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JAMES H HOWITT
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JAMES H HOWITT

Listed Specialty: Ophthalmology
1460 NE 123RD ST, NORTH MIAMI, FL, 33161-6025
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JAMES HOWITT,
Yearly Payment Breakdown:

2018 Payments At a Glance

47

payments

$3,792

payment total

7

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
 5 $1,900
Food and Beverage
 42 $1,892

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†
TECNIS 1-PIECE IOL

device

 $1,554
TECNIS 3-PIECE IOL

device

 $1,533
TECNIS SYMPHONY IOL

device

 $1,533
TECNIS SYMPHONY TORIC IOL

device

 $1,533
ENVISTA

device

 $1,277
RESTOR

device

 $160
ORA

device

 $109
IFS ADVANCED FEMTOSECOND LASER

device

 $104
COMBIGAN

drug

 $95
Payments with no listed product

N/A

 $69
VYZULTA

drug

 $66
ACTIVEFOCUS

device

 $57
TRAVATAN Z

drug

 $55
IOLMASTER 500

device

 $54
OPMI LUMERA

device

 $54
VERACITY SURGICAL

device

 $54
CATALYS LASER SYSTEM

device

 $40
TECNIS MULTIFOCAL FAMILY OF 1-PIECE IOLS

device

 $40
XIIDRA

drug

 $34
LUMIGAN

drug

 $30
DUREZOL

drug

 $29
ILEVRO

drug

 $23
ACRYSOF

device

 $20
SIMBRINZA

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
May 19, 2018 $624 TECNIS 1-PIECE IOL TECNIS 3-PIECE IOL TECNIS SYMPHONY IOL TECNIS SYMPHONY TORIC IOL Travel and Lodging JOHNSON & JOHNSON SURGICAL VISION, INC.
Oct 6, 2018 $395 ENVISTA Travel and Lodging BAUSCH & LOMB, A DIVISION OF BAUSCH HEALTH US, LLC
May 19, 2018 $355 TECNIS 1-PIECE IOL TECNIS 3-PIECE IOL TECNIS SYMPHONY IOL TECNIS SYMPHONY TORIC IOL Travel and Lodging JOHNSON & JOHNSON SURGICAL VISION, INC.
May 19, 2018 $316 TECNIS 1-PIECE IOL TECNIS 3-PIECE IOL TECNIS SYMPHONY IOL TECNIS SYMPHONY TORIC IOL Food and Beverage JOHNSON & JOHNSON SURGICAL VISION, INC.
Oct 6, 2018 $308 ENVISTA Food and Beverage BAUSCH & LOMB, A DIVISION OF BAUSCH HEALTH US, LLC
Oct 6, 2018 $287 ENVISTA Travel and Lodging BAUSCH & LOMB, A DIVISION OF BAUSCH HEALTH US, LLC
May 19, 2018 $237 TECNIS 1-PIECE IOL TECNIS 3-PIECE IOL TECNIS SYMPHONY IOL TECNIS SYMPHONY TORIC IOL Travel and Lodging JOHNSON & JOHNSON SURGICAL VISION, INC.
Oct 7, 2018 $113 ENVISTA Food and Beverage BAUSCH & LOMB, A DIVISION OF BAUSCH HEALTH US, LLC
Mar 6, 2018 $109 ORA Food and Beverage ALCON LABORATORIES INC
May 2, 2018 $109 RESTOR Food and Beverage ALCON LABORATORIES INC
Oct 27, 2018 $104 IFS ADVANCED FEMTOSECOND LASER Food and Beverage JOHNSON & JOHNSON SURGICAL VISION, INC.
Oct 7, 2018 $96 ENVISTA Food and Beverage BAUSCH & LOMB, A DIVISION OF BAUSCH HEALTH US, LLC
Oct 26, 2018 $54 IOLMASTER 500 OPMI LUMERA VERACITY SURGICAL Food and Beverage CARL ZEISS MEDITEC, INC.
Oct 7, 2018 $53 ENVISTA Food and Beverage BAUSCH & LOMB, A DIVISION OF BAUSCH HEALTH US, LLC
Dec 15, 2018 $51 RESTOR Food and Beverage ALCON LABORATORIES INC
Feb 27, 2018 $40 TECNIS MULTIFOCAL FAMILY OF 1-PIECE IOLS CATALYS LASER SYSTEM Food and Beverage JOHNSON & JOHNSON SURGICAL VISION, INC.
Feb 23, 2018 $25 No Listed Product Food and Beverage JOHNSON & JOHNSON SURGICAL VISION, INC.
Apr 19, 2018 $25 COMBIGAN Food and Beverage ALLERGAN INC.
Oct 8, 2018 $24 ENVISTA Food and Beverage BAUSCH & LOMB, A DIVISION OF BAUSCH HEALTH US, LLC
Feb 14, 2018 $24 No Listed Product Food and Beverage ALLERGAN INC.
Jun 22, 2018 $24 COMBIGAN Food and Beverage ALLERGAN INC.
Feb 6, 2018 $24 VYZULTA Food and Beverage BAUSCH & LOMB, A DIVISION OF BAUSCH HEALTH US, LLC
Dec 20, 2018 $24 COMBIGAN Food and Beverage ALLERGAN INC.
Jun 18, 2018 $23 VYZULTA Food and Beverage BAUSCH & LOMB, A DIVISION OF BAUSCH HEALTH US, LLC
Nov 1, 2018 $23 ILEVRO Food and Beverage NOVARTIS PHARMACEUTICALS CORPORATION
Nov 2, 2018 $22 LUMIGAN Food and Beverage ALLERGAN INC.
May 22, 2018 $21 ACTIVEFOCUS Food and Beverage ALCON LABORATORIES INC
Sep 12, 2018 $20 TRAVATAN Z Food and Beverage NOVARTIS PHARMACEUTICALS CORPORATION
Jan 10, 2018 $20 No Listed Product Food and Beverage JOHNSON & JOHNSON SURGICAL VISION, INC.
Jul 31, 2018 $20 TECNIS 1-PIECE IOL Food and Beverage JOHNSON & JOHNSON SURGICAL VISION, INC.
Jul 12, 2018 $20 ACRYSOF Food and Beverage ALCON LABORATORIES INC
Oct 8, 2018 $19 VYZULTA Food and Beverage BAUSCH & LOMB, A DIVISION OF BAUSCH HEALTH US, LLC
Jun 28, 2018 $18 XIIDRA Food and Beverage SHIRE NORTH AMERICAN GROUP INC
Jul 18, 2018 $18 DUREZOL Food and Beverage NOVARTIS PHARMACEUTICALS CORPORATION
Jun 20, 2018 $16 SIMBRINZA Food and Beverage NOVARTIS PHARMACEUTICALS CORPORATION
Jan 25, 2018 $15 XIIDRA Food and Beverage SHIRE NORTH AMERICAN GROUP INC
Aug 16, 2018 $15 COMBIGAN Food and Beverage ALLERGAN INC.
Dec 13, 2018 $15 TRAVATAN Z Food and Beverage NOVARTIS PHARMACEUTICALS CORPORATION
Mar 15, 2018 $14 ACTIVEFOCUS Food and Beverage ALCON LABORATORIES INC
Feb 2, 2018 $12 TRAVATAN Z Food and Beverage NOVARTIS PHARMACEUTICALS CORPORATION
May 9, 2018 $11 DUREZOL Food and Beverage NOVARTIS PHARMACEUTICALS CORPORATION
Jul 11, 2018 $9 ACTIVEFOCUS Food and Beverage ALCON LABORATORIES INC
Mar 21, 2018 $8 TRAVATAN Z Food and Beverage NOVARTIS PHARMACEUTICALS CORPORATION
Sep 20, 2018 $8 LUMIGAN Food and Beverage ALLERGAN INC.
Jul 25, 2018 $8 COMBIGAN Food and Beverage ALLERGAN INC.
Nov 28, 2018 $7 ACTIVEFOCUS Food and Beverage ALCON LABORATORIES INC
Mar 15, 2018 $6 ACTIVEFOCUS Food and Beverage ALCON LABORATORIES INC
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