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FELIX J TAO
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FELIX J TAO

Listed Specialty: Optometrist
304 EASTERN BLVD, PEARLE VISION, CANANDAIGUA, NY, 14424-2240
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DR. FELIX TAO,
Yearly Payment Breakdown:

2018 Payments At a Glance

10

payments

$392

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
Food and Beverage
 10 $392

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†
ACUVUE

device

 $136
BIOTRUE ONE DAY

device

 $134
ALDURAZYME

drug

 $109
CERDELGA

drug

 $109
CEREZYME

drug

 $109
FABRAZYME

drug

 $109
LUMIZYME

drug

 $109
BTOD

device

 $13
† 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
Jun 6, 2018 $116 ACUVUE Food and Beverage JOHNSON & JOHNSON VISION CARE, INC.
May 9, 2018 $109 CEREZYME FABRAZYME ALDURAZYME LUMIZYME CERDELGA Food and Beverage GENZYME CORPORATION
Sep 13, 2018 $75 BIOTRUE ONE DAY Food and Beverage BAUSCH & LOMB, A DIVISION OF BAUSCH HEALTH US, LLC
Jun 4, 2018 $20 BIOTRUE ONE DAY Food and Beverage BAUSCH & LOMB, A DIVISION OF BAUSCH HEALTH US, LLC
Jun 4, 2018 $19 BIOTRUE ONE DAY Food and Beverage BAUSCH & LOMB, A DIVISION OF BAUSCH HEALTH US, LLC
Dec 13, 2018 $13 ACUVUE Food and Beverage JOHNSON & JOHNSON VISION CARE, INC.
Mar 1, 2018 $13 BTOD Food and Beverage BAUSCH & LOMB, A DIVISION OF BAUSCH HEALTH US, LLC
Sep 26, 2018 $11 BIOTRUE ONE DAY Food and Beverage BAUSCH & LOMB, A DIVISION OF BAUSCH HEALTH US, LLC
Sep 13, 2018 $9 BIOTRUE ONE DAY Food and Beverage BAUSCH & LOMB, A DIVISION OF BAUSCH HEALTH US, LLC
Jun 5, 2018 $7 ACUVUE Food and Beverage JOHNSON & JOHNSON VISION CARE, INC.
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This site includes data published by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services on June 28, 2019.