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MICHAEL C FOSTER
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MICHAEL C FOSTER

Listed Specialty: Interventional Cardiology
2001 LAUREL ST, COLUMBIA, SC, 29204-1018
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MICHAEL FOSTER,
Yearly Payment Breakdown:

2018 Payments At a Glance

36

payments

$1,332

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
Food and Beverage
 35 $1,275
Education
 1 $57

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†
IMPELLA

device

 $351
HEARTMATE

device

 $166
BRILINTA

drug

 $147
CORONARY ORBITAL ATHERECTOMY SYSTEM

device

 $122
VERRATA

device

 $104
GENERAL STENTS

device

 $94
IGT_D PERIPHERAL

device

 $89
ENTRESTO

drug

 $76
MYNXGRIP VASCULAR CLOSURE DEVICE

device

 $28
PERIPHERAL ORBITAL ATHERECTOMY SYSTEM

device

 $27
ELIQUIS

drug

 $26
CROSSBOSS

device

 $25
KENGREAL

drug

 $24
XARELTO

drug

 $24
EDWARDS SAPIEN 3 TRANSCATHETER HEART VALVE

device

 $18
GUIDEZILLA

device

 $14
TRYTON SIDE BRANCH STENT

device

 $14
ASSURITY PACEMAKER

device

 $9
† 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
Mar 23, 2018 $166 HEARTMATE Food and Beverage ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Sep 29, 2018 $149 IMPELLA Food and Beverage ABIOMED
Jun 27, 2018 $121 IMPELLA Food and Beverage ABIOMED
Jun 7, 2018 $104 VERRATA Food and Beverage PHILIPS ELECTRONICS NORTH AMERICA CORPORATION
Aug 13, 2018 $95 CORONARY ORBITAL ATHERECTOMY SYSTEM Food and Beverage CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEMS INC.
Oct 25, 2018 $94 GENERAL STENTS Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Sep 18, 2018 $89 IGT_D PERIPHERAL Food and Beverage PHILIPS ELECTRONICS NORTH AMERICA CORPORATION
Sep 21, 2018 $57 BRILINTA Education ASTRAZENECA PHARMACEUTICALS LP
Mar 9, 2018 $54 BRILINTA Food and Beverage ASTRAZENECA PHARMACEUTICALS LP
Mar 22, 2018 $31 IMPELLA Food and Beverage ABIOMED
Mar 7, 2018 $27 IMPELLA Food and Beverage ABIOMED
Nov 1, 2018 $24 KENGREAL Food and Beverage CHIESI USA, INC.
May 10, 2018 $22 IMPELLA Food and Beverage ABIOMED
Apr 20, 2018 $18 ENTRESTO Food and Beverage NOVARTIS PHARMACEUTICALS CORPORATION
May 29, 2018 $18 EDWARDS SAPIEN 3 TRANSCATHETER HEART VALVE Food and Beverage EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORPORATION
Jan 19, 2018 $16 MYNXGRIP VASCULAR CLOSURE DEVICE Food and Beverage CARDINAL HEALTH 200, LLC
Jun 21, 2018 $16 ENTRESTO Food and Beverage NOVARTIS PHARMACEUTICALS CORPORATION
Jun 8, 2018 $16 ENTRESTO Food and Beverage NOVARTIS PHARMACEUTICALS CORPORATION
Oct 27, 2018 $15 CROSSBOSS Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Aug 17, 2018 $15 ELIQUIS Food and Beverage E.R. SQUIBB & SONS, L.L.C.
May 15, 2018 $14 GUIDEZILLA Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Apr 13, 2018 $14 TRYTON SIDE BRANCH STENT Food and Beverage CARDINAL HEALTH 200, LLC
May 31, 2018 $14 ENTRESTO Food and Beverage NOVARTIS PHARMACEUTICALS CORPORATION
Sep 10, 2018 $13 BRILINTA Food and Beverage ASTRAZENECA PHARMACEUTICALS LP
Sep 18, 2018 $13 PERIPHERAL ORBITAL ATHERECTOMY SYSTEM CORONARY ORBITAL ATHERECTOMY SYSTEM Food and Beverage CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEMS INC.
Nov 28, 2018 $13 ENTRESTO Food and Beverage NOVARTIS PHARMACEUTICALS CORPORATION
Jul 25, 2018 $13 XARELTO Food and Beverage JANSSEN PHARMACEUTICALS, INC
Mar 23, 2018 $12 BRILINTA Food and Beverage ASTRAZENECA PHARMACEUTICALS LP
Dec 13, 2018 $12 MYNXGRIP VASCULAR CLOSURE DEVICE Food and Beverage CARDINAL HEALTH 200, LLC
Apr 27, 2018 $12 BRILINTA Food and Beverage ASTRAZENECA PHARMACEUTICALS LP
Jun 7, 2018 $11 ELIQUIS Food and Beverage E.R. SQUIBB & SONS, L.L.C.
Nov 6, 2018 $11 XARELTO Food and Beverage JANSSEN PHARMACEUTICALS, INC
Feb 2, 2018 $11 CROSSBOSS Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Dec 7, 2018 $10 PERIPHERAL ORBITAL ATHERECTOMY SYSTEM CORONARY ORBITAL ATHERECTOMY SYSTEM Food and Beverage CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEMS INC.
May 21, 2018 $9 ASSURITY PACEMAKER Food and Beverage ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Jul 20, 2018 $5 PERIPHERAL ORBITAL ATHERECTOMY SYSTEM CORONARY ORBITAL ATHERECTOMY SYSTEM Food and Beverage CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEMS INC.
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This site includes data published by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services on June 28, 2019.