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CAROL S LAI
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CAROL S LAI

Listed Specialty: Internal Medicine
330 BROOKLINE AVE, BOSTON, MA, 02215-5400
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DR. CAROL LAI,
Yearly Payment Breakdown:

2018 Payments At a Glance

52

payments

$2,888

payment total

6

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
Travel and Lodging
 11 $2,030
Food and Beverage
 39 $836
Grant
 1 $15
Education
 1 $7

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

 $1,073
HEARTMATE

device

 $922
QUADRA ASSURA CRT DEFIBRILLATOR

device

 $312
CRM-RESEARCH ONLY

device

 $179
ELIQUIS

drug

 $156
CHANTIX

drug

 $118
ALLURE QUADRA RF CRT PACEMAKER

device

 $71
ASSURITY PACEMAKER

device

 $71
WATCHMAN

device

 $39
BRILINTA

drug

 $28
REVEAL LINQ

device

 $20
CARDIOMEMS HF SYSTEM

device

 $16
† 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
Aug 23, 2018 $382 No Listed Product Travel and Lodging MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Nov 2, 2018 $332 HEARTMATE Travel and Lodging ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Nov 3, 2018 $332 HEARTMATE Travel and Lodging ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Aug 23, 2018 $275 No Listed Product Travel and Lodging MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Nov 28, 2018 $179 HEARTMATE Travel and Lodging ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Nov 30, 2018 $179 CRM-RESEARCH ONLY Travel and Lodging ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Aug 23, 2018 $161 No Listed Product Travel and Lodging MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Nov 2, 2018 $152 QUADRA ASSURA CRT DEFIBRILLATOR Food and Beverage ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Nov 4, 2018 $140 QUADRA ASSURA CRT DEFIBRILLATOR Food and Beverage ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Aug 23, 2018 $109 No Listed Product Travel and Lodging MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Jun 26, 2018 $71 ALLURE QUADRA RF CRT PACEMAKER Food and Beverage ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Nov 6, 2018 $64 ASSURITY PACEMAKER Food and Beverage ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Nov 2, 2018 $49 HEARTMATE Travel and Lodging ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Aug 25, 2018 $46 No Listed Product Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Aug 24, 2018 $40 No Listed Product Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Feb 27, 2018 $24 WATCHMAN Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Aug 24, 2018 $22 No Listed Product Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Nov 3, 2018 $22 HEARTMATE Travel and Lodging ABBOTT LABORATORIES
May 17, 2018 $20 REVEAL LINQ Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Apr 9, 2018 $16 CARDIOMEMS HF SYSTEM Food and Beverage ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Jun 2, 2018 $15 WATCHMAN Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Aug 25, 2018 $15 No Listed Product Grant MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Aug 6, 2018 $14 CHANTIX ELIQUIS Food and Beverage PFIZER INC.
Apr 17, 2018 $14 BRILINTA Food and Beverage ASTRAZENECA PHARMACEUTICALS LP
Jan 23, 2018 $14 BRILINTA Food and Beverage ASTRAZENECA PHARMACEUTICALS LP
Aug 24, 2018 $14 No Listed Product Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Mar 5, 2018 $13 CHANTIX ELIQUIS Food and Beverage PFIZER INC.
Nov 4, 2018 $13 QUADRA ASSURA CRT DEFIBRILLATOR Food and Beverage ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Oct 16, 2018 $13 ELIQUIS Food and Beverage E.R. SQUIBB & SONS, L.L.C.
Dec 12, 2018 $13 ELIQUIS Food and Beverage E.R. SQUIBB & SONS, L.L.C.
Apr 2, 2018 $13 CHANTIX ELIQUIS Food and Beverage PFIZER INC.
Apr 30, 2018 $12 CHANTIX ELIQUIS Food and Beverage PFIZER INC.
Nov 28, 2018 $12 ELIQUIS Food and Beverage E.R. SQUIBB & SONS, L.L.C.
Dec 3, 2018 $12 CHANTIX ELIQUIS Food and Beverage PFIZER INC.
Sep 10, 2018 $12 CHANTIX ELIQUIS Food and Beverage PFIZER INC.
Jul 2, 2018 $12 CHANTIX ELIQUIS Food and Beverage PFIZER INC.
Nov 5, 2018 $12 CHANTIX ELIQUIS Food and Beverage PFIZER INC.
Nov 2, 2018 $8 HEARTMATE Travel and Lodging ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Nov 3, 2018 $7 ASSURITY PACEMAKER Food and Beverage ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Aug 23, 2018 $7 No Listed Product Education MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Mar 9, 2018 $7 CHANTIX ELIQUIS Food and Beverage PFIZER INC.
Mar 8, 2018 $3 CHANTIX ELIQUIS Food and Beverage PFIZER INC.
Nov 3, 2018 $3 QUADRA ASSURA CRT DEFIBRILLATOR Food and Beverage ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Oct 26, 2018 $2 QUADRA ASSURA CRT DEFIBRILLATOR Food and Beverage ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Mar 5, 2018 $2 CHANTIX ELIQUIS Food and Beverage PFIZER INC.
Oct 26, 2018 $1 QUADRA ASSURA CRT DEFIBRILLATOR Food and Beverage ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Apr 2, 2018 $1 CHANTIX ELIQUIS Food and Beverage PFIZER INC.
Apr 30, 2018 $1 CHANTIX ELIQUIS Food and Beverage PFIZER INC.
Nov 5, 2018 $1 CHANTIX ELIQUIS Food and Beverage PFIZER INC.
Jul 2, 2018 $1 CHANTIX ELIQUIS Food and Beverage PFIZER INC.
Dec 3, 2018 $1 CHANTIX ELIQUIS Food and Beverage PFIZER INC.
Sep 10, 2018 $1 CHANTIX ELIQUIS Food and Beverage PFIZER INC.
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This site includes data published by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services on June 28, 2019.