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JAMES J MERRILL
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JAMES J MERRILL

Listed Specialty: Cardiovascular Disease
2050 MEADOWVIEW PARKWAY, KINGSPORT, TN, 37660-7332
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DR. JAMES MERRILL,
Yearly Payment Breakdown:

2018 Payments At a Glance

35

payments

$3,559

payment total

10

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
Consulting
 1 $2,000
Food and Beverage
 32 $808
Travel and Lodging
 2 $751

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

 $2,915
MITRA CLIP SYSTEM

device

 $88
ELIQUIS

drug

 $82
EP-WORKMATE CLARIS SYSTEM

device

 $68
REVEAL LINQ

device

 $62
PRADAXA

drug

 $43
CORLANOR

drug

 $41
REPATHA

drug

 $41
FLEXABILITY ABLATION CATHETER

device

 $40
EP-WORKNET MODULE

device

 $36
MULTAQ

drug

 $32
JARDIANCE

drug

 $30
BRILINTA

drug

 $22
TYRX

device

 $21
AMPERE RF ABLATION GENERATOR

device

 $21
KENGREAL

drug

 $19
OFEV

drug

 $18
PRALUENT

drug

 $16
PRAXBIND

drug

 $13
ENTRESTO

drug

 $12
LIFEVEST

device

 $12
AZURE

device

 $10
† 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
Oct 18, 2018 $2,000 No Listed Product Consulting MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Sep 30, 2018 $549 No Listed Product Travel and Lodging MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Sep 30, 2018 $203 No Listed Product Travel and Lodging MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Jun 30, 2018 $88 MITRA CLIP SYSTEM Food and Beverage ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Apr 5, 2018 $68 EP-WORKMATE CLARIS SYSTEM Food and Beverage ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Oct 24, 2018 $67 No Listed Product Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
May 9, 2018 $62 REVEAL LINQ Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Oct 24, 2018 $56 No Listed Product Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Oct 1, 2018 $41 No Listed Product Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
May 18, 2018 $40 FLEXABILITY ABLATION CATHETER Food and Beverage ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Nov 2, 2018 $36 EP-WORKNET MODULE Food and Beverage ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Nov 14, 2018 $21 AMPERE RF ABLATION GENERATOR Food and Beverage ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Oct 16, 2018 $19 ELIQUIS Food and Beverage E.R. SQUIBB & SONS, L.L.C.
Apr 11, 2018 $19 KENGREAL Food and Beverage CHIESI USA, INC.
Feb 16, 2018 $18 ELIQUIS Food and Beverage E.R. SQUIBB & SONS, L.L.C.
Jul 16, 2018 $18 OFEV Food and Beverage BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
Mar 1, 2018 $18 MULTAQ Food and Beverage SANOFI-AVENTIS U.S. LLC
Aug 28, 2018 $18 ELIQUIS Food and Beverage E.R. SQUIBB & SONS, L.L.C.
Nov 8, 2018 $17 PRADAXA JARDIANCE Food and Beverage BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
Jun 7, 2018 $16 PRALUENT Food and Beverage SANOFI-AVENTIS U.S. LLC
Apr 10, 2018 $15 CORLANOR REPATHA Food and Beverage AMGEN INC.
May 31, 2018 $15 MULTAQ Food and Beverage SANOFI-AVENTIS U.S. LLC
Dec 6, 2018 $14 ELIQUIS Food and Beverage E.R. SQUIBB & SONS, L.L.C.
Jul 12, 2018 $14 CORLANOR REPATHA Food and Beverage AMGEN INC.
Mar 9, 2018 $13 PRADAXA JARDIANCE PRAXBIND Food and Beverage BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
Apr 12, 2018 $13 PRADAXA Food and Beverage BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
Mar 15, 2018 $13 CORLANOR REPATHA Food and Beverage AMGEN INC.
Jun 13, 2018 $12 ELIQUIS Food and Beverage E.R. SQUIBB & SONS, L.L.C.
Dec 20, 2018 $12 ENTRESTO Food and Beverage NOVARTIS PHARMACEUTICALS CORPORATION
Apr 12, 2018 $12 LIFEVEST Food and Beverage ZOLL SERVICES LLC (A/K/A ZOLL LIFECOR CORP)
May 1, 2018 $12 TYRX Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Aug 16, 2018 $11 BRILINTA Food and Beverage ASTRAZENECA PHARMACEUTICALS LP
Sep 20, 2018 $11 BRILINTA Food and Beverage ASTRAZENECA PHARMACEUTICALS LP
Feb 6, 2018 $10 AZURE Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Apr 26, 2018 $10 TYRX Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
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This site includes data published by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services on June 28, 2019.