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MICHAEL C SWITZER
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MICHAEL C SWITZER

Listed Specialty: Diagnostic Radiology
MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL, 55 FRUIT ST., BOSTON, MA, 02114
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MICHAEL SWITZER,
Yearly Payment Breakdown:

2018 Payments At a Glance

38

payments

$2,673

payment total

11

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
 31 $1,473
Travel and Lodging
 5 $1,084
Education
 2 $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†
GLIDEWIRE

device

 $1,483
NAVICROSS

device

 $1,461
GLIDESHEATH

device

 $1,378
TR BAND

device

 $1,342
ASSURITY PACEMAKER

device

 $358
ANGIOSEAL

device

 $147
METACROSS

device

 $147
LUTONIX

device

 $140
KYPHON BALLOON KYPHOPLASTY

device

 $97
AZUR

device

 $96
HEARTRAIL

device

 $90
OPTITORQUE

device

 $90
VIATORR TIPS ENDOPROSTHESIS

device

 $78
QUADRA ASSURA CRT DEFIBRILLATOR

device

 $51
FLUENCY

device

 $42
FLEXITOUCH

device

 $34
ACTITOUCH

device

 $34
ENTRE

device

 $34
LIFEVEST

device

 $30
MERLIN CONNECTIVITY AND REMOTE

device

 $30
SILVERHAWK

device

 $27
EVLT

device

 $27
IN.PACT ADMIRAL

device

 $25
SUPERA PERIPHERAL STENT SYSTEM

device

 $25
ALLURE CRT PACEMAKER

device

 $23
CARDIOMEMS HF SYSTEM

device

 $21
CHANTIX

drug

 $18
ELIQUIS

drug

 $18
PERIPHERAL ORBITAL ATHERECTOMY SYSTEM

device

 $17
OSTEOCOOL RF ABLATION

device

 $10
† 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
Sep 6, 2018 $529 NAVICROSS TR BAND GLIDESHEATH GLIDEWIRE Travel and Lodging TERUMO MEDICAL CORPORATION
Sep 6, 2018 $308 NAVICROSS TR BAND GLIDESHEATH GLIDEWIRE Travel and Lodging TERUMO MEDICAL CORPORATION
Oct 16, 2018 $154 ASSURITY PACEMAKER Food and Beverage ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Sep 17, 2018 $152 NAVICROSS TR BAND GLIDESHEATH GLIDEWIRE Travel and Lodging TERUMO MEDICAL CORPORATION
Apr 13, 2018 $147 METACROSS GLIDEWIRE ANGIOSEAL NAVICROSS Food and Beverage TERUMO MEDICAL CORPORATION
Nov 16, 2018 $140 LUTONIX Food and Beverage BARD PERIPHERAL VASCULAR, INC.
Sep 16, 2018 $134 NAVICROSS TR BAND GLIDESHEATH GLIDEWIRE Food and Beverage TERUMO MEDICAL CORPORATION
Nov 9, 2018 $121 ASSURITY PACEMAKER Food and Beverage ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Oct 4, 2018 $97 KYPHON BALLOON KYPHOPLASTY Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC USA, INC.
Sep 16, 2018 $90 OPTITORQUE HEARTRAIL TR BAND GLIDESHEATH Education TERUMO MEDICAL CORPORATION
Feb 20, 2018 $84 NAVICROSS AZUR GLIDEWIRE Food and Beverage TERUMO MEDICAL CORPORATION
Oct 4, 2018 $78 VIATORR TIPS ENDOPROSTHESIS Food and Beverage W. L. GORE & ASSOCIATES, INC.
Sep 17, 2018 $60 NAVICROSS TR BAND GLIDESHEATH GLIDEWIRE Travel and Lodging TERUMO MEDICAL CORPORATION
Nov 14, 2018 $42 FLUENCY Food and Beverage BARD PERIPHERAL VASCULAR, INC.
Sep 17, 2018 $36 GLIDESHEATH Food and Beverage TERUMO MEDICAL CORPORATION
Sep 6, 2018 $35 NAVICROSS TR BAND GLIDESHEATH GLIDEWIRE Travel and Lodging TERUMO MEDICAL CORPORATION
Oct 5, 2018 $35 ASSURITY PACEMAKER Food and Beverage ABBOTT LABORATORIES
May 7, 2018 $34 GLIDESHEATH GLIDEWIRE TR BAND Food and Beverage TERUMO MEDICAL CORPORATION
Sep 19, 2018 $34 QUADRA ASSURA CRT DEFIBRILLATOR Food and Beverage ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Dec 18, 2018 $30 MERLIN CONNECTIVITY AND REMOTE Food and Beverage ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Jan 22, 2018 $27 SILVERHAWK Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Jan 17, 2018 $27 EVLT Education ANGIODYNAMICS, INC.
Oct 25, 2018 $26 ASSURITY PACEMAKER Food and Beverage ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Oct 23, 2018 $25 IN.PACT ADMIRAL Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
May 18, 2018 $25 SUPERA PERIPHERAL STENT SYSTEM Food and Beverage ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Sep 12, 2018 $23 ALLURE CRT PACEMAKER Food and Beverage ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Sep 11, 2018 $22 ASSURITY PACEMAKER Food and Beverage ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Aug 6, 2018 $22 FLEXITOUCH ACTITOUCH ENTRE Food and Beverage TACTILE SYSTEMS TECHNOLOGY INC
Sep 20, 2018 $21 CARDIOMEMS HF SYSTEM Food and Beverage ABBOTT LABORATORIES
May 21, 2018 $18 CHANTIX ELIQUIS Food and Beverage PFIZER INC.
Sep 27, 2018 $17 QUADRA ASSURA CRT DEFIBRILLATOR Food and Beverage ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Dec 11, 2018 $16 LIFEVEST Food and Beverage ZOLL SERVICES LLC (A/K/A ZOLL LIFECOR CORP)
Oct 5, 2018 $13 LIFEVEST Food and Beverage ZOLL SERVICES LLC (A/K/A ZOLL LIFECOR CORP)
Nov 8, 2018 $12 FLEXITOUCH ACTITOUCH ENTRE Food and Beverage TACTILE SYSTEMS TECHNOLOGY INC
Jul 24, 2018 $12 AZUR NAVICROSS Food and Beverage TERUMO MEDICAL CORPORATION
Dec 6, 2018 $10 OSTEOCOOL RF ABLATION Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC USA, INC.
Dec 3, 2018 $9 PERIPHERAL ORBITAL ATHERECTOMY SYSTEM Food and Beverage CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEMS INC.
Nov 6, 2018 $8 PERIPHERAL ORBITAL ATHERECTOMY SYSTEM Food and Beverage CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEMS INC.
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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.