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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.

RANA O AFIFI
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RANA O AFIFI

Listed Specialty: Vascular Surgery
6400 FANNIN ST, SUITE NUMBER 2850, HOUSTON, TX, 77030-1521
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DR. RANA AFIFI,
Yearly Payment Breakdown:

2018 Payments At a Glance

41

payments

$4,534

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
Travel and Lodging
 7 $2,842
Food and Beverage
 34 $1,692

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†
TAG THORACIC ENDOPROSTHESIS

device

 $2,042
EXCLUDER AAA ENDOPROSTHESIS

device

 $904
VIABAHN VBX BALLOON EXPANDABLE ENDOPROSTHESIS

device

 $329
ENDURANT

device

 $265
CONFORMABLE TAG THORACIC ENDOPROSTHESIS

device

 $221
COOK MEDICAL ADVANCED TECH

device

 $209
COOK MEDICAL THORACIC

device

 $107
VIABAHN ENDOPROSTHESIS WITH HEPARIN BIOACTIVE SURFACE

device

 $83
TURBOHAWK

device

 $70
VALIANT CAPTIVIA

device

 $52
PREVELEAK

device

 $42
FUSION BIOLINE

device

 $38
BIOGLUE

device

 $23
PHOTOFIX

device

 $23
EVICEL

drug

 $22
PRINEO 42

device

 $21
STRATAFIX

device

 $21
SURGICEL POWDER

device

 $21
HI-TORQUE COMMAND GUIDE WIRE

device

 $20
GENERAL BPH

device

 $20
FLEXITOUCH

device

 $18
ACTITOUCH

device

 $18
ENTRE

device

 $18
PICO

device

 $17
GENERAL ATHERECTOMY

device

 $16
COOK MEDICAL ZILVER PTX

device

 $13
† 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
Dec 1, 2018 $904 EXCLUDER AAA ENDOPROSTHESIS Travel and Lodging W. L. GORE & ASSOCIATES, INC.
Nov 8, 2018 $826 TAG THORACIC ENDOPROSTHESIS Travel and Lodging W. L. GORE & ASSOCIATES, INC.
Oct 29, 2018 $421 TAG THORACIC ENDOPROSTHESIS Travel and Lodging W. L. GORE & ASSOCIATES, INC.
Oct 19, 2018 $354 TAG THORACIC ENDOPROSTHESIS Travel and Lodging W. L. GORE & ASSOCIATES, INC.
Jun 22, 2018 $179 VIABAHN VBX BALLOON EXPANDABLE ENDOPROSTHESIS Food and Beverage W. L. GORE & ASSOCIATES, INC.
Nov 7, 2018 $163 TAG THORACIC ENDOPROSTHESIS Travel and Lodging W. L. GORE & ASSOCIATES, INC.
Dec 10, 2018 $125 COOK MEDICAL ADVANCED TECH Food and Beverage COOK INCORPORATED
Feb 14, 2018 $116 ENDURANT Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Jun 2, 2018 $112 CONFORMABLE TAG THORACIC ENDOPROSTHESIS Food and Beverage W. L. GORE & ASSOCIATES, INC.
Nov 7, 2018 $112 TAG THORACIC ENDOPROSTHESIS Travel and Lodging W. L. GORE & ASSOCIATES, INC.
Jun 21, 2018 $111 ENDURANT Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Sep 19, 2018 $109 VIABAHN VBX BALLOON EXPANDABLE ENDOPROSTHESIS Food and Beverage W. L. GORE & ASSOCIATES, INC.
Apr 26, 2018 $97 COOK MEDICAL THORACIC Food and Beverage COOK MEDICAL LLC
Sep 19, 2018 $89 TAG THORACIC ENDOPROSTHESIS Food and Beverage W. L. GORE & ASSOCIATES, INC.
Jun 22, 2018 $84 COOK MEDICAL ADVANCED TECH Food and Beverage COOK MEDICAL LLC
May 31, 2018 $77 CONFORMABLE TAG THORACIC ENDOPROSTHESIS Food and Beverage W. L. GORE & ASSOCIATES, INC.
Nov 28, 2018 $70 TURBOHAWK Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Nov 7, 2018 $61 TAG THORACIC ENDOPROSTHESIS Travel and Lodging W. L. GORE & ASSOCIATES, INC.
Feb 15, 2018 $52 VALIANT CAPTIVIA Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Dec 12, 2018 $42 PREVELEAK Food and Beverage BAXTER HEALTHCARE
Feb 15, 2018 $41 VIABAHN ENDOPROSTHESIS WITH HEPARIN BIOACTIVE SURFACE Food and Beverage W. L. GORE & ASSOCIATES, INC.
Feb 16, 2018 $38 FUSION BIOLINE Food and Beverage MAQUET CARDIOVASCULAR U.S. SALES, L.L.C.
Feb 15, 2018 $36 VIABAHN ENDOPROSTHESIS WITH HEPARIN BIOACTIVE SURFACE Food and Beverage W. L. GORE & ASSOCIATES, INC.
May 14, 2018 $31 CONFORMABLE TAG THORACIC ENDOPROSTHESIS Food and Beverage W. L. GORE & ASSOCIATES, INC.
May 2, 2018 $23 BIOGLUE PHOTOFIX Food and Beverage CRYOLIFE, INC.
Aug 9, 2018 $22 EVICEL Food and Beverage ETHICON US, LLC
Oct 25, 2018 $21 STRATAFIX PRINEO 42 SURGICEL POWDER Food and Beverage ETHICON US, LLC
May 2, 2018 $20 HI-TORQUE COMMAND GUIDE WIRE Food and Beverage ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Dec 20, 2018 $20 GENERAL BPH Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Oct 1, 2018 $20 ENDURANT Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Oct 8, 2018 $19 ENDURANT Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Feb 7, 2018 $18 FLEXITOUCH ACTITOUCH ENTRE Food and Beverage TACTILE SYSTEMS TECHNOLOGY INC
Apr 6, 2018 $17 PICO Food and Beverage SMITH & NEPHEW, INC.
Mar 6, 2018 $16 GENERAL ATHERECTOMY Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Dec 5, 2018 $16 VIABAHN VBX BALLOON EXPANDABLE ENDOPROSTHESIS Food and Beverage W. L. GORE & ASSOCIATES, INC.
Nov 7, 2018 $15 TAG THORACIC ENDOPROSTHESIS Food and Beverage W. L. GORE & ASSOCIATES, INC.
Nov 12, 2018 $14 VIABAHN VBX BALLOON EXPANDABLE ENDOPROSTHESIS Food and Beverage W. L. GORE & ASSOCIATES, INC.
Mar 7, 2018 $13 COOK MEDICAL ZILVER PTX Food and Beverage COOK MEDICAL LLC
Oct 17, 2018 $12 VIABAHN VBX BALLOON EXPANDABLE ENDOPROSTHESIS Food and Beverage W. L. GORE & ASSOCIATES, INC.
Oct 9, 2018 $10 COOK MEDICAL THORACIC Food and Beverage COOK MEDICAL LLC
Nov 30, 2018 $5 VIABAHN ENDOPROSTHESIS WITH HEPARIN BIOACTIVE SURFACE Food and Beverage W. L. GORE & ASSOCIATES, INC.
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This site includes data published by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services on June 28, 2019.