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MORTON J KERN
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MORTON J KERN

Listed Specialty: Cardiovascular Disease
UNIV CALIF IRVINE CARDIOLOGY BLDG 53, RT 81, RM 100, 101 THE CITY DRIVE, ORANGE, CA, 92868-4080
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MORTON KERN,
Yearly Payment Breakdown:

2018 Payments At a Glance

66

payments

$75,615

payment total

12

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
 21 $56,850
Honoraria
 3 $7,500
Promotional Speaking/Other
 2 $7,000
Travel and Lodging
 7 $3,207
Food and Beverage
 32 $959
Grant
 1 $100

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

 $27,294
OPTOMONITOR

device

 $27,294
IFR

device

 $15,000
LIFEVEST

device

 $7,899
IVUS SYSTEMS

device

 $6,000
Payments with no listed product

N/A

 $5,975
ASAHI FIELDER CORONARY GUIDE WIRE

device

 $4,070
NC TREK CORONARY CATHETERS

device

 $4,070
XIENCE V CORONARY STENT SYSTEM

device

 $4,070
HI-TORQUE CORONARY GUIDE WIRE

device

 $4,070
GENERAL VASCULAR ACCESS

device

 $3,000
DEVICES

drug

 $2,500
COMET

device

 $1,875
FFR LINK

device

 $1,125
POLARIS

device

 $375
MITRA CLIP SYSTEM

device

 $110
GENERAL THERAPIES

device

 $100
JARDIANCE

drug

 $68
DEFINITY

drug

 $64
PRADAXA

drug

 $51
ZIO PATCH

device

 $46
PRAXBIND

drug

 $35
IMPELLA

device

 $33
PERCLOSE PROGLIDE SUTURE MEDIATED CLOSURE SYSTEM

device

 $23
ELIQUIS

drug

 $22
CONNECTIVITY AND REMOTE CARE

device

 $20
SPIRIVA RESPIMAT

drug

 $17
STIOLTO RESPIMAT

drug

 $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
Sep 23, 2018 $12,000 OPTOWIRE OPTOMONITOR Consulting OPSENS INC.
Jul 11, 2018 $6,000 IVUS SYSTEMS Consulting PHILIPS ELECTRONICS NORTH AMERICA CORPORATION
Jan 26, 2018 $5,000 IFR Consulting PHILIPS ELECTRONICS NORTH AMERICA CORPORATION
Jan 9, 2018 $5,000 IFR Consulting PHILIPS ELECTRONICS NORTH AMERICA CORPORATION
Jan 26, 2018 $5,000 IFR Consulting PHILIPS ELECTRONICS NORTH AMERICA CORPORATION
Nov 30, 2018 $4,000 ASAHI FIELDER CORONARY GUIDE WIRE HI-TORQUE CORONARY GUIDE WIRE NC TREK CORONARY CATHETERS XIENCE V CORONARY STENT SYSTEM Promotional Speaking/Other ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Oct 4, 2018 $3,000 GENERAL VASCULAR ACCESS Promotional Speaking/Other BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Nov 28, 2018 $2,500 LIFEVEST Honoraria ZOLL SERVICES LLC (A/K/A ZOLL LIFECOR CORP)
Sep 12, 2018 $2,500 LIFEVEST Honoraria ZOLL SERVICES LLC (A/K/A ZOLL LIFECOR CORP)
Aug 22, 2018 $2,500 LIFEVEST Honoraria ZOLL SERVICES LLC (A/K/A ZOLL LIFECOR CORP)
Apr 12, 2018 $2,200 No Listed Product Consulting HEARTFLOW, INC.
Apr 10, 2018 $2,000 OPTOWIRE OPTOMONITOR Consulting OPSENS INC.
Mar 22, 2018 $2,000 OPTOWIRE OPTOMONITOR Consulting OPSENS INC.
Mar 11, 2018 $2,000 OPTOWIRE OPTOMONITOR Consulting OPSENS INC.
Apr 25, 2018 $2,000 OPTOWIRE OPTOMONITOR Consulting OPSENS INC.
Apr 26, 2018 $2,000 OPTOWIRE OPTOMONITOR Consulting OPSENS INC.
Mar 4, 2018 $2,000 OPTOWIRE OPTOMONITOR Consulting OPSENS INC.
Nov 29, 2018 $1,500 DEVICES Consulting ACIST MEDICAL SYSTEMS, INC.
Oct 17, 2018 $1,500 COMET Consulting BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
May 3, 2018 $1,500 No Listed Product Consulting HEARTFLOW, INC.
May 17, 2018 $1,138 No Listed Product Consulting HEARTFLOW, INC.
May 1, 2018 $1,138 No Listed Product Consulting HEARTFLOW, INC.
Oct 4, 2018 $1,125 FFR LINK Consulting BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Mar 11, 2018 $1,027 OPTOWIRE OPTOMONITOR Travel and Lodging OPSENS INC.
Apr 19, 2018 $1,000 DEVICES Consulting ACIST MEDICAL SYSTEMS, INC.
Apr 25, 2018 $834 OPTOWIRE OPTOMONITOR Travel and Lodging OPSENS INC.
Apr 26, 2018 $834 OPTOWIRE OPTOMONITOR Travel and Lodging OPSENS INC.
Apr 25, 2018 $375 COMET Consulting BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Mar 14, 2018 $375 POLARIS Consulting BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Sep 12, 2018 $163 LIFEVEST Travel and Lodging ZOLL SERVICES LLC (A/K/A ZOLL LIFECOR CORP)
Mar 4, 2018 $150 OPTOWIRE OPTOMONITOR Travel and Lodging OPSENS INC.
Apr 10, 2018 $125 OPTOWIRE OPTOMONITOR Food and Beverage OPSENS INC.
Nov 28, 2018 $125 LIFEVEST Travel and Lodging ZOLL SERVICES LLC (A/K/A ZOLL LIFECOR CORP)
Mar 3, 2018 $123 OPTOWIRE OPTOMONITOR Food and Beverage OPSENS INC.
Mar 30, 2018 $110 MITRA CLIP SYSTEM Food and Beverage ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Aug 29, 2018 $100 GENERAL THERAPIES Grant BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION LOS ANGELES BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUT
Apr 26, 2018 $96 OPTOWIRE OPTOMONITOR Food and Beverage OPSENS INC.
Mar 22, 2018 $73 OPTOWIRE OPTOMONITOR Travel and Lodging OPSENS INC.
Dec 17, 2018 $70 ASAHI FIELDER CORONARY GUIDE WIRE HI-TORQUE CORONARY GUIDE WIRE NC TREK CORONARY CATHETERS XIENCE V CORONARY STENT SYSTEM Food and Beverage ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Dec 13, 2018 $46 ZIO PATCH Food and Beverage IRHYTHM TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Oct 15, 2018 $33 IMPELLA Food and Beverage ABIOMED
Nov 13, 2018 $29 LIFEVEST Food and Beverage ZOLL SERVICES LLC (A/K/A ZOLL LIFECOR CORP)
Mar 7, 2018 $23 PERCLOSE PROGLIDE SUTURE MEDIATED CLOSURE SYSTEM Food and Beverage ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Nov 8, 2018 $22 DEFINITY Food and Beverage LANTHEUS MEDICAL IMAGING, INC.
Sep 18, 2018 $21 DEFINITY Food and Beverage LANTHEUS MEDICAL IMAGING, INC.
Oct 22, 2018 $21 DEFINITY Food and Beverage LANTHEUS MEDICAL IMAGING, INC.
Jan 24, 2018 $20 LIFEVEST Food and Beverage ZOLL SERVICES LLC (A/K/A ZOLL LIFECOR CORP)
Feb 22, 2018 $20 CONNECTIVITY AND REMOTE CARE Food and Beverage ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Oct 30, 2018 $18 PRADAXA JARDIANCE PRAXBIND Food and Beverage BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
Sep 28, 2018 $17 STIOLTO RESPIMAT SPIRIVA RESPIMAT Food and Beverage BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
Jul 16, 2018 $17 JARDIANCE Food and Beverage BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
May 21, 2018 $17 PRADAXA JARDIANCE PRAXBIND Food and Beverage BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
Dec 4, 2018 $16 PRADAXA JARDIANCE Food and Beverage BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
Mar 22, 2018 $15 OPTOWIRE OPTOMONITOR Food and Beverage OPSENS INC.
Sep 11, 2018 $11 ELIQUIS Food and Beverage E.R. SQUIBB & SONS, L.L.C.
Feb 13, 2018 $11 LIFEVEST Food and Beverage ZOLL SERVICES LLC (A/K/A ZOLL LIFECOR CORP)
Feb 6, 2018 $11 ELIQUIS Food and Beverage E.R. SQUIBB & SONS, L.L.C.
Mar 3, 2018 $11 OPTOWIRE OPTOMONITOR Food and Beverage OPSENS INC.
Jun 19, 2018 $9 LIFEVEST Food and Beverage ZOLL SERVICES LLC (A/K/A ZOLL LIFECOR CORP)
May 22, 2018 $9 LIFEVEST Food and Beverage ZOLL SERVICES LLC (A/K/A ZOLL LIFECOR CORP)
Jan 23, 2018 $8 LIFEVEST Food and Beverage ZOLL SERVICES LLC (A/K/A ZOLL LIFECOR CORP)
Jan 30, 2018 $8 LIFEVEST Food and Beverage ZOLL SERVICES LLC (A/K/A ZOLL LIFECOR CORP)
Mar 3, 2018 $7 OPTOWIRE OPTOMONITOR Food and Beverage OPSENS INC.
Jul 29, 2018 $6 LIFEVEST Food and Beverage ZOLL SERVICES LLC (A/K/A ZOLL LIFECOR CORP)
Apr 26, 2018 $6 LIFEVEST Food and Beverage ZOLL SERVICES LLC (A/K/A ZOLL LIFECOR CORP)
Jun 9, 2018 $4 LIFEVEST Food and Beverage ZOLL SERVICES LLC (A/K/A ZOLL LIFECOR CORP)
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This site includes data published by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services on June 28, 2019.