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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: Internal Medicine
1000 W CARSON ST., 400, TORRANCE, CA, 90509
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Yearly Payment Breakdown:

2018 Payments At a Glance

18

payments

$1,080

payment total

8

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
 18 $1,080

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†
GENERAL ATHERECTOMY

device

 $274
GENERAL STENTS

device

 $137
Payments with no listed product

N/A

 $120
ENTRESTO

drug

 $119
MITRA CLIP SYSTEM

device

 $110
QUADRA ASSURA CRT DEFIBRILLATOR

device

 $86
ICDS

device

 $56
EMBLEM

device

 $29
WATCHMAN

device

 $28
PRALUENT

drug

 $25
AMPERE RF ABLATION GENERATOR

device

 $24
DEFINITY

drug

 $22
RESOLUTE

device

 $16
ENCORE

device

 $16
REBEL

device

 $10
GENERAL CATHETERS

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
Jun 28, 2018 $148 GENERAL ATHERECTOMY Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Apr 4, 2018 $137 GENERAL STENTS Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Jun 23, 2018 $127 GENERAL ATHERECTOMY Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Apr 4, 2018 $119 ENTRESTO Food and Beverage NOVARTIS PHARMACEUTICALS CORPORATION
Mar 30, 2018 $110 MITRA CLIP SYSTEM Food and Beverage ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Dec 5, 2018 $100 No Listed Product Food and Beverage BIOTRONIK INC.
Dec 5, 2018 $86 QUADRA ASSURA CRT DEFIBRILLATOR Food and Beverage ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Feb 13, 2018 $56 ICDS Food and Beverage ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Feb 7, 2018 $29 EMBLEM Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Mar 9, 2018 $28 WATCHMAN Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Feb 13, 2018 $25 PRALUENT Food and Beverage REGENERON HEALTHCARE SOLUTIONS, INC.
Mar 28, 2018 $24 AMPERE RF ABLATION GENERATOR Food and Beverage ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Dec 13, 2018 $22 DEFINITY Food and Beverage LANTHEUS MEDICAL IMAGING, INC.
Mar 20, 2018 $20 No Listed Product Food and Beverage EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORPORATION
Feb 1, 2018 $16 RESOLUTE Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Feb 12, 2018 $16 ENCORE Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Feb 27, 2018 $10 REBEL Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Jan 12, 2018 $9 GENERAL CATHETERS 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.