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STEVEN KARCESKI
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STEVEN KARCESKI

Listed Specialty: Neurology
525 E 68TH ST RM K-619, CORNELL EPILEPSY CENTER, NEW YORK, NY, 10065-4870
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DR. STEVEN KARCESKI,
Yearly Payment Breakdown:

2018 Payments At a Glance

26

payments

$31,785

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
Consulting
 2 $16,525
Nonaccredited Training
 12 $12,571
Education
 1 $1,200
Travel and Lodging
 4 $879
Food and Beverage
 7 $610

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

 $15,925
VNS THERAPY

device

 $13,728
RNS SYSTEM

device

 $1,800
ROSA BRAIN

device

 $287
INFINITY DBS PULSE GENERATORS

device

 $45
† 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
May 9, 2018 $15,925 No Listed Product Consulting UCB, INC. Steven Karceski
Mar 2, 2018 $2,500 VNS THERAPY Nonaccredited Training LIVANOVA USA, INC.
Dec 31, 2018 $1,200 RNS SYSTEM Education NEUROPACE, INC.
Oct 2, 2018 $1,000 VNS THERAPY Nonaccredited Training LIVANOVA USA, INC.
Feb 19, 2018 $1,000 VNS THERAPY Nonaccredited Training LIVANOVA USA, INC.
Jul 3, 2018 $1,000 VNS THERAPY Nonaccredited Training LIVANOVA USA, INC.
May 1, 2018 $1,000 VNS THERAPY Nonaccredited Training LIVANOVA USA, INC.
Jun 13, 2018 $1,000 VNS THERAPY Nonaccredited Training LIVANOVA USA, INC.
Jan 9, 2018 $1,000 VNS THERAPY Nonaccredited Training LIVANOVA USA, INC.
Nov 6, 2018 $1,000 VNS THERAPY Nonaccredited Training LIVANOVA USA, INC.
Apr 3, 2018 $1,000 VNS THERAPY Nonaccredited Training LIVANOVA USA, INC.
Mar 6, 2018 $1,000 VNS THERAPY Nonaccredited Training LIVANOVA USA, INC.
Sep 18, 2018 $1,000 VNS THERAPY Nonaccredited Training LIVANOVA USA, INC.
Mar 2, 2018 $609 VNS THERAPY Travel and Lodging LIVANOVA USA, INC.
Jan 25, 2018 $600 RNS SYSTEM Consulting NEUROPACE, INC.
Mar 3, 2018 $203 VNS THERAPY Food and Beverage LIVANOVA USA, INC.
Mar 3, 2018 $174 VNS THERAPY Travel and Lodging LIVANOVA USA, INC.
Mar 2, 2018 $140 VNS THERAPY Food and Beverage LIVANOVA USA, INC.
Nov 16, 2018 $117 ROSA BRAIN Food and Beverage ZIMMER BIOMET HOLDINGS, INC.
Mar 2, 2018 $71 VNS THERAPY Nonaccredited Training LIVANOVA USA, INC.
Nov 26, 2018 $62 ROSA BRAIN Travel and Lodging ZIMMER BIOMET HOLDINGS, INC.
Nov 18, 2018 $50 ROSA BRAIN Food and Beverage ZIMMER BIOMET HOLDINGS, INC.
Apr 2, 2018 $45 INFINITY DBS PULSE GENERATORS Food and Beverage ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Nov 14, 2018 $34 ROSA BRAIN Travel and Lodging ZIMMER BIOMET HOLDINGS, INC.
Mar 2, 2018 $31 VNS THERAPY Food and Beverage LIVANOVA USA, INC.
Dec 13, 2018 $25 ROSA BRAIN Food and Beverage ZIMMER BIOMET HOLDINGS, INC.
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This site includes data published by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services on June 28, 2019.