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CHARLIE I GNAIM
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CHARLIE I GNAIM

Listed Specialty: Cardiovascular Disease
6400 FANNIN ST, STE 2210-B, HOUSTON, TX, 77030-1521
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CHARLIE GNAIM,
Yearly Payment Breakdown:

2018 Payments At a Glance

43

payments

$19,605

payment total

18

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
Royalty or License
 1 $17,035
Food and Beverage
 42 $2,570

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†
VENASEAL

device

 $17,148
IMPELLA

device

 $470
CLOSUREFAST

device

 $402
RESOLUTE

device

 $258
CRT-DS

device

 $172
ENSITE CARDIAC MAPPING SYSTEM

device

 $169
LIVALO

drug

 $125
XARELTO

drug

 $112
VIGILANT

device

 $101
REPATHA

drug

 $94
LUTONIX

device

 $92
ENTRESTO

drug

 $80
AMPLIA MRI

device

 $76
KENGREAL

drug

 $61
LIFESTENT

device

 $56
ELIQUIS

drug

 $44
LIFEVEST

device

 $36
MERLIN CONNECTIVITY AND REMOTE

device

 $29
FLEXITOUCH

device

 $27
ACTITOUCH

device

 $27
ENTRE

device

 $27
SEEKER

device

 $27
VARITHENA

drug

 $22
LEXISCAN

drug

 $20
VALEO

device

 $16
IGT_D PERIPHERAL

device

 $13
CHANTIX

drug

 $11
Payments with no listed product

N/A

 $11
† 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
Sep 1, 2018 $17,035 VENASEAL Royalty or License MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Jan 5, 2018 $172 CRT-DS Food and Beverage ABBOTT LABORATORIES
May 31, 2018 $149 ENSITE CARDIAC MAPPING SYSTEM Food and Beverage ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Dec 2, 2018 $133 RESOLUTE Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Feb 24, 2018 $129 IMPELLA Food and Beverage ABIOMED
Mar 19, 2018 $128 CLOSUREFAST Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Jun 18, 2018 $125 LIVALO Food and Beverage KOWA PHARMACEUTICALS AMERICA, INC.
Jan 9, 2018 $125 IMPELLA Food and Beverage ABIOMED
Aug 4, 2018 $116 IMPELLA Food and Beverage ABIOMED
Oct 31, 2018 $116 CLOSUREFAST Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Feb 26, 2018 $113 VENASEAL Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Jan 15, 2018 $112 XARELTO Food and Beverage JANSSEN PHARMACEUTICALS, INC
Feb 24, 2018 $109 RESOLUTE Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Oct 15, 2018 $101 VIGILANT Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Feb 9, 2018 $99 IMPELLA Food and Beverage ABIOMED
Apr 25, 2018 $97 CLOSUREFAST Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Feb 19, 2018 $94 REPATHA Food and Beverage AMGEN INC.
Aug 20, 2018 $80 ENTRESTO Food and Beverage NOVARTIS PHARMACEUTICALS CORPORATION
Apr 16, 2018 $76 AMPLIA MRI Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Sep 26, 2018 $63 LUTONIX Food and Beverage BARD PERIPHERAL VASCULAR, INC.
Sep 17, 2018 $36 LIFEVEST Food and Beverage ZOLL SERVICES LLC (A/K/A ZOLL LIFECOR CORP)
Mar 19, 2018 $34 CLOSUREFAST Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Aug 20, 2018 $29 MERLIN CONNECTIVITY AND REMOTE Food and Beverage ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Oct 2, 2018 $29 LUTONIX LIFESTENT Food and Beverage BARD PERIPHERAL VASCULAR, INC.
Nov 15, 2018 $27 LIFESTENT SEEKER Food and Beverage BARD PERIPHERAL VASCULAR, INC.
Oct 22, 2018 $24 KENGREAL Food and Beverage CHIESI USA, INC.
Nov 7, 2018 $22 VARITHENA Food and Beverage BIOCOMPATIBLES, INC.
Nov 12, 2018 $22 ELIQUIS Food and Beverage E.R. SQUIBB & SONS, L.L.C.
Dec 10, 2018 $20 KENGREAL Food and Beverage CHIESI USA, INC.
Mar 22, 2018 $20 LEXISCAN Food and Beverage ASTELLAS PHARMA US INC
Sep 6, 2018 $20 CLOSUREFAST Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Apr 5, 2018 $19 ENSITE CARDIAC MAPPING SYSTEM Food and Beverage ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Sep 10, 2018 $17 KENGREAL Food and Beverage CHIESI USA, INC.
Nov 29, 2018 $16 VALEO Food and Beverage BARD PERIPHERAL VASCULAR, INC.
Mar 27, 2018 $15 RESOLUTE Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Jun 7, 2018 $15 FLEXITOUCH ACTITOUCH ENTRE Food and Beverage TACTILE SYSTEMS TECHNOLOGY INC
Sep 7, 2018 $13 IGT_D PERIPHERAL Food and Beverage PHILIPS ELECTRONICS NORTH AMERICA CORPORATION
Mar 27, 2018 $12 FLEXITOUCH ACTITOUCH ENTRE Food and Beverage TACTILE SYSTEMS TECHNOLOGY INC
Sep 7, 2018 $11 CHANTIX ELIQUIS Food and Beverage PFIZER INC.
May 31, 2018 $11 ELIQUIS Food and Beverage E.R. SQUIBB & SONS, L.L.C.
Feb 28, 2018 $11 No Listed Product Food and Beverage GILEAD SCIENCES INC
Jul 23, 2018 $4 CLOSUREFAST Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Jan 10, 2018 $4 CLOSUREFAST Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
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This site includes data published by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services on June 28, 2019.