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ASHOK KUMAR
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ASHOK KUMAR

Listed Specialty: Anesthesiology
91 PROGRESS AVE, PREMIER PAIN PROFESSIONALS, POTTSVILLE, PA, 17901-2966
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ASHOK KUMAR,
Yearly Payment Breakdown:

2018 Payments At a Glance

46

payments

$2,911

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
Travel and Lodging
 5 $1,604
Food and Beverage
 41 $1,307

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†
AXIUM INS DRG IPG

device

 $1,867
INFINION

device

 $437
PROCLAIM FAMILY OF SCS IPGS

device

 $166
TAGRISSO

drug

 $125
JEVTANA

drug

 $124
MILD DEVICE KIT

device

 $73
GENERAL PAIN MANAGEMENT

device

 $60
INTERSTIM

device

 $33
EDWARDS SAPIEN 3 TRANSCATHETER HEART VALVE

device

 $26
† 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
Sep 20, 2018 $727 AXIUM INS DRG IPG Travel and Lodging ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Sep 24, 2018 $570 AXIUM INS DRG IPG Travel and Lodging ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Oct 22, 2018 $247 AXIUM INS DRG IPG Travel and Lodging ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Sep 22, 2018 $171 AXIUM INS DRG IPG Food and Beverage ABBOTT LABORATORIES
May 29, 2018 $125 TAGRISSO Food and Beverage ASTRAZENECA PHARMACEUTICALS LP
Oct 24, 2018 $124 JEVTANA Food and Beverage GENZYME CORPORATION
Sep 6, 2018 $115 PROCLAIM FAMILY OF SCS IPGS Food and Beverage ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Mar 8, 2018 $110 INFINION Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Dec 3, 2018 $97 INFINION Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Sep 27, 2018 $61 MILD DEVICE KIT Food and Beverage VERTOS MEDICAL, INC.
Oct 3, 2018 $52 AXIUM INS DRG IPG Travel and Lodging ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Sep 21, 2018 $51 PROCLAIM FAMILY OF SCS IPGS Food and Beverage ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Oct 25, 2018 $47 AXIUM INS DRG IPG Food and Beverage ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Jan 11, 2018 $26 EDWARDS SAPIEN 3 TRANSCATHETER HEART VALVE Food and Beverage EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORPORATION
Oct 25, 2018 $23 AXIUM INS DRG IPG Food and Beverage ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Sep 6, 2018 $22 AXIUM INS DRG IPG Food and Beverage ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Nov 26, 2018 $21 GENERAL PAIN MANAGEMENT Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Dec 17, 2018 $20 INFINION Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Dec 4, 2018 $19 INTERSTIM Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC USA, INC.
Jan 16, 2018 $16 GENERAL PAIN MANAGEMENT Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Jun 15, 2018 $15 INFINION Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Apr 17, 2018 $15 INFINION Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Oct 30, 2018 $14 INFINION Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Nov 16, 2018 $13 INFINION Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Jul 10, 2018 $13 INTERSTIM Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC USA, INC.
May 29, 2018 $13 INFINION Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
May 31, 2018 $13 MILD DEVICE KIT Food and Beverage VERTOS MEDICAL, INC.
Aug 14, 2018 $13 INFINION Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Jul 31, 2018 $12 INFINION Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Jul 25, 2018 $12 INFINION Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Sep 19, 2018 $11 INFINION Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Aug 8, 2018 $11 GENERAL PAIN MANAGEMENT Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Jun 11, 2018 $11 INFINION Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Dec 7, 2018 $11 INFINION Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Mar 20, 2018 $10 INFINION Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Nov 6, 2018 $10 INFINION Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Jul 17, 2018 $10 INFINION Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Oct 2, 2018 $9 INFINION Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Nov 27, 2018 $9 INFINION Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
May 8, 2018 $9 INFINION Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Sep 20, 2018 $8 AXIUM INS DRG IPG Travel and Lodging ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Feb 6, 2018 $6 GENERAL PAIN MANAGEMENT Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Nov 27, 2018 $6 INFINION Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Nov 13, 2018 $6 GENERAL PAIN MANAGEMENT Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Nov 6, 2018 $5 INFINION Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Sep 14, 2018 $4 INFINION Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
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This site includes data published by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services on June 28, 2019.