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CHRISTOPHER F LIU
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CHRISTOPHER F LIU

Listed Specialty: Cardiovascular Disease
520 E 70TH ST, NEW YORK, NY, 10021-9800
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CHRISTOPHER LIU,
Yearly Payment Breakdown:

2018 Payments At a Glance

46

payments

$16,141

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
Nonaccredited Training
 5 $8,400
Promotional Speaking/Other
 1 $3,750
Food and Beverage
 34 $2,320
Travel and Lodging
 4 $912
Consulting
 1 $500
Grant
 1 $259

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

 $13,703
ARCTIC FRONT

device

 $998
INTACT

device

 $500
MICRA

device

 $371
SIMULUS

device

 $354
WATCHMAN

device

 $139
ARISTA AH

device

 $64
SELECTSECURE

device

 $12
† 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 12, 2018 $3,750 No Listed Product Promotional Speaking/Other MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC. Cornell University Medical Colleg
May 22, 2018 $2,000 No Listed Product Nonaccredited Training BIOTRONIK INC.
Jul 17, 2018 $2,000 No Listed Product Nonaccredited Training BIOTRONIK INC.
Jan 30, 2018 $2,000 No Listed Product Nonaccredited Training BIOTRONIK INC.
Nov 27, 2018 $1,200 No Listed Product Nonaccredited Training BIOTRONIK INC.
Mar 6, 2018 $1,200 No Listed Product Nonaccredited Training BIOTRONIK INC.
Jun 13, 2018 $500 INTACT Consulting MEDTRONIC USA, INC.
Feb 12, 2018 $337 ARCTIC FRONT Travel and Lodging MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Feb 13, 2018 $313 ARCTIC FRONT Travel and Lodging MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Jun 21, 2018 $259 No Listed Product Grant BIOTRONIK INC.
Oct 19, 2018 $212 MICRA Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Oct 8, 2018 $174 SIMULUS Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Aug 8, 2018 $167 ARCTIC FRONT Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Dec 11, 2018 $164 No Listed Product Travel and Lodging MEDICAL DEVICE BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.
Feb 5, 2018 $159 MICRA Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Jan 8, 2018 $142 SIMULUS Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Oct 26, 2018 $139 WATCHMAN Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Oct 17, 2018 $124 No Listed Product Food and Beverage BIOTRONIK INC.
Feb 12, 2018 $115 ARCTIC FRONT Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Dec 11, 2018 $100 No Listed Product Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Oct 17, 2018 $98 No Listed Product Travel and Lodging BIOTRONIK INC.
Jun 1, 2018 $88 No Listed Product Food and Beverage BIOTRONIK INC.
Mar 1, 2018 $81 No Listed Product Food and Beverage BIOTRONIK INC.
May 9, 2018 $64 ARISTA AH Food and Beverage DAVOL INC.
Sep 17, 2018 $55 No Listed Product Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
May 10, 2018 $53 No Listed Product Food and Beverage BIOTRONIK INC.
Apr 17, 2018 $49 No Listed Product Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Apr 16, 2018 $49 No Listed Product Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Sep 18, 2018 $48 No Listed Product Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Dec 11, 2018 $47 No Listed Product Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Dec 10, 2018 $47 No Listed Product Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Oct 25, 2018 $40 No Listed Product Food and Beverage BIOTRONIK INC.
Dec 10, 2018 $38 No Listed Product Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Dec 11, 2018 $38 No Listed Product Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Sep 18, 2018 $37 No Listed Product Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Sep 17, 2018 $37 No Listed Product Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Jan 8, 2018 $37 SIMULUS Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Feb 26, 2018 $31 No Listed Product Food and Beverage BIOTRONIK INC.
Feb 13, 2018 $31 ARCTIC FRONT Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Apr 16, 2018 $28 No Listed Product Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Apr 17, 2018 $28 No Listed Product Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Feb 13, 2018 $22 ARCTIC FRONT Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Aug 8, 2018 $12 SELECTSECURE Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
May 1, 2018 $12 ARCTIC FRONT Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Apr 17, 2018 $8 No Listed Product Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Dec 11, 2018 $5 No Listed Product Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
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Note: We have made some effort to normalize the data and eliminate duplicates, but the data is primarily as it has been reported by the companies to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. To purchase the normalized data, please visit the ProPublica Data Store. If you spot an error, please let us know at [email protected].

This site includes data published by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services on June 28, 2019.