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MAHER BISHARA
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MAHER BISHARA

Listed Specialty: Nephrology
1140 BUSINESS CENTER DR, #100, HOUSTON, TX, 77043-2737
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DR. MAHER BISHARA,
Yearly Payment Breakdown:

2018 Payments At a Glance

42

payments

$1,328

payment total

13

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
 42 $1,328

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†
PARSABIV

drug

 $219
ACTHAR

drug

 $206
RENAL - SHARESOURCE

device

 $159
JYNARQUE

drug

 $154
VELTASSA

drug

 $139
LONHALA MAGNAIR

drug

 $122
ENTRESTO

drug

 $121
AURYXIA

drug

 $59
RAYALDEE

drug

 $53
SAMSCA

drug

 $42
FABRY-DISEASE

drug

 $18
XARELTO

drug

 $18
GATTEX

drug

 $18
VASCEPA

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
Aug 8, 2018 $159 RENAL - SHARESOURCE Food and Beverage BAXTER HEALTHCARE
Mar 27, 2018 $125 PARSABIV Food and Beverage AMGEN INC.
Jul 31, 2018 $122 JYNARQUE Food and Beverage OTSUKA AMERICA PHARMACEUTICAL, INC.
May 16, 2018 $122 LONHALA MAGNAIR Food and Beverage SUNOVION PHARMACEUTICALS INC.
Jun 12, 2018 $121 ENTRESTO Food and Beverage NOVARTIS PHARMACEUTICALS CORPORATION
Oct 20, 2018 $33 ACTHAR Food and Beverage MALLINCKRODT LLC
Aug 18, 2018 $28 ACTHAR Food and Beverage MALLINCKRODT LLC
May 15, 2018 $27 ACTHAR Food and Beverage MALLINCKRODT LLC
Mar 9, 2018 $27 ACTHAR Food and Beverage MALLINCKRODT LLC
Jun 9, 2018 $25 AURYXIA Food and Beverage KERYX BIOPHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
Apr 21, 2018 $25 ACTHAR Food and Beverage MALLINCKRODT LLC
Jun 1, 2018 $25 PARSABIV Food and Beverage AMGEN INC.
Nov 9, 2018 $24 PARSABIV Food and Beverage AMGEN INC.
Jul 24, 2018 $22 RAYALDEE Food and Beverage OPKO PHARMACEUTICALS, LLC
Feb 2, 2018 $22 AURYXIA Food and Beverage KERYX BIOPHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
Feb 9, 2018 $21 SAMSCA Food and Beverage OTSUKA AMERICA PHARMACEUTICAL, INC.
Feb 16, 2018 $21 VELTASSA Food and Beverage RELYPSA, INC.
Jun 26, 2018 $20 ACTHAR Food and Beverage MALLINCKRODT LLC
Dec 7, 2018 $20 ACTHAR Food and Beverage MALLINCKRODT LLC
Jan 9, 2018 $19 ACTHAR Food and Beverage MALLINCKRODT LLC
Mar 30, 2018 $19 VELTASSA Food and Beverage RELYPSA, INC.
Mar 16, 2018 $19 PARSABIV Food and Beverage AMGEN INC.
May 18, 2018 $18 FABRY-DISEASE Food and Beverage GENZYME CORPORATION
Jul 13, 2018 $18 XARELTO Food and Beverage JANSSEN PHARMACEUTICALS, INC
Nov 13, 2018 $18 GATTEX Food and Beverage SHIRE NORTH AMERICAN GROUP INC
Feb 27, 2018 $17 VELTASSA Food and Beverage RELYPSA, INC.
Sep 4, 2018 $17 SAMSCA JYNARQUE Food and Beverage OTSUKA AMERICA PHARMACEUTICAL, INC.
Mar 2, 2018 $17 RAYALDEE Food and Beverage OPKO PHARMACEUTICALS, LLC
Mar 6, 2018 $16 VASCEPA Food and Beverage AMARIN PHARMA INC.
Jun 19, 2018 $16 VELTASSA Food and Beverage RELYPSA, INC.
Jan 26, 2018 $16 VELTASSA Food and Beverage RELYPSA, INC.
Jul 16, 2018 $15 JYNARQUE Food and Beverage OTSUKA AMERICA PHARMACEUTICAL, INC.
Oct 9, 2018 $15 PARSABIV Food and Beverage AMGEN INC.
Oct 3, 2018 $15 RAYALDEE Food and Beverage OPKO PHARMACEUTICALS, LLC
Sep 19, 2018 $14 VELTASSA Food and Beverage RELYPSA, INC.
Aug 24, 2018 $13 VELTASSA Food and Beverage RELYPSA, INC.
Oct 30, 2018 $12 VELTASSA Food and Beverage RELYPSA, INC.
Sep 21, 2018 $12 AURYXIA Food and Beverage KERYX BIOPHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
Jul 20, 2018 $11 PARSABIV Food and Beverage AMGEN INC.
Oct 5, 2018 $11 VELTASSA Food and Beverage RELYPSA, INC.
Dec 4, 2018 $7 ACTHAR Food and Beverage MALLINCKRODT LLC
Feb 9, 2018 $4 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.