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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.

JOHN D PUSKAS
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JOHN D PUSKAS

Listed Specialty: Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery)
550 PEACHTREE ST NE, 6TH FLOOR, ATLANTA, GA, 30308-2247
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DR. JOHN PUSKAS,
Yearly Payment Breakdown:

2018 Payments At a Glance

32

payments

$130,790

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
Royalty or License
 1 $108K
Travel and Lodging
 4 $11,870
Promotional Speaking/Other
 2 $10,000
Food and Beverage
 25 $1,298

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†
Payments with no listed product

N/A

 $108K
OCTOPUS

device

 $21,990
ATRICURE ATRICLIP LAA EXCLUSION SYSTEM

device

 $383
IMPELLA

device

 $221
DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM

device

 $174
TURBOHAWK

device

 $156
HAWKONE

device

 $151
MOSAIC

device

 $37
COBRA FUSION ABLATION SYSTEM

device

 $26
HARMONIC PRODUCT FAMILY

device

 $18
SURGICEL FAMILY OF ABSORBABLE HEMOSTATS

device

 $18
XARELTO

drug

 $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
Dec 30, 2018 $107,623 No Listed Product Royalty or License SCANLAN INTERNATIONAL INC
Aug 7, 2018 $8,000 OCTOPUS Promotional Speaking/Other MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Jun 30, 2018 $5,645 OCTOPUS Travel and Lodging MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Jun 30, 2018 $4,800 OCTOPUS Travel and Lodging MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Sep 13, 2018 $2,000 OCTOPUS Promotional Speaking/Other MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Jun 30, 2018 $800 OCTOPUS Travel and Lodging MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Jun 29, 2018 $625 OCTOPUS Travel and Lodging MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Jun 15, 2018 $156 TURBOHAWK Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Dec 7, 2018 $151 HAWKONE Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Feb 22, 2018 $143 IMPELLA Food and Beverage ABIOMED
Jan 10, 2018 $141 ATRICURE ATRICLIP LAA EXCLUSION SYSTEM Food and Beverage ATRICURE, INC.
Jan 31, 2018 $132 ATRICURE ATRICLIP LAA EXCLUSION SYSTEM Food and Beverage ATRICURE, INC.
May 1, 2018 $125 DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM Food and Beverage INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.
Mar 30, 2018 $72 ATRICURE ATRICLIP LAA EXCLUSION SYSTEM Food and Beverage ATRICURE, INC.
May 17, 2018 $49 DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM Food and Beverage INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.
May 1, 2018 $37 MOSAIC Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Feb 22, 2018 $36 IMPELLA Food and Beverage ABIOMED
Mar 22, 2018 $30 IMPELLA Food and Beverage ABIOMED
Mar 6, 2018 $28 ATRICURE ATRICLIP LAA EXCLUSION SYSTEM Food and Beverage ATRICURE, INC.
Apr 7, 2018 $26 COBRA FUSION ABLATION SYSTEM Food and Beverage ATRICURE, INC.
Jun 29, 2018 $25 OCTOPUS Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Dec 20, 2018 $18 HARMONIC PRODUCT FAMILY SURGICEL FAMILY OF ABSORBABLE HEMOSTATS Food and Beverage ETHICON US, LLC
Jun 30, 2018 $15 OCTOPUS Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Jul 1, 2018 $15 OCTOPUS Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Jun 30, 2018 $15 OCTOPUS Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Jun 29, 2018 $15 OCTOPUS Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Jun 29, 2018 $15 OCTOPUS Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Nov 8, 2018 $13 XARELTO Food and Beverage JANSSEN PHARMACEUTICALS, INC
Jun 7, 2018 $11 IMPELLA Food and Beverage ABIOMED
Jun 29, 2018 $10 OCTOPUS Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Jun 30, 2018 $10 OCTOPUS Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Mar 9, 2018 $9 ATRICURE ATRICLIP LAA EXCLUSION SYSTEM Food and Beverage ATRICURE, INC.
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This site includes data published by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services on June 28, 2019.