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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.

VENKI PARAMESH
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VENKI PARAMESH

Listed Specialty: Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery)
1836 SOUTH AVE, LA CROSSE, WI, 54601-5429
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VENKI PARAMESH,
Yearly Payment Breakdown:

2018 Payments At a Glance

20

payments

$716

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
 20 $716

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†
OCTOPUS

device

 $373
COREVALVE EVOLUT

device

 $126
Payments with no listed product

N/A

 $50
CARDIOHELP

device

 $49
EDWARDS SAPIEN 3 TRANSCATHETER HEART VALVE

device

 $42
SUPERDIMENSION

device

 $34
AVALUS

device

 $23
MITRA CLIP SYSTEM

device

 $19
† 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
Jul 25, 2018 $134 OCTOPUS Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Apr 9, 2018 $100 OCTOPUS Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Dec 13, 2018 $75 OCTOPUS Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Jul 17, 2018 $56 COREVALVE EVOLUT Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Jun 5, 2018 $53 COREVALVE EVOLUT Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Oct 1, 2018 $50 No Listed Product Food and Beverage INNOVATIVE MEDICAL DEVICES, INC.
Aug 15, 2018 $42 EDWARDS SAPIEN 3 TRANSCATHETER HEART VALVE Food and Beverage EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORPORATION
Jan 25, 2018 $38 CARDIOHELP Food and Beverage MAQUET CARDIOVASCULAR U.S. SALES, L.L.C.
Feb 19, 2018 $34 SUPERDIMENSION Food and Beverage COVIDIEN LP
Jun 4, 2018 $23 AVALUS Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Jun 30, 2018 $19 MITRA CLIP SYSTEM Food and Beverage ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Sep 20, 2018 $17 OCTOPUS Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Apr 5, 2018 $15 OCTOPUS Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Jul 19, 2018 $14 OCTOPUS Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Mar 27, 2018 $11 COREVALVE EVOLUT Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Jan 25, 2018 $11 CARDIOHELP Food and Beverage MAQUET CARDIOVASCULAR U.S. SALES, L.L.C.
Jul 3, 2018 $11 OCTOPUS Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Mar 16, 2018 $6 COREVALVE EVOLUT Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Mar 14, 2018 $6 OCTOPUS Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Mar 16, 2018 $1 OCTOPUS 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.