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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.

MICHAEL R GOLD
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MICHAEL R GOLD

Listed Specialty: Cardiovascular Disease
171 ASHLEY AVE, CHARLESTON, SC, 29425-0001
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MICHAEL GOLD,
Yearly Payment Breakdown:

2018 Payments At a Glance

70

payments

$75,054

payment total

5

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
Promotional Speaking/Other
8 $40,875
Travel and Lodging
29 $17,558
Consulting
7 $14,425
Food and Beverage
26 $2,197

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
GENERAL THERAPIES

device

$25,081
Payments with no listed product

N/A

$21,153
CLINICAL TRIAL PRODUCT

device

$14,250
THERAPIES

device

$9,172
SELECTSECURE

device

$3,681
AMPLATZER OCCLUDERS

device

$600
SQRX PULSE GENERATOR

device

$384
EMBLEM

device

$306
GENERAL - TACHY

device

$117
RHYTHMIA

device

$108
RESONATE

device

$94
VIGILANT

device

$50
MICRA

device

$39
ZERO GRAVITY

device

$20
† 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 10, 2018 $9,750 No Listed Product Promotional Speaking/Other MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
May 24, 2018 $8,000 GENERAL THERAPIES Promotional Speaking/Other BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Jan 17, 2018 $8,000 GENERAL THERAPIES Promotional Speaking/Other BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Nov 8, 2018 $6,300 CLINICAL TRIAL PRODUCT Consulting BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Feb 8, 2018 $6,000 No Listed Product Promotional Speaking/Other MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Feb 9, 2018 $4,200 CLINICAL TRIAL PRODUCT Consulting BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Mar 7, 2018 $4,000 GENERAL THERAPIES Promotional Speaking/Other BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Dec 5, 2018 $4,000 GENERAL THERAPIES Promotional Speaking/Other BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Jan 26, 2018 $2,922 No Listed Product Travel and Lodging MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Jan 23, 2018 $2,854 SELECTSECURE Travel and Lodging MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Oct 24, 2018 $2,851 THERAPIES Travel and Lodging BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Oct 10, 2018 $1,925 CLINICAL TRIAL PRODUCT Consulting BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Nov 15, 2018 $1,389 THERAPIES Travel and Lodging BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
May 30, 2018 $1,050 CLINICAL TRIAL PRODUCT Consulting BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Jan 3, 2018 $980 THERAPIES Travel and Lodging BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Dec 5, 2018 $677 GENERAL THERAPIES Travel and Lodging BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Apr 12, 2018 $667 THERAPIES Travel and Lodging BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Oct 22, 2018 $603 THERAPIES Travel and Lodging BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Jan 23, 2018 $577 SELECTSECURE Travel and Lodging MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Oct 26, 2018 $563 No Listed Product Promotional Speaking/Other MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Oct 26, 2018 $563 No Listed Product Promotional Speaking/Other MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Jan 25, 2018 $555 No Listed Product Travel and Lodging COVIDIEN LP
Feb 22, 2018 $544 THERAPIES Travel and Lodging BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Nov 8, 2018 $400 CLINICAL TRIAL PRODUCT Travel and Lodging BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Dec 19, 2018 $350 CLINICAL TRIAL PRODUCT Consulting BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Jan 3, 2018 $344 THERAPIES Travel and Lodging BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Jan 3, 2018 $341 THERAPIES Travel and Lodging BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Jan 5, 2018 $310 THERAPIES Travel and Lodging BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Aug 9, 2018 $300 AMPLATZER OCCLUDERS Consulting ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Aug 9, 2018 $300 AMPLATZER OCCLUDERS Consulting ABBOTT LABORATORIES
May 4, 2018 $241 THERAPIES Travel and Lodging BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Jan 4, 2018 $186 THERAPIES Travel and Lodging BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
May 4, 2018 $178 THERAPIES Travel and Lodging BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
May 3, 2018 $164 THERAPIES Travel and Lodging BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
May 3, 2018 $147 SQRX PULSE GENERATOR Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Aug 17, 2018 $147 No Listed Product Food and Beverage BIOTRONIK INC.
Nov 16, 2018 $146 SQRX PULSE GENERATOR Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
May 3, 2018 $137 THERAPIES Travel and Lodging BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
May 11, 2018 $137 No Listed Product Food and Beverage BIOTRONIK INC.
May 24, 2018 $135 GENERAL THERAPIES Travel and Lodging BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Jan 23, 2018 $129 SELECTSECURE Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Jan 6, 2018 $129 THERAPIES Travel and Lodging BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Jan 25, 2018 $124 No Listed Product Food and Beverage COVIDIEN LP
Nov 17, 2018 $122 EMBLEM Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Feb 17, 2018 $120 EMBLEM Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Oct 21, 2018 $117 GENERAL - TACHY Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Oct 3, 2018 $108 RHYTHMIA Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
May 3, 2018 $107 THERAPIES Travel and Lodging BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Dec 5, 2018 $105 GENERAL THERAPIES Travel and Lodging BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Feb 13, 2018 $95 No Listed Product Food and Beverage BIOTRONIK INC.
Mar 1, 2018 $95 No Listed Product Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Feb 22, 2018 $94 RESONATE Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
May 11, 2018 $86 No Listed Product Food and Beverage BIOTRONIK INC.
May 4, 2018 $74 SQRX PULSE GENERATOR Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Jan 23, 2018 $66 SELECTSECURE Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Jan 26, 2018 $64 No Listed Product Food and Beverage COVIDIEN LP
Jan 23, 2018 $55 SELECTSECURE Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Jan 25, 2018 $53 No Listed Product Food and Beverage COVIDIEN LP
May 2, 2018 $50 VIGILANT Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
May 10, 2018 $48 EMBLEM Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Jan 17, 2018 $45 GENERAL THERAPIES Travel and Lodging BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
May 24, 2018 $45 GENERAL THERAPIES Travel and Lodging BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
May 9, 2018 $39 MICRA Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
May 24, 2018 $30 GENERAL THERAPIES Travel and Lodging BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Jan 17, 2018 $29 GENERAL THERAPIES Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Nov 8, 2018 $25 CLINICAL TRIAL PRODUCT Travel and Lodging BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
May 8, 2018 $20 ZERO GRAVITY Food and Beverage BIOTRONIK INC.
Feb 16, 2018 $17 SQRX PULSE GENERATOR Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
May 4, 2018 $15 EMBLEM Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Mar 7, 2018 $15 GENERAL THERAPIES Travel and Lodging BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
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