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RUBEN D VILLA
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RUBEN D VILLA

Listed Specialty: Internal Medicine
1607 W LOOP 289, LUBBOCK, TX, 79416-5124
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DR. RUBEN VILLA,
Yearly Payment Breakdown:

2018 Payments At a Glance

26

payments

$486

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
Food and Beverage
 26 $486

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†
SAMSCA

drug

 $139
VELTASSA

drug

 $118
Payments with no listed product

N/A

 $110
JYNARQUE

drug

 $75
PARSABIV

drug

 $63
ACTHAR

drug

 $21
GLADIATOR ELITE

device

 $18
FABRAZYME

drug

 $17
FABRY-DISEASE

drug

 $17
† 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 19, 2018 $110 No Listed Product Food and Beverage CANON MEDICAL SYSTEMS USA, INC.
Jun 20, 2018 $24 VELTASSA Food and Beverage RELYPSA, INC.
May 18, 2018 $22 SAMSCA Food and Beverage OTSUKA AMERICA PHARMACEUTICAL, INC.
Mar 28, 2018 $21 ACTHAR Food and Beverage MALLINCKRODT LLC
Nov 5, 2018 $20 SAMSCA JYNARQUE Food and Beverage OTSUKA AMERICA PHARMACEUTICAL, INC.
Jan 19, 2018 $20 SAMSCA Food and Beverage OTSUKA AMERICA PHARMACEUTICAL, INC.
May 3, 2018 $19 PARSABIV Food and Beverage AMGEN INC.
Nov 7, 2018 $18 GLADIATOR ELITE Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Aug 7, 2018 $18 SAMSCA JYNARQUE Food and Beverage OTSUKA AMERICA PHARMACEUTICAL, INC.
Nov 6, 2018 $18 VELTASSA Food and Beverage RELYPSA, INC.
Jun 29, 2018 $17 FABRAZYME FABRY-DISEASE Food and Beverage GENZYME CORPORATION
Mar 8, 2018 $17 VELTASSA Food and Beverage RELYPSA, INC.
Feb 8, 2018 $16 VELTASSA Food and Beverage RELYPSA, INC.
Oct 1, 2018 $16 PARSABIV Food and Beverage AMGEN INC.
Jun 14, 2018 $15 SAMSCA JYNARQUE Food and Beverage OTSUKA AMERICA PHARMACEUTICAL, INC.
Nov 12, 2018 $14 PARSABIV Food and Beverage AMGEN INC.
Apr 5, 2018 $14 PARSABIV Food and Beverage AMGEN INC.
May 10, 2018 $14 VELTASSA Food and Beverage RELYPSA, INC.
Oct 25, 2018 $13 VELTASSA Food and Beverage RELYPSA, INC.
Sep 18, 2018 $12 SAMSCA JYNARQUE Food and Beverage OTSUKA AMERICA PHARMACEUTICAL, INC.
Mar 7, 2018 $11 SAMSCA Food and Beverage OTSUKA AMERICA PHARMACEUTICAL, INC.
Dec 18, 2018 $10 VELTASSA Food and Beverage RELYPSA, INC.
Sep 4, 2018 $10 SAMSCA JYNARQUE Food and Beverage OTSUKA AMERICA PHARMACEUTICAL, INC.
Mar 28, 2018 $7 SAMSCA Food and Beverage OTSUKA AMERICA PHARMACEUTICAL, INC.
Jan 25, 2018 $7 VELTASSA Food and Beverage RELYPSA, INC.
Feb 8, 2018 $5 SAMSCA Food and Beverage OTSUKA AMERICA PHARMACEUTICAL, INC.
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This site includes data published by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services on June 28, 2019.