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ERIC KUO
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ERIC KUO

Listed Specialty: Vascular Surgery
1520 SAN PABLO ST, SUITE 4300, LOS ANGELES, CA, 90033-5310
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ERIC KUO,
Yearly Payment Breakdown:

2018 Payments At a Glance

34

payments

$4,133

payment total

6

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
 30 $3,015
Education
 3 $865
Travel and Lodging
 1 $253

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†
COOK MEDICAL AAA

device

 $1,227
C3 DELIVERY SYSTEM

device

 $680
EXCLUDER AAA ENDOPROSTHESIS

device

 $404
VIABAHN VBX BALLOON EXPANDABLE ENDOPROSTHESIS

device

 $284
COOK MEDICAL THORACIC

device

 $246
EXCLUDER ILIAC BRANCH ENDOPROSTHESIS

device

 $240
VASCULAR GRAFT

device

 $185
COOK MEDICAL ZILVER PTX

device

 $168
RELAY PLUS

device

 $161
COOK MEDICAL CUSTOM MADE DEVICE

device

 $152
SURGIMEND

device

 $143
APTUS HELI-FX

device

 $106
TIGRIS STENT

device

 $88
ACUSEAL VASCULAR GRAFT

device

 $48
† 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
Aug 13, 2018 $680 C3 DELIVERY SYSTEM Education W. L. GORE & ASSOCIATES, INC.
Apr 11, 2018 $253 COOK MEDICAL AAA Travel and Lodging COOK INCORPORATED
Oct 25, 2018 $240 EXCLUDER ILIAC BRANCH ENDOPROSTHESIS Food and Beverage W. L. GORE & ASSOCIATES, INC.
Nov 15, 2018 $205 EXCLUDER AAA ENDOPROSTHESIS Food and Beverage W. L. GORE & ASSOCIATES, INC.
Nov 15, 2018 $199 EXCLUDER AAA ENDOPROSTHESIS Food and Beverage W. L. GORE & ASSOCIATES, INC.
Nov 15, 2018 $145 RELAY PLUS Food and Beverage BOLTON MEDICAL INC
Oct 11, 2018 $143 SURGIMEND Food and Beverage TEI BIOSCIENCES INC
Feb 22, 2018 $127 COOK MEDICAL THORACIC Food and Beverage COOK MEDICAL LLC
Jul 28, 2018 $123 COOK MEDICAL AAA Food and Beverage COOK MEDICAL LLC
Nov 13, 2018 $122 COOK MEDICAL ZILVER PTX Food and Beverage COOK MEDICAL LLC
Nov 3, 2018 $121 COOK MEDICAL AAA Food and Beverage COOK MEDICAL LLC
Aug 25, 2018 $121 COOK MEDICAL AAA Food and Beverage COOK MEDICAL LLC
Apr 28, 2018 $119 COOK MEDICAL THORACIC Food and Beverage COOK MEDICAL LLC
Jul 6, 2018 $118 VASCULAR GRAFT Education W. L. GORE & ASSOCIATES, INC. SAGE PUBLICATIONS
Sep 6, 2018 $117 COOK MEDICAL AAA Food and Beverage COOK MEDICAL LLC
Jan 12, 2018 $112 COOK MEDICAL AAA Food and Beverage COOK MEDICAL LLC
Jul 19, 2018 $106 APTUS HELI-FX Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Sep 6, 2018 $106 COOK MEDICAL AAA Food and Beverage COOK MEDICAL LLC
Jun 2, 2018 $99 COOK MEDICAL CUSTOM MADE DEVICE Food and Beverage COOK MEDICAL LLC
Apr 11, 2018 $93 COOK MEDICAL AAA Food and Beverage COOK INCORPORATED
May 21, 2018 $93 VIABAHN VBX BALLOON EXPANDABLE ENDOPROSTHESIS Food and Beverage W. L. GORE & ASSOCIATES, INC.
Oct 18, 2018 $88 TIGRIS STENT Food and Beverage W. L. GORE & ASSOCIATES, INC.
Aug 27, 2018 $87 COOK MEDICAL AAA Food and Beverage COOK MEDICAL LLC
Nov 5, 2018 $77 VIABAHN VBX BALLOON EXPANDABLE ENDOPROSTHESIS Food and Beverage W. L. GORE & ASSOCIATES, INC.
Jan 17, 2018 $66 VASCULAR GRAFT Education W. L. GORE & ASSOCIATES, INC. ELSEVIER OFFICE OF CONTINUING EDUCATION
Oct 29, 2018 $64 VIABAHN VBX BALLOON EXPANDABLE ENDOPROSTHESIS Food and Beverage W. L. GORE & ASSOCIATES, INC.
Apr 11, 2018 $57 COOK MEDICAL AAA Food and Beverage COOK INCORPORATED
Nov 12, 2018 $53 COOK MEDICAL CUSTOM MADE DEVICE Food and Beverage COOK MEDICAL LLC
Jul 23, 2018 $50 VIABAHN VBX BALLOON EXPANDABLE ENDOPROSTHESIS Food and Beverage W. L. GORE & ASSOCIATES, INC.
Nov 13, 2018 $46 COOK MEDICAL ZILVER PTX Food and Beverage COOK INCORPORATED
Apr 11, 2018 $36 COOK MEDICAL AAA Food and Beverage COOK INCORPORATED
Oct 31, 2018 $32 ACUSEAL VASCULAR GRAFT Food and Beverage W. L. GORE & ASSOCIATES, INC.
Nov 15, 2018 $16 RELAY PLUS Food and Beverage BOLTON MEDICAL INC
Oct 31, 2018 $16 ACUSEAL VASCULAR GRAFT Food and Beverage W. L. GORE & ASSOCIATES, INC.
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This site includes data published by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services on June 28, 2019.