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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.

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Listed Specialty: Interventional Cardiology
640 JACKSON ST - MS 11102M, HEALTHPARTNERS REGIONS SPECIALTY CLINICS, ST. PAUL, MN, 55101-2502
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DR. JOHANNES BRECHTKEN,
Yearly Payment Breakdown:

2018 Payments At a Glance

29

payments

$9,328

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
Consulting
 1 $3,000
Travel and Lodging
 4 $2,601
Honoraria
 1 $2,000
Food and Beverage
 23 $1,727

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†
OPTOWIRE

device

 $4,063
OPTOMONITOR

device

 $4,063
GENERAL STRUCTURAL HEART

device

 $3,107
GENERAL THERAPIES

device

 $801
COREVALVE EVOLUT

device

 $345
WATCHMAN

device

 $232
SYNERGY

device

 $181
INDIGO

device

 $153
MITRA CLIP SYSTEM

device

 $126
EDWARDS SAPIEN 3 TRANSCATHETER HEART VALVE

device

 $119
GENERAL VASCULAR ACCESS

device

 $78
Payments with no listed product

N/A

 $56
GENERAL STENTS

device

 $34
HD-IVUS

device

 $30
† 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
Apr 11, 2018 $3,000 GENERAL STRUCTURAL HEART Consulting BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Jul 27, 2018 $2,018 OPTOWIRE OPTOMONITOR Travel and Lodging OPSENS INC.
Jul 27, 2018 $2,000 OPTOWIRE OPTOMONITOR Honoraria OPSENS INC.
Feb 25, 2018 $300 GENERAL THERAPIES Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Feb 25, 2018 $270 GENERAL THERAPIES Travel and Lodging BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Feb 23, 2018 $231 GENERAL THERAPIES Travel and Lodging BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Oct 24, 2018 $153 INDIGO Food and Beverage PENUMBRA, INC.
Jun 21, 2018 $150 COREVALVE EVOLUT Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Dec 19, 2018 $135 COREVALVE EVOLUT Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Nov 22, 2018 $126 MITRA CLIP SYSTEM Food and Beverage ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Aug 14, 2018 $124 SYNERGY Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Jul 26, 2018 $124 WATCHMAN Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Sep 5, 2018 $119 EDWARDS SAPIEN 3 TRANSCATHETER HEART VALVE Food and Beverage EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORPORATION
Jan 8, 2018 $108 WATCHMAN Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Apr 11, 2018 $82 GENERAL STRUCTURAL HEART Travel and Lodging BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Jul 26, 2018 $78 GENERAL VASCULAR ACCESS Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Jul 27, 2018 $56 No Listed Product Food and Beverage EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORPORATION
Jul 26, 2018 $46 OPTOWIRE OPTOMONITOR Food and Beverage OPSENS INC.
Jun 21, 2018 $34 GENERAL STENTS Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Nov 9, 2018 $30 HD-IVUS Food and Beverage ACIST MEDICAL SYSTEMS, INC.
Apr 11, 2018 $25 GENERAL STRUCTURAL HEART Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
May 8, 2018 $24 COREVALVE EVOLUT Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Mar 6, 2018 $22 SYNERGY Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Nov 17, 2018 $21 SYNERGY Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Mar 29, 2018 $17 COREVALVE EVOLUT Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Feb 19, 2018 $12 COREVALVE EVOLUT Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Nov 17, 2018 $8 SYNERGY Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Jul 13, 2018 $8 COREVALVE EVOLUT Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Aug 28, 2018 $6 SYNERGY Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
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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.