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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.

ROBERT L HOOKER
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ROBERT L HOOKER

Listed Specialty: Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery)
5 TAMPA GENERAL CIR, # 820, TAMPA, FL, 33606-3601
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MR. ROBERT HOOKER,
Yearly Payment Breakdown:

2018 Payments At a Glance

20

payments

$1,805

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
Food and Beverage
 18 $1,453
Travel and Lodging
 2 $352

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†
COREVALVE EVOLUT

device

 $742
EDWARDS SAPIEN 3 TRANSCATHETER HEART VALVE

device

 $224
HEARTMATE

device

 $211
BIO-MEDICUS

device

 $130
DERMABOND PORTFOLIO

device

 $118
STRATAFIX

device

 $118
PACEMAKERS

device

 $107
MASTERS MECHANICAL HEART VALVE

device

 $102
Payments with no listed product

N/A

 $90
ASSURITY PACEMAKER

device

 $80
† 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
Dec 6, 2018 $223 COREVALVE EVOLUT Travel and Lodging MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Jul 31, 2018 $129 EDWARDS SAPIEN 3 TRANSCATHETER HEART VALVE Food and Beverage EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORPORATION
Dec 6, 2018 $129 COREVALVE EVOLUT Travel and Lodging MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Dec 8, 2018 $128 COREVALVE EVOLUT Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Dec 14, 2018 $119 HEARTMATE Food and Beverage ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Nov 14, 2018 $111 BIO-MEDICUS Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
May 16, 2018 $110 COREVALVE EVOLUT Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Mar 9, 2018 $107 PACEMAKERS Food and Beverage ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Jul 24, 2018 $102 MASTERS MECHANICAL HEART VALVE Food and Beverage ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Jul 18, 2018 $102 DERMABOND PORTFOLIO STRATAFIX Food and Beverage ETHICON US, LLC
Jul 13, 2018 $95 EDWARDS SAPIEN 3 TRANSCATHETER HEART VALVE Food and Beverage EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORPORATION
Aug 14, 2018 $92 HEARTMATE Food and Beverage ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Oct 27, 2018 $80 ASSURITY PACEMAKER Food and Beverage ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Dec 6, 2018 $64 COREVALVE EVOLUT Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Jul 15, 2018 $55 No Listed Product Food and Beverage EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORPORATION
Dec 6, 2018 $47 COREVALVE EVOLUT Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Dec 6, 2018 $41 COREVALVE EVOLUT Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Jul 15, 2018 $35 No Listed Product Food and Beverage EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORPORATION
Nov 14, 2018 $19 BIO-MEDICUS Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Jul 18, 2018 $16 DERMABOND PORTFOLIO STRATAFIX Food and Beverage ETHICON US, LLC
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Note: We have made some effort to normalize the data and eliminate duplicates, but the data is primarily as it has been reported by the companies to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. To purchase the normalized data, please visit the ProPublica Data Store. If you spot an error, please let us know at [email protected].

This site includes data published by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services on June 28, 2019.