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HECTOR L SARMIENTO
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HECTOR L SARMIENTO

Listed Specialty: Dentist, Periodontics
225 E 64TH ST, SUITE 1, NEW YORK, NY, 10065-6690
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DR. HECTOR SARMIENTO,
Yearly Payment Breakdown:

2018 Payments At a Glance

26

payments

$21,317

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
Promotional Speaking/Other
 2 $10,000
Nonaccredited Training
 2 $8,750
Travel and Lodging
 5 $1,299
Food and Beverage
 17 $1,268

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†
Payments with no listed product

N/A

 $10,136
BIO MATERIALS

device

 $5,148
GPAG NO 510K

device

 $4,836
NOBELACTIVE

device

 $678
MUCOGRAFT

device

 $256
ASTRA TECH IMPLANT SYSTEM

device

 $250
NOBELPARALLEL

device

 $100
NOBELREPLACE

device

 $100
BRANEMARK

device

 $100
NOBELSPEEDY

device

 $100
BIO-OSS

device

 $14
† 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
Jan 9, 2018 $5,000 No Listed Product Promotional Speaking/Other J. MORITA USA, INC.
Jun 8, 2018 $5,000 No Listed Product Promotional Speaking/Other J. MORITA USA, INC.
May 8, 2018 $4,750 BIO MATERIALS Nonaccredited Training GEISTLICH PHARMA, NORTH AMERICA, INC.
Oct 27, 2018 $4,000 GPAG NO 510K Nonaccredited Training GEISTLICH PHARMA, NORTH AMERICA, INC.
Nov 22, 2018 $578 NOBELACTIVE Travel and Lodging NOBEL BIOCARE USA
Feb 11, 2018 $432 GPAG NO 510K Travel and Lodging GEISTLICH PHARMA, NORTH AMERICA, INC.
Oct 27, 2018 $206 GPAG NO 510K Food and Beverage GEISTLICH PHARMA, NORTH AMERICA, INC.
Feb 11, 2018 $199 GPAG NO 510K Travel and Lodging GEISTLICH PHARMA, NORTH AMERICA, INC.
Aug 20, 2018 $176 ASTRA TECH IMPLANT SYSTEM Food and Beverage DENTSPLY IH INC.
Feb 11, 2018 $146 MUCOGRAFT Food and Beverage GEISTLICH PHARMA, NORTH AMERICA, INC.
Jul 2, 2018 $144 BIO MATERIALS Food and Beverage GEISTLICH PHARMA, NORTH AMERICA, INC.
Jul 12, 2018 $110 MUCOGRAFT Food and Beverage GEISTLICH PHARMA, NORTH AMERICA, INC.
Nov 8, 2018 $100 NOBELACTIVE NOBELPARALLEL BRANEMARK NOBELSPEEDY NOBELREPLACE Food and Beverage NOBEL BIOCARE USA
Aug 14, 2018 $73 ASTRA TECH IMPLANT SYSTEM Food and Beverage DENTSPLY IH INC.
Jun 8, 2018 $58 No Listed Product Travel and Lodging J. MORITA USA, INC.
Oct 23, 2018 $48 BIO MATERIALS Food and Beverage GEISTLICH PHARMA, NORTH AMERICA, INC.
Nov 23, 2018 $46 BIO MATERIALS Food and Beverage GEISTLICH PHARMA, NORTH AMERICA, INC.
Nov 30, 2018 $45 No Listed Product Food and Beverage SOUTHERN IMPLANTS NORTH AMERICA INC
Oct 26, 2018 $38 BIO MATERIALS Food and Beverage GEISTLICH PHARMA, NORTH AMERICA, INC.
Oct 12, 2018 $36 BIO MATERIALS Food and Beverage GEISTLICH PHARMA, NORTH AMERICA, INC.
Jan 9, 2018 $33 No Listed Product Travel and Lodging J. MORITA USA, INC.
Jun 15, 2018 $28 BIO MATERIALS Food and Beverage GEISTLICH PHARMA, NORTH AMERICA, INC.
Dec 7, 2018 $23 BIO MATERIALS Food and Beverage GEISTLICH PHARMA, NORTH AMERICA, INC.
Sep 14, 2018 $22 BIO MATERIALS Food and Beverage GEISTLICH PHARMA, NORTH AMERICA, INC.
Jul 12, 2018 $14 BIO-OSS Food and Beverage GEISTLICH PHARMA, NORTH AMERICA, INC.
Apr 3, 2018 $13 BIO MATERIALS Food and Beverage GEISTLICH PHARMA, NORTH AMERICA, INC.
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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.