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KUO F HUANG
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KUO F HUANG

Listed Specialty: Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery)
2115 S FREMONT AVE, SUITE 5000, SPRINGFIELD, MO, 65804-2239
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DR. KUO HUANG,
Yearly Payment Breakdown:

2018 Payments At a Glance

24

payments

$1,164

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
Food and Beverage
 24 $1,164

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†
TRIFECTA GT TISSUE HEART VALVE

device

 $191
IMPELLA

device

 $171
SOLO SMART

device

 $158
BAROSTIM NEO SYSTEM

device

 $111
PERCEVAL

device

 $103
COREVALVE EVOLUT

device

 $87
VNS THERAPY

device

 $65
INSPIRIS RESILIA AORTIC VALVE

device

 $57
AORTIC TISSUE VALVE - SOLO SMART

device

 $54
AORTIC TISSUE VALVE - PERCEVAL

device

 $50
Payments with no listed product

N/A

 $46
EDWARDS INTUITY ELITE VALVE SYSTEM

device

 $31
PACEMAKERS

device

 $22
EPIC STENTED TISSUE VALVE

device

 $17
† 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
Feb 19, 2018 $111 BAROSTIM NEO SYSTEM Food and Beverage CVRX, INC.
Jan 22, 2018 $96 IMPELLA Food and Beverage ABIOMED
Aug 27, 2018 $90 SOLO SMART Food and Beverage LIVANOVA USA, INC.
Oct 29, 2018 $87 TRIFECTA GT TISSUE HEART VALVE Food and Beverage ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Feb 27, 2018 $75 IMPELLA Food and Beverage ABIOMED
Sep 24, 2018 $74 PERCEVAL Food and Beverage LIVANOVA USA, INC.
Aug 8, 2018 $71 COREVALVE EVOLUT Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Nov 2, 2018 $68 SOLO SMART Food and Beverage LIVANOVA USA, INC.
Jan 6, 2018 $65 VNS THERAPY Food and Beverage LIVANOVA USA, INC.
Aug 2, 2018 $59 TRIFECTA GT TISSUE HEART VALVE Food and Beverage ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Mar 8, 2018 $54 AORTIC TISSUE VALVE - SOLO SMART Food and Beverage LIVANOVA USA, INC.
Aug 24, 2018 $50 AORTIC TISSUE VALVE - PERCEVAL Food and Beverage LIVANOVA USA, INC.
Oct 9, 2018 $46 No Listed Product Food and Beverage SAPHENA MEDICAL, INC.
Apr 12, 2018 $40 INSPIRIS RESILIA AORTIC VALVE Food and Beverage EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORPORATION
Dec 14, 2018 $29 PERCEVAL Food and Beverage LIVANOVA USA, INC.
Jan 4, 2018 $22 PACEMAKERS Food and Beverage ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Feb 16, 2018 $19 EDWARDS INTUITY ELITE VALVE SYSTEM Food and Beverage EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORPORATION
Dec 13, 2018 $17 EPIC STENTED TISSUE VALVE Food and Beverage ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Aug 29, 2018 $17 INSPIRIS RESILIA AORTIC VALVE Food and Beverage EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORPORATION
Jan 3, 2018 $16 COREVALVE EVOLUT Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Jul 2, 2018 $16 TRIFECTA GT TISSUE HEART VALVE Food and Beverage ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Jul 25, 2018 $15 TRIFECTA GT TISSUE HEART VALVE Food and Beverage ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Jun 7, 2018 $15 TRIFECTA GT TISSUE HEART VALVE Food and Beverage ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Feb 23, 2018 $12 EDWARDS INTUITY ELITE VALVE SYSTEM Food and Beverage EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORPORATION
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This site includes data published by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services on June 28, 2019.