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RICHARD J RUSKIN
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RICHARD J RUSKIN

Listed Specialty: Pain Medicine
6309 E BAYWOOD AVE, MESA, AZ, 85206-1744
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DR. RICHARD RUSKIN,
Yearly Payment Breakdown:

2018 Payments At a Glance

34

payments

$871

payment total

16

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 $791
Education
 1 $64
Entertainment
 1 $16

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†
PRIALT

drug

 $192
OSTEOCOOL RF ABLATION

device

 $130
KYPHON BALLOON KYPHOPLASTY

device

 $85
AJOVY

drug

 $76
AMITIZA

drug

 $70
TYMLOS

drug

 $61
FORTEO

drug

 $42
Payments with no listed product

N/A

 $40
SENZA SPINAL CORD STIMULATION SYSTEM

device

 $37
PROCLAIM FAMILY OF SCS IPGS

device

 $26
SUPERION ISS

device

 $25
CLICK

device

 $18
PROMETRA II

device

 $16
EUFLEXXA

device

 $15
PROLIA

drug

 $14
FLECTOR PATCH

drug

 $13
LYRICA

drug

 $13
INTELLIS

device

 $13
† 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 13, 2018 $120 OSTEOCOOL RF ABLATION Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC USA, INC.
May 16, 2018 $95 PRIALT Food and Beverage JAZZ PHARMACEUTICALS INC.
Oct 23, 2018 $76 AJOVY Food and Beverage TEVA PHARMACEUTICALS USA, INC.
Feb 27, 2018 $64 PRIALT Education JAZZ PHARMACEUTICALS INC.
May 24, 2018 $51 KYPHON BALLOON KYPHOPLASTY Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC USA, INC.
Apr 5, 2018 $25 AMITIZA Food and Beverage TAKEDA PHARMACEUTICALS U.S.A., INC.
Aug 2, 2018 $25 KYPHON BALLOON KYPHOPLASTY Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC USA, INC.
Mar 9, 2018 $24 AMITIZA Food and Beverage TAKEDA PHARMACEUTICALS U.S.A., INC.
Sep 13, 2018 $22 TYMLOS Food and Beverage RADIUS HEALTH, INC.
Nov 18, 2018 $21 TYMLOS Food and Beverage RADIUS HEALTH, INC.
Jul 20, 2018 $21 AMITIZA Food and Beverage TAKEDA PHARMACEUTICALS U.S.A., INC.
Apr 25, 2018 $20 SENZA SPINAL CORD STIMULATION SYSTEM Food and Beverage NEVRO CORP.
Apr 5, 2018 $18 TYMLOS Food and Beverage RADIUS HEALTH, INC.
Feb 6, 2018 $18 PRIALT Food and Beverage JAZZ PHARMACEUTICALS INC.
Jan 6, 2018 $18 CLICK Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Oct 25, 2018 $17 SENZA SPINAL CORD STIMULATION SYSTEM Food and Beverage NEVRO CORP.
Sep 5, 2018 $16 PROMETRA II Entertainment FLOWONIX MEDICAL INCORPORATED
Mar 19, 2018 $15 FORTEO Food and Beverage LILLY USA, LLC
Jun 20, 2018 $15 PRIALT Food and Beverage JAZZ PHARMACEUTICALS INC.
May 24, 2018 $15 EUFLEXXA Food and Beverage FERRING PHARMACEUTICALS INC.
Dec 27, 2018 $14 PROCLAIM FAMILY OF SCS IPGS Food and Beverage ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Jul 5, 2018 $14 No Listed Product Food and Beverage STIMWAVE TECHNOLOGIES INCORPORATED
Mar 26, 2018 $14 PROLIA Food and Beverage AMGEN INC.
Jun 7, 2018 $13 LYRICA FLECTOR PATCH Food and Beverage PFIZER INC.
Feb 19, 2018 $13 FORTEO Food and Beverage LILLY USA, LLC
Jan 29, 2018 $13 No Listed Product Food and Beverage PURDUE PHARMA L.P.
Jun 11, 2018 $13 FORTEO Food and Beverage LILLY USA, LLC
Mar 20, 2018 $13 INTELLIS Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC USA, INC.
Sep 27, 2018 $13 SUPERION ISS Food and Beverage VERTIFLEX, INC.
Apr 9, 2018 $12 No Listed Product Food and Beverage PURDUE PHARMA L.P.
Jun 26, 2018 $12 SUPERION ISS Food and Beverage VERTIFLEX, INC.
Mar 29, 2018 $11 PROCLAIM FAMILY OF SCS IPGS Food and Beverage ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Dec 8, 2018 $9 OSTEOCOOL RF ABLATION Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC USA, INC.
Oct 12, 2018 $9 KYPHON BALLOON KYPHOPLASTY Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC USA, INC.
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This site includes data published by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services on June 28, 2019.