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JOHN H ACKER
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JOHN H ACKER

Listed Specialty: Cardiovascular Disease
1940 ALCOA HWY, SUITE E-310, KNOXVILLE, TN, 37920-2244
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MR. JOHN ACKER,
Yearly Payment Breakdown:

2018 Payments At a Glance

45

payments

$519

payment total

9

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
 45 $519

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†
XARELTO

drug

 $166
ENTRESTO

drug

 $145
LIFEVEST

device

 $67
JARDIANCE

drug

 $60
PRADAXA

drug

 $60
OPSUMIT

drug

 $22
VELETRI EPOPROSTENOL

drug

 $22
VENTAVIS ILOPROST

drug

 $22
MULTAQ

drug

 $17
INJECTAFER

drug

 $16
ELIQUIS

drug

 $14
CORLANOR

drug

 $12
REPATHA

drug

 $12
† 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 15, 2018 $22 OPSUMIT VELETRI EPOPROSTENOL VENTAVIS ILOPROST Food and Beverage ACTELION PHARMACEUTICALS US, INC.
Jul 26, 2018 $19 ENTRESTO Food and Beverage NOVARTIS PHARMACEUTICALS CORPORATION
Nov 17, 2018 $17 XARELTO Food and Beverage JANSSEN PHARMACEUTICALS, INC
Oct 16, 2018 $17 PRADAXA JARDIANCE Food and Beverage BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
Feb 5, 2018 $17 MULTAQ Food and Beverage SANOFI-AVENTIS U.S. LLC
Apr 10, 2018 $16 INJECTAFER Food and Beverage DAIICHI SANKYO INC.
May 21, 2018 $16 PRADAXA JARDIANCE Food and Beverage BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
May 4, 2018 $16 LIFEVEST Food and Beverage ZOLL SERVICES LLC (A/K/A ZOLL LIFECOR CORP)
Oct 3, 2018 $15 LIFEVEST Food and Beverage ZOLL SERVICES LLC (A/K/A ZOLL LIFECOR CORP)
Oct 17, 2018 $15 LIFEVEST Food and Beverage ZOLL SERVICES LLC (A/K/A ZOLL LIFECOR CORP)
Feb 22, 2018 $15 PRADAXA JARDIANCE Food and Beverage BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
Apr 16, 2018 $14 LIFEVEST Food and Beverage ZOLL SERVICES LLC (A/K/A ZOLL LIFECOR CORP)
May 3, 2018 $14 ELIQUIS Food and Beverage E.R. SQUIBB & SONS, L.L.C.
Sep 20, 2018 $13 PRADAXA JARDIANCE Food and Beverage BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
Nov 15, 2018 $12 CORLANOR REPATHA Food and Beverage AMGEN INC.
Jan 11, 2018 $12 ENTRESTO Food and Beverage NOVARTIS PHARMACEUTICALS CORPORATION
Feb 26, 2018 $12 XARELTO Food and Beverage JANSSEN PHARMACEUTICALS, INC
Oct 25, 2018 $12 ENTRESTO Food and Beverage NOVARTIS PHARMACEUTICALS CORPORATION
Oct 2, 2018 $12 ENTRESTO Food and Beverage NOVARTIS PHARMACEUTICALS CORPORATION
Mar 19, 2018 $12 ENTRESTO Food and Beverage NOVARTIS PHARMACEUTICALS CORPORATION
Mar 20, 2018 $11 XARELTO Food and Beverage JANSSEN PHARMACEUTICALS, INC
Jun 11, 2018 $11 XARELTO Food and Beverage JANSSEN PHARMACEUTICALS, INC
Dec 10, 2018 $11 ENTRESTO Food and Beverage NOVARTIS PHARMACEUTICALS CORPORATION
Nov 27, 2018 $11 ENTRESTO Food and Beverage NOVARTIS PHARMACEUTICALS CORPORATION
May 29, 2018 $11 XARELTO Food and Beverage JANSSEN PHARMACEUTICALS, INC
Aug 30, 2018 $10 ENTRESTO Food and Beverage NOVARTIS PHARMACEUTICALS CORPORATION
Apr 25, 2018 $10 XARELTO Food and Beverage JANSSEN PHARMACEUTICALS, INC
Jul 11, 2018 $10 XARELTO Food and Beverage JANSSEN PHARMACEUTICALS, INC
Jan 31, 2018 $9 XARELTO Food and Beverage JANSSEN PHARMACEUTICALS, INC
Oct 30, 2018 $9 ENTRESTO Food and Beverage NOVARTIS PHARMACEUTICALS CORPORATION
Jun 28, 2018 $9 XARELTO Food and Beverage JANSSEN PHARMACEUTICALS, INC
Aug 10, 2018 $9 XARELTO Food and Beverage JANSSEN PHARMACEUTICALS, INC
May 18, 2018 $9 XARELTO Food and Beverage JANSSEN PHARMACEUTICALS, INC
Jun 6, 2018 $9 XARELTO Food and Beverage JANSSEN PHARMACEUTICALS, INC
Apr 10, 2018 $9 XARELTO Food and Beverage JANSSEN PHARMACEUTICALS, INC
Apr 4, 2018 $9 XARELTO Food and Beverage JANSSEN PHARMACEUTICALS, INC
Oct 16, 2018 $9 ENTRESTO Food and Beverage NOVARTIS PHARMACEUTICALS CORPORATION
Feb 21, 2018 $8 XARELTO Food and Beverage JANSSEN PHARMACEUTICALS, INC
Jul 12, 2018 $8 XARELTO Food and Beverage JANSSEN PHARMACEUTICALS, INC
Aug 17, 2018 $8 ENTRESTO Food and Beverage NOVARTIS PHARMACEUTICALS CORPORATION
Aug 7, 2018 $8 ENTRESTO Food and Beverage NOVARTIS PHARMACEUTICALS CORPORATION
Feb 22, 2018 $7 LIFEVEST Food and Beverage ZOLL SERVICES LLC (A/K/A ZOLL LIFECOR CORP)
Sep 10, 2018 $7 ENTRESTO Food and Beverage NOVARTIS PHARMACEUTICALS CORPORATION
Aug 28, 2018 $6 ENTRESTO Food and Beverage NOVARTIS PHARMACEUTICALS CORPORATION
Feb 14, 2018 $4 XARELTO Food and Beverage JANSSEN PHARMACEUTICALS, INC
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This site includes data published by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services on June 28, 2019.