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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.

RICHARD K STERLING
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RICHARD K STERLING

Listed Specialty: Internal Medicine
1250 E MARSHALL ST, INTERNAL MEDICINE, RICHMOND, VA, 23298-5051
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DR. RICHARD STERLING,
Yearly Payment Breakdown:

2018 Payments At a Glance

9

payments

$832

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
Food and Beverage
 9 $832

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†
LINZESS

drug

 $218
VIBERZI

drug

 $218
Payments with no listed product

N/A

 $214
MAVYRET

drug

 $163
OCALIVA

drug

 $125
GENERAL BILIARY DEVICES

device

 $100
ESU GENERATORS

device

 $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
Jun 2, 2018 $218 LINZESS VIBERZI Food and Beverage ALLERGAN INC.
Oct 4, 2018 $125 OCALIVA Food and Beverage INTERCEPT PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
Nov 12, 2018 $124 No Listed Product Food and Beverage GILEAD SCIENCES INC
Feb 22, 2018 $100 MAVYRET Food and Beverage ABBVIE, INC.
Jun 29, 2018 $100 GENERAL BILIARY DEVICES Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Apr 10, 2018 $90 No Listed Product Food and Beverage ABBVIE, INC.
Jun 3, 2018 $33 MAVYRET Food and Beverage ABBVIE, INC.
Nov 9, 2018 $31 MAVYRET Food and Beverage ABBVIE, INC.
Jun 26, 2018 $13 ESU GENERATORS Food and Beverage CONMED CORPORATION
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This site includes data published by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services on June 28, 2019.