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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 K ALTMAN
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ROBERT K ALTMAN

Listed Specialty: Cardiovascular Disease
1111 AMSTERDAM AVE, CLARK 8, ST. LUKE'S HOSPITAL ARRHYTHMIA INSTITUTE, NEW YORK, NY, 10025
* Note: This physician had a New Jersey practice address when the most recent payments were reported.
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DR. ROBERT ALTMAN,
Yearly Payment Breakdown:

2018 Payments At a Glance

12

payments

$728

payment total

3

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
 12 $728

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†
XEOMIN

drug

 $277
CARTO SMARTTOUCH

device

 $210
ASCLERA

drug

 $127
CARTO 3 SYSTEM

device

 $124
CARTOMERGE

device

 $116
CONFIDENSE

device

 $116
CARTO CFAE

device

 $94
PENTARAY

device

 $73
REVEAL LINQ

device

 $26
AZURE

device

 $25
ADVISA

device

 $13
DECANAV

device

 $3
† 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
Oct 12, 2018 $150 XEOMIN Food and Beverage MERZ NORTH AMERICA, INC.
Dec 6, 2018 $127 XEOMIN ASCLERA Food and Beverage MERZ NORTH AMERICA, INC.
Mar 3, 2018 $116 CARTO 3 SYSTEM CARTO SMARTTOUCH CARTOMERGE CONFIDENSE Food and Beverage BIOSENSE WEBSTER, INC.
Sep 27, 2018 $94 CARTO SMARTTOUCH Food and Beverage BIOSENSE WEBSTER, INC.
Sep 27, 2018 $94 CARTO CFAE Food and Beverage BIOSENSE WEBSTER, INC.
Nov 6, 2018 $57 PENTARAY Food and Beverage BIOSENSE WEBSTER, INC.
Feb 2, 2018 $26 REVEAL LINQ Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Feb 26, 2018 $25 AZURE Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Sep 13, 2018 $16 PENTARAY Food and Beverage BIOSENSE WEBSTER, INC.
Jan 16, 2018 $13 ADVISA Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Apr 12, 2018 $8 CARTO 3 SYSTEM Food and Beverage BIOSENSE WEBSTER, INC.
Jan 2, 2018 $3 DECANAV Food and Beverage BIOSENSE WEBSTER, INC.
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This site includes data published by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services on June 28, 2019.