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KURT VONFRICKEN
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KURT VONFRICKEN

Listed Specialty: Surgery
100 HIGH ST, C3, BUFFALO, NY, 14203-1126
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KURT VONFRICKEN,
Yearly Payment Breakdown:

2018 Payments At a Glance

40

payments

$859

payment total

14

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
 40 $859

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†
LIFEVEST

device

 $112
EDWARDS INTUITY ELITE VALVE SYSTEM

device

 $105
PICO

device

 $95
BRIDGE

device

 $75
XARELTO

drug

 $69
RESONATE

device

 $49
ACCOLADE

device

 $42
C.A.T.S.

device

 $42
SARNS

device

 $42
Payments with no listed product

N/A

 $41
ACTICOAT RANGE

device

 $31
OPSITE RANGE

device

 $31
ALLEVYN

device

 $30
INSPIRIS RESILIA AORTIC VALVE

device

 $30
CCOMBO PULMONARY ARTERY CATHETERS

device

 $26
ACC2 CARDIAC CRYOSURGICAL SYSTEM

device

 $21
ATRICURE ATRICLIP LAA EXCLUSION

device

 $21
ATRICURE SYNERGY ABLATION SYSTEM

device

 $21
CHANTIX

drug

 $18
ELIQUIS

drug

 $18
BAXDELA

drug

 $18
ORBACTIV

drug

 $18
VABOMERE

drug

 $18
MENOCIN

drug

 $18
EMBLEM SICD ELECTRODE DELIVERY SYSTEM

device

 $17
EPI-SENSE GUIDED COAGULATION SYSTEM WITH VISITRAX, MODELS

device

 $17
GLIDELIGHT

device

 $15
SUB-C

device

 $15
BRILINTA

drug

 $15
CAPIOX

device

 $14
AZURE

device

 $14
BRIDION

drug

 $11
† 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
May 14, 2018 $99 LIFEVEST Food and Beverage ZOLL SERVICES LLC (A/K/A ZOLL LIFECOR CORP)
Jun 27, 2018 $95 PICO Food and Beverage SMITH & NEPHEW, INC.
May 7, 2018 $60 BRIDGE Food and Beverage PHILIPS ELECTRONICS NORTH AMERICA CORPORATION
Aug 26, 2018 $42 SARNS C.A.T.S. Food and Beverage TERUMO CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEMS CORPORATION
Sep 11, 2018 $32 No Listed Product Food and Beverage MEDELA LLC
Dec 13, 2018 $29 EDWARDS INTUITY ELITE VALVE SYSTEM Food and Beverage EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORPORATION
Oct 3, 2018 $26 RESONATE Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Sep 5, 2018 $26 CCOMBO PULMONARY ARTERY CATHETERS Food and Beverage EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORPORATION
Sep 22, 2018 $23 RESONATE Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
May 3, 2018 $21 ACC2 CARDIAC CRYOSURGICAL SYSTEM ATRICURE ATRICLIP LAA EXCLUSION ATRICURE SYNERGY ABLATION SYSTEM Food and Beverage ATRICURE, INC.
Apr 21, 2018 $20 EDWARDS INTUITY ELITE VALVE SYSTEM Food and Beverage EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORPORATION
Jun 8, 2018 $18 ACCOLADE Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Jan 18, 2018 $18 CHANTIX ELIQUIS Food and Beverage PFIZER INC.
Sep 17, 2018 $18 BAXDELA VABOMERE ORBACTIV MENOCIN Food and Beverage MELINTA THERAPEUTICS, INC.
Dec 21, 2018 $17 EMBLEM SICD ELECTRODE DELIVERY SYSTEM Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Jun 28, 2018 $17 EPI-SENSE GUIDED COAGULATION SYSTEM WITH VISITRAX, MODELS Food and Beverage ATRICURE, INC.
Aug 29, 2018 $16 EDWARDS INTUITY ELITE VALVE SYSTEM Food and Beverage EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORPORATION
Jul 15, 2018 $15 INSPIRIS RESILIA AORTIC VALVE Food and Beverage EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORPORATION
Dec 1, 2018 $15 ALLEVYN OPSITE RANGE ACTICOAT RANGE Food and Beverage SMITH & NEPHEW, INC.
Sep 10, 2018 $15 ALLEVYN OPSITE RANGE ACTICOAT RANGE Food and Beverage SMITH & NEPHEW, INC.
Jul 11, 2018 $15 XARELTO Food and Beverage JANSSEN PHARMACEUTICALS, INC
Aug 21, 2018 $15 XARELTO Food and Beverage JANSSEN PHARMACEUTICALS, INC
Oct 12, 2018 $15 SUB-C BRIDGE GLIDELIGHT Food and Beverage PHILIPS ELECTRONICS NORTH AMERICA CORPORATION
Oct 1, 2018 $15 INSPIRIS RESILIA AORTIC VALVE Food and Beverage EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORPORATION
Dec 13, 2018 $15 BRILINTA Food and Beverage ASTRAZENECA PHARMACEUTICALS LP
Dec 5, 2018 $14 CAPIOX Food and Beverage TERUMO CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEMS CORPORATION
Feb 24, 2018 $14 EDWARDS INTUITY ELITE VALVE SYSTEM Food and Beverage EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORPORATION
Jun 13, 2018 $14 XARELTO Food and Beverage JANSSEN PHARMACEUTICALS, INC
Jul 31, 2018 $14 XARELTO Food and Beverage JANSSEN PHARMACEUTICALS, INC
Oct 24, 2018 $14 EDWARDS INTUITY ELITE VALVE SYSTEM Food and Beverage EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORPORATION
May 3, 2018 $14 AZURE Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Dec 8, 2018 $13 ACCOLADE Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
May 14, 2018 $12 LIFEVEST Food and Beverage ZOLL SERVICES LLC (A/K/A ZOLL LIFECOR CORP)
Jan 16, 2018 $12 EDWARDS INTUITY ELITE VALVE SYSTEM Food and Beverage EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORPORATION
May 22, 2018 $12 XARELTO Food and Beverage JANSSEN PHARMACEUTICALS, INC
Dec 18, 2018 $11 ACCOLADE Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Nov 14, 2018 $11 BRIDION Food and Beverage MERCK SHARP & DOHME CORPORATION
Sep 11, 2018 $8 No Listed Product Food and Beverage MEDELA LLC
Dec 6, 2018 $0 OPSITE RANGE ACTICOAT RANGE Food and Beverage SMITH & NEPHEW, INC.
Sep 13, 2018 $0 ALLEVYN OPSITE RANGE ACTICOAT RANGE Food and Beverage SMITH & NEPHEW, 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.