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MATTHEW R DANTER
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MATTHEW R DANTER

Listed Specialty: Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery)
3601 THE VANDERBILT CLINIC, NASHVILLE, TN, 37232-0001
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DR. MATTHEW DANTER,
Yearly Payment Breakdown:

2018 Payments At a Glance

27

payments

$2,512

payment total

3

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
Consulting
 1 $1,500
Food and Beverage
 23 $749
Travel and Lodging
 3 $263

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†
HEARTWARE HVAD

device

 $2,146
EPI-SENSE GUIDED COAGULATION SYSTEM WITH VISITRAX, MODELS

device

 $203
VISIA AF

device

 $98
ATRICURE ATRICLIP LAA EXCLUSION

device

 $86
COOLRAIL LINEAR PEN

device

 $86
HEARTMATE 3 LEFT VENTRICULAR DEV

device

 $57
HEARTMATE 3 LEFT VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICE

device

 $8
† 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 22, 2018 $1,500 HEARTWARE HVAD Consulting MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Dec 20, 2018 $169 HEARTWARE HVAD Travel and Lodging MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Sep 17, 2018 $101 HEARTWARE HVAD Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Dec 19, 2018 $98 VISIA AF Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Dec 20, 2018 $86 HEARTWARE HVAD Travel and Lodging MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Mar 5, 2018 $86 EPI-SENSE GUIDED COAGULATION SYSTEM WITH VISITRAX, MODELS COOLRAIL LINEAR PEN ATRICURE ATRICLIP LAA EXCLUSION Food and Beverage ATRICURE, INC.
Nov 30, 2018 $57 HEARTMATE 3 LEFT VENTRICULAR DEV Food and Beverage ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Jul 17, 2018 $54 HEARTWARE HVAD Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Dec 19, 2018 $53 HEARTWARE HVAD Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Aug 6, 2018 $51 EPI-SENSE GUIDED COAGULATION SYSTEM WITH VISITRAX, MODELS Food and Beverage ATRICURE, INC.
Aug 6, 2018 $37 EPI-SENSE GUIDED COAGULATION SYSTEM WITH VISITRAX, MODELS Food and Beverage ATRICURE, INC.
Oct 9, 2018 $30 HEARTWARE HVAD Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Dec 20, 2018 $26 HEARTWARE HVAD Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Dec 20, 2018 $24 HEARTWARE HVAD Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Jul 19, 2018 $15 HEARTWARE HVAD Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Dec 20, 2018 $15 HEARTWARE HVAD Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Mar 5, 2018 $15 EPI-SENSE GUIDED COAGULATION SYSTEM WITH VISITRAX, MODELS Food and Beverage ATRICURE, INC.
Aug 6, 2018 $14 EPI-SENSE GUIDED COAGULATION SYSTEM WITH VISITRAX, MODELS Food and Beverage ATRICURE, INC.
Dec 6, 2018 $13 HEARTWARE HVAD Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Dec 20, 2018 $12 HEARTWARE HVAD Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Apr 29, 2018 $11 HEARTWARE HVAD Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Sep 17, 2018 $11 HEARTWARE HVAD Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Aug 9, 2018 $8 HEARTWARE HVAD Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Nov 29, 2018 $8 HEARTMATE 3 LEFT VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICE Travel and Lodging ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Jul 17, 2018 $8 HEARTWARE HVAD Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Aug 24, 2018 $6 HEARTWARE HVAD Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Oct 11, 2018 $4 HEARTWARE HVAD Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, 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.