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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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Listed Specialty: Vascular Surgery
2169 SE OCEAN BLVD, STUART, FL, 34996
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Yearly Payment Breakdown:

2018 Payments At a Glance

32

payments

$1,993

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
 32 $1,993

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†
VIABAHN VBX BALLOON EXPANDABLE ENDOPROSTHESIS

device

 $504
INDIGO

device

 $297
RELAY PLUS

device

 $224
TAG THORACIC ENDOPROSTHESIS

device

 $200
Payments with no listed product

N/A

 $164
COOK MEDICAL FILTERS

device

 $128
EKOSONIC

device

 $124
IGT_D THERAPY

device

 $101
STELLAREX

device

 $59
EXCLUDER ILIAC BRANCH ENDOPROSTHESIS

device

 $47
VIABAHN ENDOPROSTHESIS WITH HEPARIN BIOACTIVE SURFACE

device

 $28
FLEXITOUCH

device

 $27
ACTITOUCH

device

 $27
ENTRE

device

 $27
TURBO-POWER

device

 $21
IMAGE GUIDED THERAPY DEVICES _ PERIPHERAL

device

 $17
LASERS

device

 $15
MYNXGRIP VASCULAR CLOSURE DEVICE

device

 $12
RS SURGERY UNDIVIDED

device

 $11
IGT_D PERIPHERAL

device

 $8
EXCLUDER AAA ENDOPROSTHESIS

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
Nov 15, 2018 $203 VIABAHN VBX BALLOON EXPANDABLE ENDOPROSTHESIS Food and Beverage W. L. GORE & ASSOCIATES, INC.
Nov 15, 2018 $200 TAG THORACIC ENDOPROSTHESIS Food and Beverage W. L. GORE & ASSOCIATES, INC.
Feb 5, 2018 $195 INDIGO Food and Beverage PENUMBRA, INC.
Apr 28, 2018 $168 RELAY PLUS Food and Beverage BOLTON MEDICAL INC
Jul 19, 2018 $164 No Listed Product Food and Beverage ENDOLOGIX, INC.
Feb 3, 2018 $125 VIABAHN VBX BALLOON EXPANDABLE ENDOPROSTHESIS Food and Beverage W. L. GORE & ASSOCIATES, INC.
Apr 26, 2018 $114 COOK MEDICAL FILTERS Food and Beverage COOK MEDICAL LLC
Jan 30, 2018 $110 VIABAHN VBX BALLOON EXPANDABLE ENDOPROSTHESIS Food and Beverage W. L. GORE & ASSOCIATES, INC.
Dec 6, 2018 $102 INDIGO Food and Beverage PENUMBRA, INC.
Feb 6, 2018 $101 IGT_D THERAPY Food and Beverage PHILIPS ELECTRONICS NORTH AMERICA CORPORATION
Mar 23, 2018 $59 STELLAREX Food and Beverage PHILIPS ELECTRONICS NORTH AMERICA CORPORATION
Apr 20, 2018 $52 EKOSONIC Food and Beverage EKOS CORPORATION
Apr 20, 2018 $45 EKOSONIC Food and Beverage EKOS CORPORATION
Nov 14, 2018 $38 VIABAHN VBX BALLOON EXPANDABLE ENDOPROSTHESIS Food and Beverage W. L. GORE & ASSOCIATES, INC.
Nov 15, 2018 $38 RELAY PLUS Food and Beverage BOLTON MEDICAL INC
Nov 14, 2018 $28 VIABAHN ENDOPROSTHESIS WITH HEPARIN BIOACTIVE SURFACE Food and Beverage W. L. GORE & ASSOCIATES, INC.
Apr 20, 2018 $27 EKOSONIC Food and Beverage EKOS CORPORATION
Apr 17, 2018 $27 FLEXITOUCH ACTITOUCH ENTRE Food and Beverage TACTILE SYSTEMS TECHNOLOGY INC
Nov 16, 2018 $27 VIABAHN VBX BALLOON EXPANDABLE ENDOPROSTHESIS Food and Beverage W. L. GORE & ASSOCIATES, INC.
Mar 20, 2018 $23 EXCLUDER ILIAC BRANCH ENDOPROSTHESIS Food and Beverage W. L. GORE & ASSOCIATES, INC.
Jan 30, 2018 $21 TURBO-POWER Food and Beverage PHILIPS ELECTRONICS NORTH AMERICA CORPORATION
Apr 27, 2018 $19 RELAY PLUS Food and Beverage BOLTON MEDICAL INC
Dec 10, 2018 $17 IMAGE GUIDED THERAPY DEVICES _ PERIPHERAL Food and Beverage PHILIPS ELECTRONICS NORTH AMERICA CORPORATION
Sep 17, 2018 $17 EXCLUDER ILIAC BRANCH ENDOPROSTHESIS Food and Beverage W. L. GORE & ASSOCIATES, INC.
Sep 26, 2018 $15 LASERS Food and Beverage PHILIPS ELECTRONICS NORTH AMERICA CORPORATION
Dec 7, 2018 $14 COOK MEDICAL FILTERS Food and Beverage COOK MEDICAL LLC
Mar 28, 2018 $12 MYNXGRIP VASCULAR CLOSURE DEVICE Food and Beverage CARDINAL HEALTH 200, LLC
Oct 26, 2018 $11 RS SURGERY UNDIVIDED Food and Beverage PHILIPS ELECTRONICS NORTH AMERICA CORPORATION
Oct 12, 2018 $8 IGT_D PERIPHERAL Food and Beverage PHILIPS ELECTRONICS NORTH AMERICA CORPORATION
Oct 23, 2018 $4 EXCLUDER ILIAC BRANCH ENDOPROSTHESIS Food and Beverage W. L. GORE & ASSOCIATES, INC.
Feb 16, 2018 $4 EXCLUDER AAA ENDOPROSTHESIS Food and Beverage W. L. GORE & ASSOCIATES, INC.
Mar 20, 2018 $3 EXCLUDER ILIAC BRANCH ENDOPROSTHESIS Food and Beverage W. L. GORE & ASSOCIATES, 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.