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WALTER W SCOTT
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WALTER W SCOTT

Listed Specialty: Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery)
2500 STARLING STREET, SUITE 306, BRUNSWICK, GA, 31520-4294
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DR. WALTER SCOTT,
Yearly Payment Breakdown:

2018 Payments At a Glance

42

payments

$7,890

payment total

7

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
Promotional Speaking/Other
 1 $5,400
Travel and Lodging
 5 $1,373
Food and Beverage
 36 $1,117

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†
Payments with no listed product

N/A

 $5,989
DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM

device

 $1,402
STRATAFIX

device

 $171
AUTO SUTURE

device

 $107
BARRX

device

 $92
SUPERDIMENSION

device

 $43
EVERPOINT

device

 $35
EVICEL

drug

 $35
ECHELON FLEX STAPLER

device

 $32
DEXIDE

device

 $19
AVALUS

device

 $16
BRILINTA

drug

 $11
ECHELON ENDOPATH STAPLER

device

 $8
† 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 12, 2018 $5,400 No Listed Product Promotional Speaking/Other MERCK SHARP & DOHME CORPORATION
Oct 16, 2018 $614 DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM Travel and Lodging INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.
Jun 12, 2018 $403 No Listed Product Travel and Lodging MERCK SHARP & DOHME CORPORATION
Oct 27, 2018 $186 DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM Travel and Lodging INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.
Jun 12, 2018 $150 No Listed Product Travel and Lodging MERCK SHARP & DOHME CORPORATION
May 24, 2018 $107 AUTO SUTURE Food and Beverage COVIDIEN LP
Nov 29, 2018 $100 DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM Food and Beverage INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.
Sep 18, 2018 $100 DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM Food and Beverage INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.
Dec 20, 2018 $87 STRATAFIX Food and Beverage ETHICON US, LLC
Feb 20, 2018 $73 BARRX Food and Beverage COVIDIEN LP
Jan 11, 2018 $44 DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM Food and Beverage INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.
Jun 22, 2018 $42 STRATAFIX Food and Beverage ETHICON US, LLC
Dec 18, 2018 $39 DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM Food and Beverage INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.
Jun 7, 2018 $35 DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM Food and Beverage INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.
Jul 26, 2018 $35 EVERPOINT STRATAFIX EVICEL Food and Beverage ETHICON US, LLC
Jan 23, 2018 $32 DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM Food and Beverage INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.
Sep 18, 2018 $32 DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM Food and Beverage INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.
Dec 4, 2018 $31 DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM Food and Beverage INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.
Oct 2, 2018 $31 DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM Food and Beverage INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.
Jun 12, 2018 $25 DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM Food and Beverage INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.
Feb 5, 2018 $23 SUPERDIMENSION Food and Beverage COVIDIEN LP
Feb 20, 2018 $22 DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM Food and Beverage INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.
Jun 7, 2018 $22 DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM Food and Beverage INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.
Jul 9, 2018 $20 SUPERDIMENSION Food and Beverage COVIDIEN LP
Jul 26, 2018 $19 DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM Food and Beverage INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.
Oct 16, 2018 $19 DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM Travel and Lodging INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.
Jun 12, 2018 $19 DEXIDE Food and Beverage COVIDIEN LP
Jun 13, 2018 $17 ECHELON FLEX STAPLER Food and Beverage ETHICON US, LLC
Mar 13, 2018 $17 BARRX Food and Beverage COVIDIEN LP
Aug 23, 2018 $16 AVALUS Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Mar 14, 2018 $16 DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM Food and Beverage INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.
Jun 12, 2018 $16 DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM Food and Beverage INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.
Feb 7, 2018 $15 ECHELON FLEX STAPLER Food and Beverage ETHICON US, LLC
Mar 14, 2018 $14 DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM Food and Beverage INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.
May 9, 2018 $13 No Listed Product Food and Beverage COVIDIEN LP
Jun 10, 2018 $12 No Listed Product Food and Beverage KLS-MARTIN L.P.
Sep 4, 2018 $11 No Listed Product Food and Beverage KLS-MARTIN L.P.
Apr 16, 2018 $11 BRILINTA Food and Beverage ASTRAZENECA PHARMACEUTICALS LP
Aug 16, 2018 $8 ECHELON ENDOPATH STAPLER Food and Beverage ETHICON US, LLC
Dec 20, 2018 $8 STRATAFIX Food and Beverage ETHICON US, LLC
Dec 14, 2018 $4 DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM Food and Beverage INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.
Mar 13, 2018 $2 BARRX Food and Beverage COVIDIEN LP
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This site includes data published by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services on June 28, 2019.