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VIJAY K RAMU
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VIJAY K RAMU

Listed Specialty: Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology
329 N STATE OF FRANKLIN RD, JOHNSON CITY, TN, 37604-6062
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DR. VIJAY RAMU,
Yearly Payment Breakdown:

2018 Payments At a Glance

29

payments

$1,131

payment total

7

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
 27 $783
Travel and Lodging
 2 $347

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†
ENSITE CARDIAC MAPPING SYSTEM

device

 $546
GENERAL STENTS

device

 $109
LIFEVEST

device

 $97
MICRA

device

 $79
SQRX PULSE GENERATOR

device

 $62
ASSURITY PACEMAKER

device

 $57
ZIO PATCH

device

 $23
SELECTSECURE

device

 $21
EP-NURSEMATE REMOTE STATION

device

 $20
ENSITE VELOCITY SYSTEM MAPPING DISPOSABLES

device

 $20
VISIA AF

device

 $15
GENERAL THERAPIES

device

 $15
QUADRA ASSURA CRT DEFIBRILLATOR

device

 $15
EP-WORKMATE CLARIS SYSTEM

device

 $14
Payments with no listed product

N/A

 $13
CORONARY ORBITAL ATHERECTOMY SYSTEM

device

 $12
TYRX

device

 $10
EMBLEM

device

 $4
† 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
Jan 11, 2018 $339 ENSITE CARDIAC MAPPING SYSTEM Travel and Lodging ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Aug 2, 2018 $109 GENERAL STENTS Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Jan 10, 2018 $100 ENSITE CARDIAC MAPPING SYSTEM Food and Beverage ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Feb 8, 2018 $62 SQRX PULSE GENERATOR Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Jan 10, 2018 $58 ENSITE CARDIAC MAPPING SYSTEM Food and Beverage ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Sep 11, 2018 $50 LIFEVEST Food and Beverage ZOLL SERVICES LLC (A/K/A ZOLL LIFECOR CORP)
Aug 10, 2018 $42 MICRA Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Feb 8, 2018 $37 LIFEVEST Food and Beverage ZOLL SERVICES LLC (A/K/A ZOLL LIFECOR CORP)
Jun 19, 2018 $33 ASSURITY PACEMAKER Food and Beverage ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Nov 20, 2018 $30 ENSITE CARDIAC MAPPING SYSTEM Food and Beverage ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Aug 2, 2018 $24 ASSURITY PACEMAKER Food and Beverage ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Oct 4, 2018 $23 ZIO PATCH Food and Beverage IRHYTHM TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Nov 27, 2018 $21 SELECTSECURE Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Oct 16, 2018 $20 EP-NURSEMATE REMOTE STATION Food and Beverage ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Mar 1, 2018 $20 ENSITE VELOCITY SYSTEM MAPPING DISPOSABLES Food and Beverage ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Aug 10, 2018 $18 MICRA Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Nov 2, 2018 $15 VISIA AF Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Apr 6, 2018 $15 GENERAL THERAPIES Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
May 17, 2018 $15 QUADRA ASSURA CRT DEFIBRILLATOR Food and Beverage ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Aug 11, 2018 $15 MICRA Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Dec 10, 2018 $14 EP-WORKMATE CLARIS SYSTEM Food and Beverage ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Aug 9, 2018 $13 No Listed Product Food and Beverage BIOTRONIK INC.
Nov 28, 2018 $12 CORONARY ORBITAL ATHERECTOMY SYSTEM Food and Beverage CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEMS INC.
Jan 10, 2018 $11 ENSITE CARDIAC MAPPING SYSTEM Food and Beverage ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Jan 25, 2018 $10 TYRX Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Apr 10, 2018 $10 LIFEVEST Food and Beverage ZOLL SERVICES LLC (A/K/A ZOLL LIFECOR CORP)
Jan 11, 2018 $8 ENSITE CARDIAC MAPPING SYSTEM Travel and Lodging ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Aug 10, 2018 $5 MICRA Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Aug 9, 2018 $4 EMBLEM Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
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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.