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TAO CHEN
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TAO CHEN

Listed Specialty: Pain Medicine
2001 SPRINGHILL AVE, MOBILE, AL, 36607
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Yearly Payment Breakdown:

2018 Payments At a Glance

46

payments

$948

payment total

9

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
 46 $948

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†
DRG IPGS

device

 $182
MOVANTIK

drug

 $163
PROCLAIM FAMILY OF SCS IPGS

device

 $127
MORPHABOND ER

drug

 $126
HORIZANT

drug

 $110
NEUROMODULATION DSPSBLS AND ACCS

device

 $87
XTAMPZA

drug

 $58
AMITIZA

drug

 $28
EMBEDA

drug

 $25
LYRICA

drug

 $25
SPRIX

drug

 $19
NUCYNTA

drug

 $13
ZOHYDRO ER

drug

 $12
ARYMO ER

drug

 $11
† 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
Aug 15, 2018 $127 PROCLAIM FAMILY OF SCS IPGS Food and Beverage ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Jan 30, 2018 $122 MOVANTIK Food and Beverage DAIICHI SANKYO INC.
Aug 23, 2018 $87 NEUROMODULATION DSPSBLS AND ACCS Food and Beverage ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Jan 10, 2018 $67 DRG IPGS Food and Beverage ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Jan 10, 2018 $38 DRG IPGS Food and Beverage ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Jan 10, 2018 $38 DRG IPGS Food and Beverage ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Jan 10, 2018 $38 DRG IPGS Food and Beverage ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Mar 27, 2018 $22 MOVANTIK Food and Beverage ASTRAZENECA PHARMACEUTICALS LP
Jul 10, 2018 $19 SPRIX Food and Beverage EGALET US INC
Jan 18, 2018 $19 MOVANTIK Food and Beverage ASTRAZENECA PHARMACEUTICALS LP
Feb 27, 2018 $18 MORPHABOND ER Food and Beverage DAIICHI SANKYO INC.
Jan 29, 2018 $18 XTAMPZA Food and Beverage COLLEGIUM PHARMACEUTICAL, INC.
Jul 18, 2018 $16 MORPHABOND ER Food and Beverage DAIICHI SANKYO INC.
Sep 12, 2018 $16 MORPHABOND ER Food and Beverage DAIICHI SANKYO INC.
Jan 30, 2018 $16 MORPHABOND ER Food and Beverage DAIICHI SANKYO INC.
May 5, 2018 $15 HORIZANT Food and Beverage ARBOR PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
Apr 18, 2018 $14 AMITIZA Food and Beverage TAKEDA PHARMACEUTICALS U.S.A., INC.
Aug 31, 2018 $14 XTAMPZA Food and Beverage COLLEGIUM PHARMACEUTICAL, INC.
May 7, 2018 $13 XTAMPZA Food and Beverage COLLEGIUM PHARMACEUTICAL, INC.
Jan 31, 2018 $13 AMITIZA Food and Beverage TAKEDA PHARMACEUTICALS U.S.A., INC.
Mar 14, 2018 $13 HORIZANT Food and Beverage ARBOR PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
Apr 16, 2018 $13 MORPHABOND ER Food and Beverage DAIICHI SANKYO INC.
Jul 16, 2018 $13 LYRICA EMBEDA Food and Beverage PFIZER INC.
Mar 12, 2018 $13 XTAMPZA NUCYNTA Food and Beverage COLLEGIUM PHARMACEUTICAL, INC.
Sep 5, 2018 $13 LYRICA EMBEDA Food and Beverage PFIZER INC.
May 2, 2018 $12 HORIZANT Food and Beverage ARBOR PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
Mar 5, 2018 $12 ZOHYDRO ER Food and Beverage PERNIX THERAPEUTICS HOLDINGS, INC.
Apr 24, 2018 $11 ARYMO ER Food and Beverage EGALET US INC
Jul 23, 2018 $11 HORIZANT Food and Beverage ARBOR PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
Feb 5, 2018 $10 HORIZANT Food and Beverage ARBOR PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
May 30, 2018 $10 MORPHABOND ER Food and Beverage DAIICHI SANKYO INC.
Sep 28, 2018 $9 HORIZANT Food and Beverage ARBOR PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
Nov 27, 2018 $9 HORIZANT Food and Beverage ARBOR PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
Nov 12, 2018 $8 MORPHABOND ER Food and Beverage DAIICHI SANKYO INC.
Jun 11, 2018 $8 MORPHABOND ER Food and Beverage DAIICHI SANKYO INC.
Oct 26, 2018 $7 HORIZANT Food and Beverage ARBOR PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
Nov 26, 2018 $7 MORPHABOND ER Food and Beverage DAIICHI SANKYO INC.
Aug 13, 2018 $7 HORIZANT Food and Beverage ARBOR PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
Oct 3, 2018 $7 MORPHABOND ER Food and Beverage DAIICHI SANKYO INC.
Jun 7, 2018 $6 HORIZANT Food and Beverage ARBOR PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
May 23, 2018 $6 HORIZANT Food and Beverage ARBOR PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
Jun 28, 2018 $6 HORIZANT Food and Beverage ARBOR PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
Oct 22, 2018 $4 MORPHABOND ER Food and Beverage DAIICHI SANKYO INC.
Aug 16, 2018 $1 MORPHABOND ER Food and Beverage DAIICHI SANKYO INC.
Apr 30, 2018 $1 MORPHABOND ER Food and Beverage DAIICHI SANKYO INC.
Jul 9, 2018 $1 MORPHABOND ER Food and Beverage DAIICHI SANKYO INC.
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This site includes data published by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services on June 28, 2019.