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This database was last updated in October 2019 and should only be used as a historical snapshot. Newer data is available at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Open Payments site.

CARLOS A ACOSTA
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CARLOS A ACOSTA

Listed Specialty: Internal Medicine
EDIF MEDICO HNAS DAVILA SUITE 207, VILLA RICA, BAYAMON, PR, 00959
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DR. CARLOS ACOSTA,
Yearly Payment Breakdown:

2018 Payments At a Glance

41

payments

$2,172

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
Food and Beverage
 39 $2,151
Education
 2 $21

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†
ELIQUIS

drug

 $328
STEGLATRO

drug

 $246
XARELTO

drug

 $194
JANUMET

drug

 $179
JANUMET XR

drug

 $179
JANUVIA

drug

 $179
FARXIGA

drug

 $161
BYDUREON

drug

 $139
SOLIQUA

drug

 $135
SHINGRIX

drug

 $122
VICTOZA

drug

 $111
JARDIANCE

drug

 $110
ENTRESTO

drug

 $108
PREVNAR 13

drug

 $100
TRULICITY

drug

 $88
INVOKANA

drug

 $80
TOUJEO

drug

 $45
STEGLUJAN

drug

 $40
Payments with no listed product

N/A

 $30
BRILINTA

drug

 $24
SYMBICORT

drug

 $24
PNEUMOVAX 23

drug

 $20
SEGLUROMET

drug

 $20
STIOLTO RESPIMAT

drug

 $20
HUMALOG

drug

 $20
ONGLYZA

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
Sep 26, 2018 $125 FARXIGA Food and Beverage ASTRAZENECA PHARMACEUTICALS LP
Jun 28, 2018 $125 ELIQUIS Food and Beverage E.R. SQUIBB & SONS, L.L.C.
May 10, 2018 $125 BYDUREON Food and Beverage ASTRAZENECA PHARMACEUTICALS LP
May 7, 2018 $122 SHINGRIX Food and Beverage GLAXOSMITHKLINE, LLC.
Sep 11, 2018 $117 XARELTO Food and Beverage JANSSEN PHARMACEUTICALS, INC
Nov 15, 2018 $111 VICTOZA Food and Beverage NOVO NORDISK INC
Mar 1, 2018 $110 JARDIANCE Food and Beverage BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
Nov 8, 2018 $108 ENTRESTO Food and Beverage NOVARTIS PHARMACEUTICALS CORPORATION
Oct 11, 2018 $107 SOLIQUA Food and Beverage SANOFI-AVENTIS U.S. LLC
Sep 13, 2018 $104 STEGLATRO Food and Beverage MERCK SHARP & DOHME CORPORATION
Mar 22, 2018 $101 ELIQUIS Food and Beverage PFIZER PHARMACEUTICALS LLC
Sep 20, 2018 $100 PREVNAR 13 Food and Beverage PFIZER PHARMACEUTICALS LLC
May 3, 2018 $99 JANUVIA JANUMET JANUMET XR Food and Beverage MERCK SHARP & DOHME CORPORATION
Apr 5, 2018 $88 TRULICITY Food and Beverage LILLY USA, LLC
Jun 21, 2018 $82 STEGLATRO Food and Beverage MERCK SHARP & DOHME CORPORATION
Dec 13, 2018 $80 INVOKANA Food and Beverage JANSSEN PHARMACEUTICALS, INC
May 31, 2018 $73 ELIQUIS Food and Beverage E.R. SQUIBB & SONS, L.L.C.
Nov 1, 2018 $71 XARELTO Food and Beverage JANSSEN PHARMACEUTICALS, INC
Jan 31, 2018 $24 BRILINTA SYMBICORT Food and Beverage ASTRAZENECA PHARMACEUTICALS LP
Sep 28, 2018 $22 FARXIGA Food and Beverage ASTRAZENECA PHARMACEUTICALS LP
Mar 2, 2018 $20 No Listed Product Food and Beverage NOVO NORDISK INC
Sep 21, 2018 $20 STIOLTO RESPIMAT Food and Beverage BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
Apr 6, 2018 $20 TOUJEO Food and Beverage SANOFI-AVENTIS U.S. LLC
Feb 23, 2018 $20 HUMALOG Food and Beverage ELI LILLY EXPORT S.A. PUERTO RICO BRANCH
Oct 12, 2018 $20 TOUJEO SOLIQUA Food and Beverage SANOFI-AVENTIS U.S. LLC
Aug 10, 2018 $20 JANUVIA JANUMET JANUMET XR STEGLATRO SEGLUROMET Food and Beverage MERCK SHARP & DOHME CORPORATION
Jul 6, 2018 $20 JANUVIA JANUMET JANUMET XR STEGLATRO STEGLUJAN Food and Beverage MERCK SHARP & DOHME CORPORATION
Oct 5, 2018 $20 JANUVIA JANUMET JANUMET XR STEGLATRO STEGLUJAN Food and Beverage MERCK SHARP & DOHME CORPORATION
Oct 26, 2018 $20 JANUVIA JANUMET PNEUMOVAX 23 JANUMET XR Food and Beverage MERCK SHARP & DOHME CORPORATION
Jun 27, 2018 $15 FARXIGA Education ASTRAZENECA PHARMACEUTICALS LP
Aug 3, 2018 $14 BYDUREON Food and Beverage ASTRAZENECA PHARMACEUTICALS LP
Mar 21, 2018 $11 ONGLYZA Food and Beverage ASTRAZENECA PHARMACEUTICALS LP
Aug 30, 2018 $10 ELIQUIS Food and Beverage PFIZER PHARMACEUTICALS LLC
Sep 18, 2018 $10 No Listed Product Food and Beverage MERCK SHARP & DOHME CORPORATION
Jun 15, 2018 $8 ELIQUIS Food and Beverage E.R. SQUIBB & SONS, L.L.C.
Dec 4, 2018 $6 XARELTO Education JANSSEN PHARMACEUTICALS, INC
Feb 12, 2018 $6 ELIQUIS Food and Beverage PFIZER PHARMACEUTICALS LLC
Oct 23, 2018 $5 ELIQUIS Food and Beverage PFIZER PHARMACEUTICALS LLC
Apr 25, 2018 $5 TOUJEO Food and Beverage SANOFI-AVENTIS U.S. LLC
Nov 28, 2018 $4 SOLIQUA Food and Beverage SANOFI-AVENTIS U.S. LLC
Sep 13, 2018 $4 SOLIQUA Food and Beverage SANOFI-AVENTIS U.S. LLC
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Note: We have made some effort to normalize the data and eliminate duplicates, but the data is primarily as it has been reported by the companies to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. To purchase the normalized data, please visit the ProPublica Data Store. If you spot an error, please let us know at [email protected].

This site includes data published by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services on June 28, 2019.