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AMIR SAFFARIAN
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AMIR SAFFARIAN

Listed Specialty: Urology
18181 BUTTERFIELD BLVD, SUITE 185, MORGAN HILL, CA, 95037-8103
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DR. AMIR SAFFARIAN,
Yearly Payment Breakdown:

2018 Payments At a Glance

30

payments

$1,792

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
Consulting
 1 $1,000
Food and Beverage
 29 $792

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†
BRACHYTHERAPY SOURCE

device

 $1,000
INTERSTIM

device

 $132
UROLIFT

device

 $125
ERLEADA

drug

 $104
INTERSTIM ICON

device

 $101
TITAN

device

 $76
AVEED

drug

 $47
TESTOPEL

drug

 $47
XIAFLEX

drug

 $47
GENERAL BPH

device

 $38
BOTOX

drug

 $36
LUPRON

drug

 $35
CHANTIX

drug

 $22
ELIQUIS

drug

 $22
ANDROGEL

drug

 $21
COOK MEDICAL PERC SETS

device

 $20
TOVIAZ

drug

 $17
XTANDI

drug

 $17
ZYTIGA

drug

 $15
ABIRATERONE ACETATE TABLETS

drug

 $13
MYRBETRIQ

drug

 $11
VESICARE

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
Apr 18, 2018 $1,000 BRACHYTHERAPY SOURCE Consulting ISORAY, INC
May 19, 2018 $125 UROLIFT Food and Beverage NEOTRACT INC. The Elements Agency LLC
May 19, 2018 $90 INTERSTIM Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC USA, INC.
Dec 7, 2018 $71 INTERSTIM ICON Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC USA, INC.
Sep 25, 2018 $69 ERLEADA Food and Beverage JANSSEN SCIENTIFIC AFFAIRS, LLC
Dec 30, 2018 $48 TITAN Food and Beverage COLOPLAST CORP
May 18, 2018 $42 INTERSTIM Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC USA, INC.
Oct 11, 2018 $25 XIAFLEX TESTOPEL AVEED Food and Beverage ENDO PHARMACEUTICALS INC.
Aug 14, 2018 $24 ERLEADA Food and Beverage JANSSEN BIOTECH, INC.
Dec 10, 2018 $23 GENERAL BPH Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
May 8, 2018 $22 AVEED TESTOPEL XIAFLEX Food and Beverage ENDO PHARMACEUTICALS INC.
Apr 18, 2018 $21 ANDROGEL LUPRON Food and Beverage ABBVIE, INC.
May 15, 2018 $20 COOK MEDICAL PERC SETS Food and Beverage COOK MEDICAL LLC
Jul 6, 2018 $18 BOTOX Food and Beverage ALLERGAN INC.
Oct 30, 2018 $17 BOTOX Food and Beverage ALLERGAN INC.
Jun 27, 2018 $17 TOVIAZ XTANDI Food and Beverage PFIZER INC.
May 19, 2018 $17 TITAN Food and Beverage COLOPLAST CORP
May 12, 2018 $15 ZYTIGA Food and Beverage JANSSEN BIOTECH, INC.
Oct 9, 2018 $15 GENERAL BPH Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Nov 27, 2018 $14 LUPRON Food and Beverage ABBVIE, INC.
Dec 14, 2018 $13 ABIRATERONE ACETATE TABLETS Food and Beverage JANSSEN BIOTECH, INC.
May 19, 2018 $12 TITAN Food and Beverage COLOPLAST CORP
Nov 13, 2018 $11 CHANTIX ELIQUIS Food and Beverage PFIZER INC.
May 10, 2018 $11 VESICARE MYRBETRIQ Food and Beverage ASTELLAS PHARMA US INC
Sep 28, 2018 $11 ERLEADA Food and Beverage JANSSEN BIOTECH, INC.
Jun 5, 2018 $11 CHANTIX ELIQUIS Food and Beverage PFIZER INC.
Oct 19, 2018 $9 INTERSTIM ICON Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC USA, INC.
Jan 30, 2018 $8 INTERSTIM ICON Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC USA, INC.
Oct 19, 2018 $7 INTERSTIM ICON Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC USA, INC.
Aug 24, 2018 $5 INTERSTIM ICON Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC USA, INC.
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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.