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MICHAEL R PINSKY
Listed Specialty: Urology
1430 TULANE AVE, SL-42, NEW ORLEANS, LA, 70112-2632
MICHAEL PINSKY,
Yearly Payment Breakdown:
2018 Payments At a Glance
20
payments
$1,942
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 |
|---|---|---|
Travel and Lodging |
4 | $1,328 |
Food and Beverage |
16 | $614 |
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† |
|---|---|---|
UROLIFT |
device |
$959 |
TITAN |
device |
$734 |
COOK MEDICAL LASERS |
device |
$165 |
COOK MEDICAL EXTRACTORS |
device |
$27 |
CERTUS 140 MICROWAVE ABLATION SYSTEM |
device |
$20 |
TOVIAZ |
drug |
$14 |
XTANDI |
drug |
$14 |
COOK MEDICAL WIRE GUIDES |
device |
$9 |
COOK MEDICAL STENTS |
device |
$8 |
COOK MEDICAL FLEXOR |
device |
$6 |
| † 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 21, 2018 | $629 | UROLIFT | Travel and Lodging | NEOTRACT INC. | The Elements Agency |
| Jan 19, 2018 | $444 | TITAN | Travel and Lodging | COLOPLAST CORP | |
| Sep 21, 2018 | $222 | UROLIFT | Food and Beverage | NEOTRACT INC. | The Elements Agency |
| Mar 21, 2018 | $137 | TITAN | Travel and Lodging | COLOPLAST CORP | |
| Mar 15, 2018 | $117 | TITAN | Travel and Lodging | COLOPLAST CORP | |
| Aug 8, 2018 | $97 | COOK MEDICAL LASERS | Food and Beverage | COOK MEDICAL LLC | |
| Sep 21, 2018 | $52 | UROLIFT | Food and Beverage | NEOTRACT INC. | |
| Sep 13, 2018 | $38 | COOK MEDICAL LASERS | Food and Beverage | COOK MEDICAL LLC | |
| Aug 1, 2018 | $36 | TITAN | Food and Beverage | COLOPLAST CORP | |
| Nov 28, 2018 | $29 | UROLIFT | Food and Beverage | NEOTRACT INC. | |
| Nov 6, 2018 | $26 | UROLIFT | Food and Beverage | NEOTRACT INC. | |
| Mar 6, 2018 | $20 | CERTUS 140 MICROWAVE ABLATION SYSTEM | Food and Beverage | ETHICON US, LLC | |
| Nov 15, 2018 | $17 | COOK MEDICAL LASERS | Food and Beverage | COOK MEDICAL LLC | |
| May 3, 2018 | $15 | COOK MEDICAL EXTRACTORS | Food and Beverage | COOK MEDICAL LLC | |
| Sep 4, 2018 | $14 | TOVIAZ XTANDI | Food and Beverage | PFIZER INC. | |
| Aug 30, 2018 | $13 | COOK MEDICAL LASERS | Food and Beverage | COOK MEDICAL LLC | |
| May 3, 2018 | $12 | COOK MEDICAL EXTRACTORS | Food and Beverage | COOK MEDICAL LLC | |
| Oct 17, 2018 | $9 | COOK MEDICAL WIRE GUIDES | Food and Beverage | COOK MEDICAL LLC | |
| Dec 27, 2018 | $8 | COOK MEDICAL STENTS | Food and Beverage | COOK INCORPORATED | |
| Sep 27, 2018 | $6 | COOK MEDICAL FLEXOR | Food and Beverage | COOK MEDICAL LLC |
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This site includes data published by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services on June 28, 2019.