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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.

SCOTT SWANSON
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SCOTT SWANSON

Listed Specialty: Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery)
75 FRANCIS ST, BRIGHAM AND WOMENS HOSPITAL, BOSTON, MA, 02115
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SCOTT SWANSON,
Yearly Payment Breakdown:

2018 Payments At a Glance

19

payments

$39,502

payment total

4

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 $29,363
Travel and Lodging
 1 $9,591
Food and Beverage
 9 $548

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†
ECHELON FLEX STAPLER

device

 $35,535
HARMONIC PRODUCT FAMILY

device

 $35,520
ENSEAL PRODUCT FAMILY

device

 $24,271
Payments with no listed product

N/A

 $2,375
OPDIVO

drug

 $1,275
IDRIVE ULTRA

device

 $146
ECHELON ENDOPATH STAPLER

device

 $111
ENDO GIA

device

 $60
† 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
Nov 8, 2018 $9,600 ECHELON FLEX STAPLER HARMONIC PRODUCT FAMILY ENSEAL PRODUCT FAMILY Consulting MEDICAL DEVICE BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.
Oct 10, 2018 $9,591 ECHELON FLEX STAPLER HARMONIC PRODUCT FAMILY Travel and Lodging MEDICAL DEVICE BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.
Oct 25, 2018 $7,875 ECHELON FLEX STAPLER HARMONIC PRODUCT FAMILY ENSEAL PRODUCT FAMILY Consulting MEDICAL DEVICE BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.
Jan 8, 2018 $4,900 ECHELON FLEX STAPLER HARMONIC PRODUCT FAMILY ENSEAL PRODUCT FAMILY Consulting MEDICAL DEVICE BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.
Jan 4, 2018 $2,375 No Listed Product Consulting MEDICAL DEVICE BUSINESS SERVICES, INC. THE BRIGHAM AND WOMENS HOSPITAL INC
Oct 16, 2018 $1,500 ECHELON FLEX STAPLER HARMONIC PRODUCT FAMILY Consulting MEDICAL DEVICE BUSINESS SERVICES, INC. THE BRIGHAM AND WOMENS HOSPITAL INC
Aug 14, 2018 $1,275 OPDIVO Consulting E.R. SQUIBB & SONS, L.L.C.
Jul 19, 2018 $625 ECHELON FLEX STAPLER HARMONIC PRODUCT FAMILY ENSEAL PRODUCT FAMILY Consulting MEDICAL DEVICE BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.
Nov 2, 2018 $613 ECHELON FLEX STAPLER HARMONIC PRODUCT FAMILY ENSEAL PRODUCT FAMILY Consulting MEDICAL DEVICE BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.
Oct 25, 2018 $600 ECHELON FLEX STAPLER HARMONIC PRODUCT FAMILY ENSEAL PRODUCT FAMILY Consulting MEDICAL DEVICE BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.
Feb 23, 2018 $146 IDRIVE ULTRA Food and Beverage COVIDIEN LP
Oct 6, 2018 $111 ECHELON ENDOPATH STAPLER Food and Beverage ETHICON US, LLC
Apr 4, 2018 $79 ECHELON FLEX STAPLER HARMONIC PRODUCT FAMILY Food and Beverage MEDICAL DEVICE BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.
Nov 2, 2018 $60 ENDO GIA Food and Beverage COVIDIEN LP
Oct 5, 2018 $47 ECHELON FLEX STAPLER HARMONIC PRODUCT FAMILY Food and Beverage MEDICAL DEVICE BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.
Oct 4, 2018 $44 HARMONIC PRODUCT FAMILY ENSEAL PRODUCT FAMILY ECHELON FLEX STAPLER Food and Beverage ETHICON US, LLC
Oct 5, 2018 $33 ECHELON FLEX STAPLER HARMONIC PRODUCT FAMILY Food and Beverage MEDICAL DEVICE BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.
Oct 6, 2018 $15 ECHELON FLEX STAPLER Food and Beverage ETHICON US, LLC
Nov 2, 2018 $14 ECHELON FLEX STAPLER HARMONIC PRODUCT FAMILY ENSEAL PRODUCT FAMILY Food and Beverage MEDICAL DEVICE BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.
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This site includes data published by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services on June 28, 2019.