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MELISSA KAUFMAN
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MELISSA KAUFMAN

Listed Specialty: Urology
3601 THE VANDERBILT CLINIC, NASHVILLE, TN, 37232-0001
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MELISSA KAUFMAN,
Yearly Payment Breakdown:

2018 Payments At a Glance

77

payments

$44,202

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
Consulting
 9 $31,050
Travel and Lodging
 21 $10,251
Food and Beverage
 47 $2,901

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†
AMS

device

 $25,430
Payments with no listed product

N/A

 $6,997
ADVANCE

device

 $6,359
THERAPIES

device

 $2,214
GENERAL ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION

device

 $868
COOK MEDICAL INCONTINENCE

device

 $795
COOK MEDICAL UROLOGY

device

 $405
COOK MEDICAL VARIOUS

device

 $349
GENERAL FEMALE SUI

device

 $260
UROLIFT

device

 $189
INTERSTIM

device

 $151
BOTOX

drug

 $116
COOK MEDICAL DILATION/ACCESS

device

 $54
MYRBETRIQ

drug

 $14
VESICARE

drug

 $14
† 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
Jan 11, 2018 $6,997 No Listed Product Travel and Lodging UROMEDICA, INCORPORATED
Aug 29, 2018 $6,750 AMS Consulting BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Jan 24, 2018 $6,300 ADVANCE Consulting BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Apr 4, 2018 $5,400 AMS Consulting BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Jul 18, 2018 $3,150 AMS Consulting BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Oct 3, 2018 $2,250 AMS Consulting BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Sep 19, 2018 $2,250 AMS Consulting BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Mar 28, 2018 $2,250 AMS Consulting BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Jul 25, 2018 $1,800 AMS Consulting BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Mar 28, 2018 $900 AMS Consulting BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Mar 9, 2018 $406 THERAPIES Travel and Lodging BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Aug 10, 2018 $361 THERAPIES Travel and Lodging BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Dec 27, 2018 $349 COOK MEDICAL VARIOUS Travel and Lodging COOK INCORPORATED
Mar 9, 2018 $344 GENERAL ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Mar 10, 2018 $270 GENERAL ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION Travel and Lodging BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Mar 9, 2018 $254 THERAPIES Travel and Lodging BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Mar 9, 2018 $254 GENERAL ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION Travel and Lodging BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Jan 6, 2018 $175 THERAPIES Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Dec 10, 2018 $172 COOK MEDICAL UROLOGY Travel and Lodging COOK INCORPORATED
Aug 11, 2018 $164 THERAPIES Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
May 17, 2018 $160 UROLIFT Food and Beverage NEOTRACT INC.
Jan 19, 2018 $150 GENERAL FEMALE SUI Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Feb 3, 2018 $146 COOK MEDICAL INCONTINENCE Travel and Lodging COOK INCORPORATED
May 19, 2018 $145 AMS Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Jan 5, 2018 $136 THERAPIES Travel and Lodging BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Mar 9, 2018 $135 THERAPIES Travel and Lodging BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Mar 10, 2018 $135 THERAPIES Travel and Lodging BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Mar 9, 2018 $121 THERAPIES Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
May 8, 2018 $116 BOTOX Food and Beverage ALLERGAN INC.
Oct 14, 2018 $113 COOK MEDICAL UROLOGY Food and Beverage COOK INCORPORATED
Mar 2, 2018 $110 GENERAL FEMALE SUI Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Aug 10, 2018 $104 THERAPIES Travel and Lodging BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Dec 19, 2018 $101 AMS Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Jun 29, 2018 $94 INTERSTIM Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC USA, INC.
Aug 21, 2018 $93 AMS Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Feb 24, 2018 $92 COOK MEDICAL INCONTINENCE Travel and Lodging COOK INCORPORATED
Aug 16, 2018 $92 COOK MEDICAL INCONTINENCE Travel and Lodging COOK INCORPORATED
Aug 20, 2018 $92 COOK MEDICAL INCONTINENCE Travel and Lodging COOK INCORPORATED
Feb 19, 2018 $86 COOK MEDICAL INCONTINENCE Travel and Lodging COOK INCORPORATED
Feb 7, 2018 $85 COOK MEDICAL INCONTINENCE Food and Beverage COOK INCORPORATED
Mar 10, 2018 $71 THERAPIES Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Apr 4, 2018 $61 AMS Travel and Lodging BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Aug 29, 2018 $61 AMS Travel and Lodging BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Mar 10, 2018 $59 THERAPIES Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Jan 30, 2018 $58 INTERSTIM Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC USA, INC.
Mar 23, 2018 $54 COOK MEDICAL DILATION/ACCESS Food and Beverage COOK MEDICAL LLC
Mar 10, 2018 $51 THERAPIES Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Feb 1, 2018 $50 COOK MEDICAL INCONTINENCE Food and Beverage COOK INCORPORATED
Oct 12, 2018 $48 AMS Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
May 19, 2018 $46 AMS Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Mar 9, 2018 $43 THERAPIES Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
May 21, 2018 $39 AMS Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Aug 29, 2018 $35 AMS Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Jan 24, 2018 $34 ADVANCE Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Aug 16, 2018 $31 COOK MEDICAL INCONTINENCE Food and Beverage COOK INCORPORATED
Nov 8, 2018 $29 COOK MEDICAL INCONTINENCE Food and Beverage COOK INCORPORATED
May 18, 2018 $29 UROLIFT Food and Beverage NEOTRACT INC.
Apr 5, 2018 $26 AMS Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Dec 6, 2018 $26 COOK MEDICAL UROLOGY Food and Beverage COOK INCORPORATED
Jan 24, 2018 $25 ADVANCE Travel and Lodging BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Apr 4, 2018 $24 AMS Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Feb 2, 2018 $22 COOK MEDICAL INCONTINENCE Travel and Lodging COOK INCORPORATED
Nov 8, 2018 $22 COOK MEDICAL INCONTINENCE Food and Beverage COOK INCORPORATED
Feb 1, 2018 $21 COOK MEDICAL INCONTINENCE Food and Beverage COOK INCORPORATED
Dec 6, 2018 $19 COOK MEDICAL UROLOGY Food and Beverage COOK INCORPORATED
Oct 15, 2018 $19 COOK MEDICAL UROLOGY Food and Beverage COOK INCORPORATED
Oct 15, 2018 $15 COOK MEDICAL UROLOGY Food and Beverage COOK INCORPORATED
Mar 16, 2018 $14 VESICARE MYRBETRIQ Food and Beverage ASTELLAS PHARMA US INC
Feb 1, 2018 $13 COOK MEDICAL INCONTINENCE Food and Beverage COOK INCORPORATED
Dec 10, 2018 $11 COOK MEDICAL UROLOGY Food and Beverage COOK INCORPORATED
Oct 11, 2018 $8 COOK MEDICAL UROLOGY Food and Beverage COOK INCORPORATED
Nov 5, 2018 $8 COOK MEDICAL INCONTINENCE Food and Beverage COOK INCORPORATED
Dec 3, 2018 $8 COOK MEDICAL UROLOGY Food and Beverage COOK INCORPORATED
Nov 5, 2018 $6 COOK MEDICAL INCONTINENCE Food and Beverage COOK INCORPORATED
Nov 30, 2018 $5 COOK MEDICAL UROLOGY Food and Beverage COOK INCORPORATED
Oct 11, 2018 $4 COOK MEDICAL UROLOGY Food and Beverage COOK INCORPORATED
Dec 3, 2018 $3 COOK MEDICAL UROLOGY Food and Beverage COOK INCORPORATED
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