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RICHARD W LEE
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RICHARD W LEE

Listed Specialty: Surgery
18220 TOMBALL PKWY, SUITE 360, HOUSTON, TX, 77070-4347
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DR. RICHARD LEE,
Yearly Payment Breakdown:

2018 Payments At a Glance

34

payments

$7,306

payment total

12

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
 1 $5,600
Food and Beverage
 31 $1,107
Travel and Lodging
 2 $599

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†
CLOSUREFAST

device

 $6,677
GRAFIX & STRAVIX

drug

 $200
IMPELLA

device

 $127
XARELTO

drug

 $80
CHANTIX

drug

 $48
ELIQUIS

drug

 $48
FLEXITOUCH

device

 $46
ACTITOUCH

device

 $46
ENTRE

device

 $46
SIVEXTRO

drug

 $39
TISSEEL

drug

 $30
ZERBAXA

drug

 $16
HEMOBLAST BELLOWS

device

 $16
SONICONE

device

 $15
CLEVIPREX

drug

 $15
Payments with no listed product

N/A

 $14
† 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
Mar 15, 2018 $5,600 CLOSUREFAST Promotional Speaking/Other MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Mar 10, 2018 $343 CLOSUREFAST Travel and Lodging MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Mar 11, 2018 $256 CLOSUREFAST Travel and Lodging MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Apr 3, 2018 $162 CLOSUREFAST Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
May 7, 2018 $127 IMPELLA Food and Beverage ABIOMED
May 3, 2018 $75 GRAFIX & STRAVIX Food and Beverage OSIRIS THERAPEUTICS INC.
Mar 10, 2018 $73 CLOSUREFAST Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Mar 10, 2018 $59 CLOSUREFAST Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Mar 11, 2018 $55 CLOSUREFAST Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Mar 10, 2018 $53 CLOSUREFAST Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Mar 10, 2018 $49 CLOSUREFAST Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
May 10, 2018 $30 TISSEEL Food and Beverage BAXTER HEALTHCARE
Sep 24, 2018 $30 GRAFIX & STRAVIX Food and Beverage OSIRIS THERAPEUTICS INC.
Jan 18, 2018 $27 XARELTO Food and Beverage JANSSEN PHARMACEUTICALS, INC
Oct 22, 2018 $27 CLOSUREFAST Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Aug 23, 2018 $26 GRAFIX & STRAVIX Food and Beverage OSIRIS THERAPEUTICS INC.
Jun 7, 2018 $25 CHANTIX ELIQUIS Food and Beverage PFIZER INC.
Jun 27, 2018 $24 GRAFIX & STRAVIX Food and Beverage OSIRIS THERAPEUTICS INC.
Oct 17, 2018 $23 CHANTIX ELIQUIS Food and Beverage PFIZER INC.
May 2, 2018 $23 GRAFIX & STRAVIX Food and Beverage OSIRIS THERAPEUTICS INC.
Jun 14, 2018 $23 GRAFIX & STRAVIX Food and Beverage OSIRIS THERAPEUTICS INC.
Jul 2, 2018 $22 XARELTO Food and Beverage JANSSEN PHARMACEUTICALS, INC
Jun 7, 2018 $19 FLEXITOUCH ACTITOUCH ENTRE Food and Beverage TACTILE SYSTEMS TECHNOLOGY INC
Oct 25, 2018 $18 XARELTO Food and Beverage JANSSEN PHARMACEUTICALS, INC
Apr 12, 2018 $16 FLEXITOUCH ACTITOUCH ENTRE Food and Beverage TACTILE SYSTEMS TECHNOLOGY INC
Oct 11, 2018 $16 ZERBAXA SIVEXTRO Food and Beverage MERCK SHARP & DOHME CORPORATION
Oct 26, 2018 $16 HEMOBLAST BELLOWS Food and Beverage BIOM'UP SA
Jul 9, 2018 $15 SONICONE Food and Beverage MISONIX INC
Sep 10, 2018 $15 CLEVIPREX Food and Beverage CHIESI USA, INC.
Nov 26, 2018 $14 XARELTO Food and Beverage JANSSEN PHARMACEUTICALS, INC
Jan 25, 2018 $14 No Listed Product Food and Beverage BIOMONDE US LLC
May 14, 2018 $12 SIVEXTRO Food and Beverage MERCK SHARP & DOHME CORPORATION
Jun 25, 2018 $11 SIVEXTRO Food and Beverage MERCK SHARP & DOHME CORPORATION
Jun 27, 2018 $11 FLEXITOUCH ACTITOUCH ENTRE Food and Beverage TACTILE SYSTEMS TECHNOLOGY INC
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This site includes data published by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services on June 28, 2019.