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PAUL A AKERMAN
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PAUL A AKERMAN

Listed Specialty: Gastroenterology
33 STANIFORD ST, PROVIDENCE, RI, 02905-3105
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PAUL AKERMAN,
Yearly Payment Breakdown:

2018 Payments At a Glance

47

payments

$11,622

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
Consulting
 9 $9,975
Travel and Lodging
 8 $957
Food and Beverage
 30 $690

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

 $9,169
OLYMPUS TISSUE ACQUISITION DEVICES

device

 $1,633
OLYMPUS ENDOTHERAPY ACCESSORIES

device

 $420
HUMIRA

drug

 $147
CREON

drug

 $76
NVISION VLE

device

 $67
STELARA

drug

 $43
XIFAXAN

drug

 $36
OLYMPUS EMR & ESD DEVICES

device

 $18
ALINIA

drug

 $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
Sep 7, 2018 $2,100 No Listed Product Consulting GYRUS ACMI, INC.
Nov 15, 2018 $1,680 No Listed Product Consulting OLYMPUS CORPORATION
Nov 15, 2018 $1,680 No Listed Product Consulting OLYMPUS CORPORATION
Nov 15, 2018 $945 No Listed Product Consulting OLYMPUS CORPORATION
Nov 15, 2018 $945 No Listed Product Consulting OLYMPUS CORPORATION
Dec 13, 2018 $840 OLYMPUS TISSUE ACQUISITION DEVICES Consulting OLYMPUS CORPORATION
Dec 13, 2018 $735 OLYMPUS TISSUE ACQUISITION DEVICES Consulting OLYMPUS CORPORATION
Sep 7, 2018 $630 No Listed Product Consulting GYRUS ACMI, INC.
Sep 21, 2018 $601 No Listed Product Travel and Lodging OLYMPUS CORPORATION
Jul 18, 2018 $420 OLYMPUS ENDOTHERAPY ACCESSORIES Consulting GYRUS ACMI, INC.
Aug 9, 2018 $254 No Listed Product Travel and Lodging OLYMPUS CORPORATION
Sep 22, 2018 $139 No Listed Product Food and Beverage OLYMPUS CORPORATION
Jun 4, 2018 $67 NVISION VLE Food and Beverage NINEPOINT MEDICAL, INC.
Dec 13, 2018 $58 OLYMPUS TISSUE ACQUISITION DEVICES Travel and Lodging OLYMPUS CORPORATION
Sep 22, 2018 $25 No Listed Product Food and Beverage OLYMPUS CORPORATION
Sep 23, 2018 $25 No Listed Product Food and Beverage OLYMPUS CORPORATION
Aug 23, 2018 $24 STELARA Food and Beverage JANSSEN BIOTECH, INC.
Jun 15, 2018 $24 No Listed Product Food and Beverage ABBVIE, INC.
Dec 5, 2018 $23 HUMIRA Food and Beverage ABBVIE, INC.
Apr 30, 2018 $23 HUMIRA Food and Beverage ABBVIE, INC.
Oct 14, 2018 $22 CREON Food and Beverage ABBVIE, INC.
Feb 1, 2018 $21 HUMIRA Food and Beverage ABBVIE, INC.
Jun 2, 2018 $20 No Listed Product Food and Beverage ABBVIE, INC.
Jun 18, 2018 $19 CREON Food and Beverage ABBVIE, INC.
Mar 12, 2018 $19 HUMIRA Food and Beverage ABBVIE, INC.
Apr 26, 2018 $19 STELARA Food and Beverage JANSSEN BIOTECH, INC.
Sep 20, 2018 $18 CREON Food and Beverage ABBVIE, INC.
Nov 6, 2018 $18 XIFAXAN Food and Beverage SALIX PHARMACEUTICALS, A DIVISION OF BAUSCH HEALTH US, LLC
Apr 11, 2018 $18 HUMIRA Food and Beverage ABBVIE, INC.
May 9, 2018 $18 No Listed Product Food and Beverage ABBVIE, INC.
May 1, 2018 $18 XIFAXAN Food and Beverage SALIX PHARMACEUTICALS, A DIVISION OF BAUSCH HEALTH US, LLC
Aug 8, 2018 $18 OLYMPUS EMR & ESD DEVICES Food and Beverage OLYMPUS AMERICA INC.
Sep 23, 2018 $17 No Listed Product Food and Beverage OLYMPUS CORPORATION
Nov 15, 2018 $17 No Listed Product Travel and Lodging OLYMPUS CORPORATION
Sep 28, 2018 $16 HUMIRA Food and Beverage ABBVIE, INC.
Dec 31, 2018 $14 ALINIA Food and Beverage ROMARK LABORATORIES, LC
Oct 31, 2018 $14 HUMIRA Food and Beverage ABBVIE, INC.
Aug 16, 2018 $14 HUMIRA Food and Beverage ABBVIE, INC.
Nov 15, 2018 $12 No Listed Product Travel and Lodging OLYMPUS CORPORATION
Nov 29, 2018 $9 CREON Food and Beverage ABBVIE, INC.
Sep 22, 2018 $9 No Listed Product Food and Beverage OLYMPUS CORPORATION
Sep 23, 2018 $9 No Listed Product Food and Beverage OLYMPUS CORPORATION
Nov 15, 2018 $9 No Listed Product Travel and Lodging OLYMPUS CORPORATION
Mar 14, 2018 $7 CREON Food and Beverage ABBVIE, INC.
May 31, 2018 $4 No Listed Product Food and Beverage ABBVIE, INC.
Aug 9, 2018 $3 No Listed Product Travel and Lodging OLYMPUS CORPORATION
Aug 9, 2018 $3 No Listed Product Travel and Lodging OLYMPUS CORPORATION
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This site includes data published by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services on June 28, 2019.