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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.

KWASI K DAKWA
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KWASI K DAKWA

Listed Specialty: Internal Medicine
267 GRANT ST, BRIDGEPORT, CT, 06610-2805
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DR. KWASI DAKWA,
Yearly Payment Breakdown:

2018 Payments At a Glance

18

payments

$1,540

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
Food and Beverage
 16 $1,413
Travel and Lodging
 1 $93
Education
 1 $35

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†
ASAHI FIELDER CORONARY GUIDE WIRE

device

 $282
NC TREK CORONARY CATHETERS

device

 $282
XIENCE V CORONARY STENT SYSTEM

device

 $282
HI-TORQUE CORONARY GUIDE WIRE

device

 $282
IMPELLA

device

 $251
COREVALVE EVOLUT

device

 $192
OCCLUDERS

device

 $166
EDWARDS SAPIEN 3 TRANSCATHETER HEART VALVE

device

 $125
GENERAL STENTS

device

 $116
INTERVENTIONAL PRODUCTS

device

 $111
CROSSBOSS

device

 $100
RESOLUTE

device

 $74
CORONARY ORBITAL ATHERECTOMY SYSTEM

device

 $61
ROTABLATOR

device

 $45
CHANTIX

drug

 $16
† 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 2, 2018 $192 COREVALVE EVOLUT Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Mar 1, 2018 $166 OCCLUDERS Food and Beverage ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Feb 22, 2018 $150 IMPELLA Food and Beverage ABIOMED
Jun 28, 2018 $125 EDWARDS SAPIEN 3 TRANSCATHETER HEART VALVE Food and Beverage EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORPORATION
Feb 16, 2018 $116 GENERAL STENTS Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Feb 15, 2018 $111 INTERVENTIONAL PRODUCTS Food and Beverage ARROW INTERNATIONAL, INC.
Apr 14, 2018 $95 ASAHI FIELDER CORONARY GUIDE WIRE HI-TORQUE CORONARY GUIDE WIRE NC TREK CORONARY CATHETERS XIENCE V CORONARY STENT SYSTEM Food and Beverage ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Feb 18, 2018 $93 IMPELLA Travel and Lodging ABIOMED
Apr 14, 2018 $77 ASAHI FIELDER CORONARY GUIDE WIRE HI-TORQUE CORONARY GUIDE WIRE NC TREK CORONARY CATHETERS XIENCE V CORONARY STENT SYSTEM Food and Beverage ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Apr 15, 2018 $76 ASAHI FIELDER CORONARY GUIDE WIRE HI-TORQUE CORONARY GUIDE WIRE NC TREK CORONARY CATHETERS XIENCE V CORONARY STENT SYSTEM Food and Beverage ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Apr 13, 2018 $74 RESOLUTE Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Jun 13, 2018 $70 CROSSBOSS Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Apr 20, 2018 $61 CORONARY ORBITAL ATHERECTOMY SYSTEM Food and Beverage CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEMS INC.
Mar 3, 2018 $45 ROTABLATOR Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Feb 15, 2018 $35 ASAHI FIELDER CORONARY GUIDE WIRE HI-TORQUE CORONARY GUIDE WIRE NC TREK CORONARY CATHETERS XIENCE V CORONARY STENT SYSTEM Education ABBOTT LABORATORIES
May 11, 2018 $30 CROSSBOSS Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Feb 8, 2018 $16 CHANTIX Food and Beverage PFIZER INC.
Jan 31, 2018 $8 IMPELLA Food and Beverage ABIOMED
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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.