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ALFRED J ALBANO
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ALFRED J ALBANO

Listed Specialty: Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology
2900 BRADFORD ST NE, GRAND RAPIDS, MI, 49525-6427
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DR. ALFRED ALBANO,
Yearly Payment Breakdown:

2018 Payments At a Glance

46

payments

$5,216

payment total

6

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
Travel and Lodging
 9 $3,484
Food and Beverage
 37 $1,732

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

 $1,757
MICRA

device

 $1,070
COOK MEDICAL LEAD MANAGEMENT - LEAD EXTRACTION

device

 $780
XIA

device

 $630
VALITUDE

device

 $152
CRT-DS

device

 $128
RHYTHMIA

device

 $124
SELECTSECURE

device

 $121
IGT_D SYSTEMS

device

 $119
ASSURITY PACEMAKER

device

 $113
ACHIEVE

device

 $99
ADVISA

device

 $56
HEARTWARE HVAD

device

 $23
FORTIFY ASSURA, ELLIPSE ICD

device

 $21
ENSITE VELOCITY SYSTEM EXPANSION MODULES

device

 $9
AZURE

device

 $6
CLARIA MRI

device

 $3
IGT_D THERAPY

device

 $2
† 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 26, 2018 $740 No Listed Product Travel and Lodging MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Feb 23, 2018 $630 XIA Travel and Lodging STRYKER CORPORATION
Feb 8, 2018 $516 MICRA Travel and Lodging MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Jan 26, 2018 $462 No Listed Product Travel and Lodging MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Jan 16, 2018 $374 COOK MEDICAL LEAD MANAGEMENT - LEAD EXTRACTION Travel and Lodging COOK MEDICAL LLC
Jan 16, 2018 $285 COOK MEDICAL LEAD MANAGEMENT - LEAD EXTRACTION Travel and Lodging COOK MEDICAL LLC
Feb 8, 2018 $175 MICRA Travel and Lodging MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Jan 27, 2018 $156 No Listed Product Travel and Lodging MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
May 10, 2018 $152 VALITUDE Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Feb 8, 2018 $146 MICRA Travel and Lodging MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Jan 2, 2018 $128 CRT-DS Food and Beverage ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Jun 27, 2018 $124 RHYTHMIA Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Apr 14, 2018 $121 COOK MEDICAL LEAD MANAGEMENT - LEAD EXTRACTION Food and Beverage COOK MEDICAL LLC
Jun 20, 2018 $121 SELECTSECURE Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Feb 8, 2018 $103 MICRA Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Jan 26, 2018 $86 No Listed Product Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Aug 29, 2018 $81 ASSURITY PACEMAKER Food and Beverage ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Jan 27, 2018 $74 No Listed Product Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Feb 10, 2018 $74 MICRA Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Jan 26, 2018 $66 ACHIEVE Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Jan 26, 2018 $56 ADVISA Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Jan 27, 2018 $55 No Listed Product Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
May 10, 2018 $50 IGT_D SYSTEMS Food and Beverage PHILIPS ELECTRONICS NORTH AMERICA CORPORATION
Jan 28, 2018 $50 No Listed Product Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Jan 27, 2018 $43 No Listed Product Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Jan 27, 2018 $40 No Listed Product Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
May 11, 2018 $35 IGT_D SYSTEMS Food and Beverage PHILIPS ELECTRONICS NORTH AMERICA CORPORATION
May 9, 2018 $33 ACHIEVE Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Feb 9, 2018 $27 MICRA Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Oct 11, 2018 $26 IGT_D SYSTEMS Food and Beverage PHILIPS ELECTRONICS NORTH AMERICA CORPORATION
Mar 23, 2018 $21 FORTIFY ASSURA, ELLIPSE ICD Food and Beverage ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Jan 28, 2018 $21 No Listed Product Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Jun 20, 2018 $19 ASSURITY PACEMAKER Food and Beverage ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Jun 12, 2018 $17 HEARTWARE HVAD Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Jan 28, 2018 $16 No Listed Product Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Feb 9, 2018 $15 MICRA Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Jan 26, 2018 $14 No Listed Product Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Feb 9, 2018 $14 MICRA Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Apr 17, 2018 $13 ASSURITY PACEMAKER Food and Beverage ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Jun 12, 2018 $9 IGT_D SYSTEMS Food and Beverage PHILIPS ELECTRONICS NORTH AMERICA CORPORATION
Jan 22, 2018 $9 ENSITE VELOCITY SYSTEM EXPANSION MODULES Food and Beverage ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Apr 26, 2018 $6 HEARTWARE HVAD Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Jan 6, 2018 $4 AZURE Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Dec 8, 2018 $3 CLARIA MRI Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Jul 11, 2018 $2 IGT_D THERAPY Food and Beverage PHILIPS ELECTRONICS NORTH AMERICA CORPORATION
Jan 16, 2018 $2 AZURE Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
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