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BENJAMIN J MAKAMSON
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BENJAMIN J MAKAMSON

Listed Specialty: Critical Care Medicine
1551 OLD SHELL RD, MOBILE, AL, 36604-1354
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DR. BENJAMIN MAKAMSON,
Yearly Payment Breakdown:

2018 Payments At a Glance

37

payments

$8,952

payment total

12

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 $7,848
Food and Beverage
 32 $1,104

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†
Payments with no listed product

N/A

 $6,817
CIOS ALPHA

device

 $1,057
PERIPHERAL ORBITAL ATHERECTOMY SYSTEM

device

 $666
IGT_D PERIPHERAL

device

 $70
RAYALDEE

drug

 $69
IMAGE GUIDED THERAPY DEVICES _ PERIPHERAL

device

 $61
VELTASSA

drug

 $52
S.M.A.R.T. SELF-EXPANDING NITINOL STENT

device

 $49
VELPHORO

drug

 $47
GIAPREZA

drug

 $19
COOK MEDICAL EMBOLIZATION

device

 $16
INJECTAFER

drug

 $16
XARELTO

drug

 $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
Nov 15, 2018 $6,777 No Listed Product Travel and Lodging SIEMENS MEDICAL SOLUTIONS USA, INC.
Nov 29, 2018 $486 CIOS ALPHA Travel and Lodging SIEMENS MEDICAL SOLUTIONS USA, INC.
Nov 29, 2018 $350 CIOS ALPHA Travel and Lodging SIEMENS MEDICAL SOLUTIONS USA, INC.
Sep 6, 2018 $226 PERIPHERAL ORBITAL ATHERECTOMY SYSTEM Travel and Lodging CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEMS INC.
May 5, 2018 $144 PERIPHERAL ORBITAL ATHERECTOMY SYSTEM Food and Beverage CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEMS INC.
Nov 29, 2018 $96 CIOS ALPHA Food and Beverage SIEMENS MEDICAL SOLUTIONS USA, INC.
Nov 29, 2018 $77 CIOS ALPHA Food and Beverage SIEMENS MEDICAL SOLUTIONS USA, INC.
Feb 8, 2018 $70 IGT_D PERIPHERAL Food and Beverage PHILIPS ELECTRONICS NORTH AMERICA CORPORATION
Sep 19, 2018 $67 PERIPHERAL ORBITAL ATHERECTOMY SYSTEM Food and Beverage CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEMS INC.
Nov 7, 2018 $66 PERIPHERAL ORBITAL ATHERECTOMY SYSTEM Food and Beverage CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEMS INC.
Dec 12, 2018 $61 IMAGE GUIDED THERAPY DEVICES _ PERIPHERAL Food and Beverage PHILIPS ELECTRONICS NORTH AMERICA CORPORATION
Jun 5, 2018 $50 PERIPHERAL ORBITAL ATHERECTOMY SYSTEM Food and Beverage CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEMS INC.
Apr 23, 2018 $49 S.M.A.R.T. SELF-EXPANDING NITINOL STENT Food and Beverage CARDINAL HEALTH 200, LLC
Jul 24, 2018 $41 PERIPHERAL ORBITAL ATHERECTOMY SYSTEM Food and Beverage CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEMS INC.
Dec 20, 2018 $30 PERIPHERAL ORBITAL ATHERECTOMY SYSTEM Food and Beverage CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEMS INC.
May 3, 2018 $30 No Listed Product Food and Beverage TERUMO MEDICAL CORPORATION
Dec 7, 2018 $28 CIOS ALPHA Food and Beverage SIEMENS MEDICAL SOLUTIONS USA, INC.
Mar 12, 2018 $24 RAYALDEE Food and Beverage OPKO PHARMACEUTICALS, LLC
Nov 29, 2018 $20 CIOS ALPHA Food and Beverage SIEMENS MEDICAL SOLUTIONS USA, INC.
Sep 13, 2018 $19 GIAPREZA Food and Beverage LA JOLLA PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANY
Oct 30, 2018 $19 PERIPHERAL ORBITAL ATHERECTOMY SYSTEM Food and Beverage CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEMS INC.
Nov 8, 2018 $17 VELPHORO Food and Beverage FRESENIUS USA MARKETING, INC.
Jul 10, 2018 $16 COOK MEDICAL EMBOLIZATION Food and Beverage COOK MEDICAL LLC
Apr 16, 2018 $16 RAYALDEE Food and Beverage OPKO PHARMACEUTICALS, LLC
Mar 5, 2018 $16 INJECTAFER Food and Beverage DAIICHI SANKYO INC.
Mar 7, 2018 $15 RAYALDEE Food and Beverage OPKO PHARMACEUTICALS, LLC
Mar 15, 2018 $15 VELPHORO Food and Beverage FRESENIUS USA MARKETING, INC.
Feb 20, 2018 $15 VELPHORO Food and Beverage FRESENIUS USA MARKETING, INC.
Mar 6, 2018 $14 RAYALDEE Food and Beverage OPKO PHARMACEUTICALS, LLC
May 24, 2018 $14 PERIPHERAL ORBITAL ATHERECTOMY SYSTEM Food and Beverage CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEMS INC.
Feb 7, 2018 $14 VELTASSA Food and Beverage RELYPSA, INC.
Dec 3, 2018 $14 VELTASSA Food and Beverage RELYPSA, INC.
Jan 17, 2018 $13 VELTASSA Food and Beverage RELYPSA, INC.
Jun 26, 2018 $13 XARELTO Food and Beverage JANSSEN PHARMACEUTICALS, INC
Nov 1, 2018 $11 VELTASSA Food and Beverage RELYPSA, INC.
Sep 24, 2018 $9 PERIPHERAL ORBITAL ATHERECTOMY SYSTEM Food and Beverage CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEMS INC.
Nov 15, 2018 $9 No Listed Product Travel and Lodging SIEMENS MEDICAL SOLUTIONS USA, INC.
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This site includes data published by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services on June 28, 2019.