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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.

WALTER D BOYD
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WALTER D BOYD

Listed Specialty: Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery)
2221 STOCKTON BOULEVARD, SUITE 2112, 2ND FLOOR, SACRAMENTO, CA, 95817
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DR. WALTER BOYD,
Yearly Payment Breakdown:

2018 Payments At a Glance

23

payments

$3,115

payment total

5

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
 8 $2,220
Food and Beverage
 15 $896

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†
AMPLATZER OCCLUDERS

device

 $2,110
AORTIC TISSUE VALVE - PERCEVAL

device

 $508
BIOPROSTHETIC MITRAL VALVE

device

 $294
HEARTMATE 3 LEFT VENTRICULAR DEV

device

 $40
PERCEVAL S

device

 $34
EDWARDS SAPIEN 3 TRANSCATHETER HEART VALVE

device

 $32
TRIFECTA TISSUE HEART VALVE

device

 $28
HUMIRA

drug

 $24
EDWARDS INTUITY ELITE VALVE SYSTEM

device

 $24
ECM

device

 $22
† 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 $819 AMPLATZER OCCLUDERS Travel and Lodging ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Sep 14, 2018 $776 AMPLATZER OCCLUDERS Travel and Lodging ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Oct 22, 2018 $203 AMPLATZER OCCLUDERS Travel and Lodging ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Sep 14, 2018 $198 AORTIC TISSUE VALVE - PERCEVAL Travel and Lodging LIVANOVA USA, INC.
Sep 7, 2018 $184 AORTIC TISSUE VALVE - PERCEVAL Food and Beverage LIVANOVA USA, INC.
Oct 22, 2018 $150 AMPLATZER OCCLUDERS Food and Beverage ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Oct 9, 2018 $130 BIOPROSTHETIC MITRAL VALVE Food and Beverage ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Dec 15, 2018 $118 BIOPROSTHETIC MITRAL VALVE Food and Beverage ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Sep 5, 2018 $97 AORTIC TISSUE VALVE - PERCEVAL Travel and Lodging LIVANOVA USA, INC.
Oct 22, 2018 $62 AMPLATZER OCCLUDERS Travel and Lodging ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Oct 22, 2018 $57 AMPLATZER OCCLUDERS Travel and Lodging ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Dec 15, 2018 $46 BIOPROSTHETIC MITRAL VALVE Food and Beverage ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Oct 8, 2018 $40 HEARTMATE 3 LEFT VENTRICULAR DEV Food and Beverage ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Oct 22, 2018 $35 AMPLATZER OCCLUDERS Food and Beverage ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Sep 7, 2018 $34 PERCEVAL S Food and Beverage LIVANOVA USA, INC.
Jul 26, 2018 $32 EDWARDS SAPIEN 3 TRANSCATHETER HEART VALVE Food and Beverage EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORPORATION
Nov 26, 2018 $28 TRIFECTA TISSUE HEART VALVE Food and Beverage ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Sep 6, 2018 $24 HUMIRA Food and Beverage ABBVIE, INC.
Jan 20, 2018 $24 EDWARDS INTUITY ELITE VALVE SYSTEM Food and Beverage EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORPORATION
Aug 22, 2018 $22 ECM Food and Beverage AZIYO BIOLOGICS, INC.
Sep 4, 2018 $19 AORTIC TISSUE VALVE - PERCEVAL Food and Beverage LIVANOVA USA, INC.
Sep 6, 2018 $10 AORTIC TISSUE VALVE - PERCEVAL Food and Beverage LIVANOVA USA, INC.
Oct 22, 2018 $8 AMPLATZER OCCLUDERS Travel and Lodging ABBOTT LABORATORIES
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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.