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BRUCE A LEVINSON
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BRUCE A LEVINSON

Listed Specialty: Optometrist
2901 COURT ST, SYRACUSE, NY, 13208-3217
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MR. BRUCE LEVINSON,
Yearly Payment Breakdown:

2018 Payments At a Glance

10

payments

$1,520

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 $1,000
Food and Beverage
 8 $395
Honoraria
 1 $125

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†
CLARITI CONTACT LENS

device

 $1,000
PROKERA

device

 $156
AMNIOGRAFT

device

 $156
AMNIOGUARD

device

 $156
RETINAVUE NETWORK

device

 $125
XR

device

 $110
COMBIGAN

drug

 $83
LUMIGAN

drug

 $83
DAILIES

device

 $23
XIIDRA

drug

 $23
† 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 18, 2018 $1,000 CLARITI CONTACT LENS Promotional Speaking/Other COOPERVISION INC.
Mar 13, 2018 $125 RETINAVUE NETWORK Honoraria WELCH ALLYN
Apr 18, 2018 $110 XR Food and Beverage OPTOVUE, INC.
Sep 21, 2018 $83 LUMIGAN COMBIGAN Food and Beverage ALLERGAN INC.
Sep 12, 2018 $60 PROKERA AMNIOGRAFT AMNIOGUARD Food and Beverage TISSUETECH, INC.
Apr 6, 2018 $54 PROKERA AMNIOGRAFT AMNIOGUARD Food and Beverage TISSUETECH, INC.
Jan 23, 2018 $23 DAILIES Food and Beverage ALCON LABORATORIES INC
Oct 9, 2018 $23 XIIDRA Food and Beverage SHIRE NORTH AMERICAN GROUP INC
Mar 14, 2018 $21 PROKERA AMNIOGRAFT AMNIOGUARD Food and Beverage TISSUETECH, INC.
Mar 1, 2018 $21 PROKERA AMNIOGRAFT AMNIOGUARD Food and Beverage TISSUETECH, INC.
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This site includes data published by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services on June 28, 2019.