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J. E RAME
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J. E RAME

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3400 SPRUCE STREET, 6 PENN TOWER, PHILADELPHIA, PA, 19104-4206
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J. RAME,
Yearly Payment Breakdown:

2018 Payments At a Glance

33

payments

$9,199

payment total

4

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
Promotional Speaking/Other
 2 $6,300
Travel and Lodging
 4 $1,688
Food and Beverage
 27 $1,211

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†
HEARTWARE HVAD

device

 $8,791
HEARTMATE 3 LEFT VENTRICULAR DEV

device

 $235
RESONATE

device

 $103
CIRCULATORY SUPPORT

device

 $33
HEARTMATE

device

 $18
CARDIAC MONITORING SUITE

device

 $18
† 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 26, 2018 $4,000 HEARTWARE HVAD Promotional Speaking/Other MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Mar 26, 2018 $2,300 HEARTWARE HVAD Promotional Speaking/Other MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Feb 22, 2018 $682 HEARTWARE HVAD Travel and Lodging MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Feb 24, 2018 $425 HEARTWARE HVAD Travel and Lodging MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Feb 8, 2018 $405 HEARTWARE HVAD Travel and Lodging MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Feb 24, 2018 $176 HEARTWARE HVAD Travel and Lodging MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Feb 26, 2018 $169 HEARTWARE HVAD Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Apr 30, 2018 $147 HEARTWARE HVAD Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Feb 24, 2018 $132 HEARTWARE HVAD Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Feb 26, 2018 $103 RESONATE Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
May 8, 2018 $76 HEARTMATE 3 LEFT VENTRICULAR DEV Food and Beverage ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Feb 24, 2018 $69 HEARTWARE HVAD Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Feb 24, 2018 $60 HEARTWARE HVAD Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Mar 22, 2018 $48 HEARTMATE 3 LEFT VENTRICULAR DEV Food and Beverage ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Jan 19, 2018 $47 HEARTWARE HVAD Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Feb 24, 2018 $47 HEARTWARE HVAD Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Mar 8, 2018 $33 CIRCULATORY SUPPORT Food and Beverage ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Feb 24, 2018 $32 HEARTWARE HVAD Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Jul 19, 2018 $31 HEARTMATE 3 LEFT VENTRICULAR DEV Food and Beverage ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Jan 24, 2018 $30 HEARTWARE HVAD Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
May 2, 2018 $30 HEARTMATE 3 LEFT VENTRICULAR DEV Food and Beverage ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Jan 24, 2018 $26 HEARTWARE HVAD Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Aug 22, 2018 $24 HEARTMATE 3 LEFT VENTRICULAR DEV Food and Beverage ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Jun 22, 2018 $21 HEARTWARE HVAD Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Jul 11, 2018 $19 HEARTMATE 3 LEFT VENTRICULAR DEV Food and Beverage ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Dec 20, 2018 $18 HEARTMATE Food and Beverage ABBOTT LABORATORIES
May 1, 2018 $18 CARDIAC MONITORING SUITE Food and Beverage BRAEMAR MANUFACTURING, LLC
Feb 20, 2018 $14 HEARTWARE HVAD Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Apr 16, 2018 $8 HEARTMATE 3 LEFT VENTRICULAR DEV Food and Beverage ABBOTT LABORATORIES
May 11, 2018 $6 HEARTWARE HVAD Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Jun 22, 2018 $3 HEARTWARE HVAD Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Jan 24, 2018 $2 HEARTWARE HVAD Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Jan 19, 2018 $1 HEARTWARE HVAD Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, 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.