZER PHARMACEUTICALS LLC
Apr 5, 2018 $19 RESOLUTE Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Jun 15, 2018 $18 LIFEVEST Food and Beverage ZOLL SERVICES LLC (A/K/A ZOLL LIFECOR CORP)
Nov 8, 2018 $14 RESOLUTE Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Nov 30, 2018 $13 BRILINTA Food and Beverage ASTRAZENECA PHARMACEUTICALS LP
Jun 17, 2018 $12 SYNERGY Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Oct 9, 2018 $12 AMPLIA MRI Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC, INC.
Jul 19, 2018 $11 BRILINTA Food and Beverage ASTRAZENECA PHARMACEUTICALS LP
Dec 5, 2018 $11 BRILINTA Food and Beverage ASTRAZENECA PHARMACEUTICALS LP
Jul 26, 2018 $9 BRILINTA Education ASTRAZENECA PHARMACEUTICALS LP
Dec 12, 2018 $6 RESOLUTE Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Jun 21, 2018 $5 LIFEVEST Food and Beverage ZOLL SERVICES LLC (A/K/A ZOLL LIFECOR CORP)
Feb 1, 2018 $5 LIFEVEST Food and Beverage ZOLL SERVICES LLC (A/K/A ZOLL LIFECOR CORP)
Mar 2, 2018 $3 EMERGE Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Oct 11, 2018 $2 ONYX Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Oct 18, 2018 $1 LIFEVEST Food and Beverage ZOLL SERVICES LLC (A/K/A ZOLL LIFECOR CORP)
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This site includes data published by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services on June 28, 2019.