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RAVINDER R BACHIREDDY
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RAVINDER R BACHIREDDY

Listed Specialty: Cardiovascular Disease
310 GASLIGHT BLVD, LUFKIN, TX, 75904-3133
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RAVINDER BACHIREDDY,
Yearly Payment Breakdown:

2018 Payments At a Glance

41

payments

$9,489

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
Promotional Speaking/Other
 3 $7,950
Food and Beverage
 35 $1,214
Travel and Lodging
 1 $151
Education
 1 $90
Gift
 1 $83

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†
ENTRESTO

drug

 $8,260
GLIDESHEATH

device

 $341
HEARTRAIL

device

 $341
OPTITORQUE

device

 $341
TR BAND

device

 $341
WATCHMAN

device

 $205
DYNAGEN

device

 $190
CLOSUREFAST

device

 $98
ST AIA-PACK TSH BTO KIT

device

 $83
ACCOLADE

device

 $79
Payments with no listed product

N/A

 $69
VENASEAL

device

 $36
ROTABLATOR

device

 $33
SQRX PULSE GENERATOR

device

 $26
HI-TORQUE WHISPER GUIDE WIRE

device

 $20
NC TREK CORONARY CATHETERS

device

 $20
EKOSONIC

device

 $16
CARDIOMEMS HF SYSTEM

device

 $13
† 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
Feb 8, 2018 $2,650 ENTRESTO Promotional Speaking/Other NOVARTIS PHARMACEUTICALS CORPORATION
Jun 14, 2018 $2,650 ENTRESTO Promotional Speaking/Other NOVARTIS PHARMACEUTICALS CORPORATION
Jun 13, 2018 $2,650 ENTRESTO Promotional Speaking/Other NOVARTIS PHARMACEUTICALS CORPORATION
Sep 18, 2018 $151 OPTITORQUE HEARTRAIL TR BAND GLIDESHEATH Travel and Lodging TERUMO MEDICAL CORPORATION
May 23, 2018 $124 WATCHMAN Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Sep 17, 2018 $99 OPTITORQUE HEARTRAIL TR BAND GLIDESHEATH Food and Beverage TERUMO MEDICAL CORPORATION
Sep 17, 2018 $98 CLOSUREFAST Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Sep 17, 2018 $90 OPTITORQUE HEARTRAIL TR BAND GLIDESHEATH Education TERUMO MEDICAL CORPORATION
Jun 13, 2018 $86 ENTRESTO Food and Beverage NOVARTIS PHARMACEUTICALS CORPORATION
Aug 29, 2018 $83 ST AIA-PACK TSH BTO KIT Gift TOSOH BIOSCIENCE, INC. HEART INSTITUTE OF EAST TEXAS
Jun 14, 2018 $83 ENTRESTO Food and Beverage NOVARTIS PHARMACEUTICALS CORPORATION
Feb 8, 2018 $82 ENTRESTO Food and Beverage NOVARTIS PHARMACEUTICALS CORPORATION
Mar 22, 2018 $81 WATCHMAN Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Oct 25, 2018 $69 No Listed Product Food and Beverage EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORPORATION
Jun 20, 2018 $36 VENASEAL Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Oct 4, 2018 $35 DYNAGEN Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Jul 5, 2018 $33 ROTABLATOR Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Jan 4, 2018 $33 DYNAGEN Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Sep 6, 2018 $29 ACCOLADE Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Apr 5, 2018 $28 DYNAGEN Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Aug 2, 2018 $28 DYNAGEN Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Mar 8, 2018 $27 ACCOLADE Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Jun 7, 2018 $26 SQRX PULSE GENERATOR Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Nov 8, 2018 $25 DYNAGEN Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Nov 1, 2018 $23 DYNAGEN Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Dec 19, 2018 $22 ACCOLADE Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Dec 2, 2018 $20 HI-TORQUE WHISPER GUIDE WIRE Food and Beverage ABBOTT LABORATORIES
May 24, 2018 $20 NC TREK CORONARY CATHETERS Food and Beverage ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Dec 6, 2018 $18 DYNAGEN Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Oct 16, 2018 $16 EKOSONIC Food and Beverage EKOS CORPORATION
Oct 19, 2018 $13 CARDIOMEMS HF SYSTEM Food and Beverage ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Aug 2, 2018 $10 ENTRESTO Food and Beverage NOVARTIS PHARMACEUTICALS CORPORATION
Feb 8, 2018 $9 ENTRESTO Food and Beverage NOVARTIS PHARMACEUTICALS CORPORATION
Jul 27, 2018 $8 ENTRESTO Food and Beverage NOVARTIS PHARMACEUTICALS CORPORATION
Nov 27, 2018 $7 ENTRESTO Food and Beverage NOVARTIS PHARMACEUTICALS CORPORATION
Feb 26, 2018 $6 ENTRESTO Food and Beverage NOVARTIS PHARMACEUTICALS CORPORATION
Oct 4, 2018 $6 ENTRESTO Food and Beverage NOVARTIS PHARMACEUTICALS CORPORATION
Apr 10, 2018 $5 ENTRESTO Food and Beverage NOVARTIS PHARMACEUTICALS CORPORATION
Jan 10, 2018 $5 ENTRESTO Food and Beverage NOVARTIS PHARMACEUTICALS CORPORATION
May 3, 2018 $3 ENTRESTO Food and Beverage NOVARTIS PHARMACEUTICALS CORPORATION
Nov 1, 2018 $2 ENTRESTO Food and Beverage NOVARTIS PHARMACEUTICALS CORPORATION
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This site includes data published by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services on June 28, 2019.