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HOWARD M HAMMER
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HOWARD M HAMMER

Listed Specialty: Plastic Surgery within the Head & Neck
301 OXFORD VALLEY RD, SUITE 1201A, YARDLEY, PA, 19067-7706
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DR. HOWARD HAMMER,
Yearly Payment Breakdown:

2018 Payments At a Glance

20

payments

$1,011

payment total

9

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
 19 $582
Travel and Lodging
 1 $428

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†
INSPIRE UPPER AIRWAY STIMULATION SYSTEM

device

 $526
PROPEL

device

 $206
ENTELLUS - FIAGON SINUS NAVIGATION SYSTEM

device

 $100
GRASTEK

drug

 $61
ODACTRA

drug

 $61
RAGWITEK

drug

 $61
Payments with no listed product

N/A

 $47
OTOVEL

drug

 $37
XHANCE

drug

 $13
HUMMINGBIRD TTS

device

 $11
CIPRODEX

drug

 $10
† 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
Nov 12, 2018 $428 INSPIRE UPPER AIRWAY STIMULATION SYSTEM Travel and Lodging INSPIRE MEDICAL SYSTEMS, INC.
May 3, 2018 $148 PROPEL Food and Beverage INTERSECT ENT, INC.
Jul 18, 2018 $98 INSPIRE UPPER AIRWAY STIMULATION SYSTEM Food and Beverage INSPIRE MEDICAL SYSTEMS, INC.
Sep 12, 2018 $50 ENTELLUS - FIAGON SINUS NAVIGATION SYSTEM Food and Beverage STRYKER CORPORATION
Jun 4, 2018 $50 ENTELLUS - FIAGON SINUS NAVIGATION SYSTEM Food and Beverage STRYKER CORPORATION
Nov 6, 2018 $43 No Listed Product Food and Beverage FUJIFILM NEW DEVELOPMENT USA, INC.
May 3, 2018 $20 PROPEL Food and Beverage INTERSECT ENT, INC.
Oct 17, 2018 $19 OTOVEL Food and Beverage ARBOR PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
Jul 25, 2018 $19 PROPEL Food and Beverage INTERSECT ENT, INC.
Mar 1, 2018 $19 PROPEL Food and Beverage INTERSECT ENT, INC.
Sep 26, 2018 $18 OTOVEL Food and Beverage ARBOR PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
Apr 17, 2018 $13 ODACTRA RAGWITEK GRASTEK Food and Beverage ALK-ABELLO, INC
Oct 29, 2018 $13 XHANCE Food and Beverage OPTINOSE US, INC.
Sep 21, 2018 $13 ODACTRA RAGWITEK GRASTEK Food and Beverage ALK-ABELLO, INC
Jan 24, 2018 $13 ODACTRA RAGWITEK GRASTEK Food and Beverage ALK-ABELLO, INC
Jun 5, 2018 $11 HUMMINGBIRD TTS Food and Beverage PRECEPTIS MEDICAL, INC.
Oct 22, 2018 $11 ODACTRA RAGWITEK GRASTEK Food and Beverage ALK-ABELLO, INC
Aug 13, 2018 $10 CIPRODEX Food and Beverage NOVARTIS PHARMACEUTICALS CORPORATION
Dec 17, 2018 $10 ODACTRA RAGWITEK GRASTEK Food and Beverage ALK-ABELLO, INC
Nov 27, 2018 $4 No Listed Product Food and Beverage FUJIFILM NEW DEVELOPMENT USA, INC.
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This site includes data published by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services on June 28, 2019.