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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.

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AMIR AREF

Listed Specialty: Internal Medicine
9600 VETERANS DR SW, TACOMA, WA, 98493-0003
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DR. AMIR AREF,
Yearly Payment Breakdown:

2018 Payments At a Glance

10

payments

$925

payment total

8

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
 10 $925

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†
LONHALA MAGNAIR

drug

 $216
SAMSCA

drug

 $125
XARELTO

drug

 $124
INVOKANA

drug

 $123
Payments with no listed product

N/A

 $95
AIMOVIG

drug

 $87
XULTOPHY 100/3.6

drug

 $84
ZTLIDO 30 POUCH IN 1 CARTON 1 PATCH IN 1 POUCH

drug

 $49
NALOXONE

drug

 $22
† 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
Feb 7, 2018 $125 SAMSCA Food and Beverage OTSUKA AMERICA PHARMACEUTICAL, INC.
Dec 11, 2018 $124 XARELTO Food and Beverage JANSSEN PHARMACEUTICALS, INC
Oct 17, 2018 $123 INVOKANA Food and Beverage JANSSEN PHARMACEUTICALS, INC
Apr 17, 2018 $118 LONHALA MAGNAIR Food and Beverage SUNOVION PHARMACEUTICALS INC.
Jul 12, 2018 $98 LONHALA MAGNAIR Food and Beverage SUNOVION PHARMACEUTICALS INC.
Apr 26, 2018 $95 No Listed Product Food and Beverage BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
Aug 15, 2018 $87 AIMOVIG Food and Beverage AMGEN INC.
Mar 1, 2018 $84 XULTOPHY 100/3.6 Food and Beverage NOVO NORDISK INC
Oct 20, 2018 $49 ZTLIDO 30 POUCH IN 1 CARTON 1 PATCH IN 1 POUCH Food and Beverage SCILEX PHARMACEUTICALS INC.
Oct 10, 2018 $22 NALOXONE Food and Beverage ADAPT PHARMA 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.