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EDWIN K HEIST
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EDWIN K HEIST

Listed Specialty: Internal Medicine
55 FRUIT ST, GRB 109 CARDIAC UNIT ASSOCIATES, BOSTON, MA, 02114-2696
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DR. EDWIN HEIST,
Yearly Payment Breakdown:

2018 Payments At a Glance

42

payments

$28,231

payment total

5

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
Consulting
 12 $20,506
Promotional Speaking/Other
 2 $4,200
Travel and Lodging
 18 $2,669
Food and Beverage
 10 $857

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†
ALLURE QUADRA RF CRT PACEMAKER

device

 $9,531
GENERAL THERAPIES

device

 $5,684
PROTEGO

device

 $4,438
Payments with no listed product

N/A

 $4,395
CARTO 3 SYSTEM

device

 $2,967
CARDIOMEMS HF SYSTEM

device

 $542
TACTICATH QUARTZ CFA CATHETER

device

 $459
ADVISA

device

 $126
AZURE

device

 $90
† 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
May 24, 2018 $3,864 ALLURE QUADRA RF CRT PACEMAKER Consulting ABBOTT LABORATORIES
May 24, 2018 $3,864 ALLURE QUADRA RF CRT PACEMAKER Consulting ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Oct 23, 2018 $3,850 GENERAL THERAPIES Consulting BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Jan 22, 2018 $2,450 CARTO 3 SYSTEM Consulting MEDICAL DEVICE BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.
Oct 24, 2018 $2,100 No Listed Product Promotional Speaking/Other MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Jun 13, 2018 $2,100 No Listed Product Promotional Speaking/Other MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
May 24, 2018 $1,691 ALLURE QUADRA RF CRT PACEMAKER Consulting ABBOTT LABORATORIES
May 1, 2018 $938 PROTEGO Consulting BIOTRONIK INC.
Feb 6, 2018 $875 PROTEGO Consulting BIOTRONIK INC.
Mar 20, 2018 $813 PROTEGO Consulting BIOTRONIK INC.
Jan 17, 2018 $750 PROTEGO Consulting BIOTRONIK INC.
Dec 4, 2018 $563 PROTEGO Consulting BIOTRONIK INC.
May 22, 2018 $500 PROTEGO Consulting BIOTRONIK INC.
May 30, 2018 $459 TACTICATH QUARTZ CFA CATHETER Travel and Lodging ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Oct 23, 2018 $350 GENERAL THERAPIES Consulting BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Sep 28, 2018 $335 GENERAL THERAPIES Travel and Lodging BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Sep 28, 2018 $304 GENERAL THERAPIES Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
May 30, 2018 $233 CARDIOMEMS HF SYSTEM Travel and Lodging ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Jan 19, 2018 $219 CARTO 3 SYSTEM Travel and Lodging MEDICAL DEVICE BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.
Sep 28, 2018 $219 GENERAL THERAPIES Travel and Lodging BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Sep 28, 2018 $214 GENERAL THERAPIES Travel and Lodging BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Jan 9, 2018 $181 CARTO 3 SYSTEM Travel and Lodging MEDICAL DEVICE BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.
Sep 28, 2018 $144 GENERAL THERAPIES Travel and Lodging BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
May 30, 2018 $131 CARDIOMEMS HF SYSTEM Travel and Lodging ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Sep 29, 2018 $130 GENERAL THERAPIES Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Oct 11, 2018 $126 ADVISA Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
May 30, 2018 $121 CARDIOMEMS HF SYSTEM Travel and Lodging ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Oct 11, 2018 $110 No Listed Product Travel and Lodging MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Jan 9, 2018 $99 CARTO 3 SYSTEM Food and Beverage MEDICAL DEVICE BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.
Jun 11, 2018 $90 AZURE Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Jun 11, 2018 $84 No Listed Product Travel and Lodging MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Oct 23, 2018 $70 GENERAL THERAPIES Travel and Lodging BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
May 24, 2018 $53 ALLURE QUADRA RF CRT PACEMAKER Travel and Lodging ABBOTT LABORATORIES
May 30, 2018 $50 CARDIOMEMS HF SYSTEM Travel and Lodging ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Oct 23, 2018 $30 GENERAL THERAPIES Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
May 24, 2018 $26 ALLURE QUADRA RF CRT PACEMAKER Food and Beverage ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Sep 29, 2018 $21 GENERAL THERAPIES Travel and Lodging BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
May 24, 2018 $20 ALLURE QUADRA RF CRT PACEMAKER Food and Beverage ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Jan 9, 2018 $18 CARTO 3 SYSTEM Food and Beverage MEDICAL DEVICE BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.
Sep 28, 2018 $17 GENERAL THERAPIES Travel and Lodging BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
May 24, 2018 $14 ALLURE QUADRA RF CRT PACEMAKER Food and Beverage ABBOTT LABORATORIES
May 30, 2018 $8 CARDIOMEMS HF SYSTEM Travel and Lodging ABBOTT LABORATORIES
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This site includes data published by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services on June 28, 2019.