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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.

ZVI A ALPERN
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ZVI A ALPERN

Listed Specialty: Gastroenterology
48 ROUTE 25A, STE 307, SMITHTOWN, NY, 11787-1431
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MR. ZVI ALPERN,
Yearly Payment Breakdown:

2018 Payments At a Glance

22

payments

$438

payment total

10

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
 22 $438

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†
XIFAXAN

drug

 $79
CLENPIQ

drug

 $67
UCERIS

drug

 $45
INJECTAFER

drug

 $44
ENTYVIO

drug

 $42
HUMIRA

drug

 $39
ZENPEP

drug

 $36
OCALIVA

drug

 $34
IMMUNOCARD STAT HPSA

device

 $20
Payments with no listed product

N/A

 $18
FIBROSCAN

device

 $15
† 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
Dec 12, 2018 $28 ENTYVIO Food and Beverage TAKEDA PHARMACEUTICALS U.S.A., INC.
Jan 15, 2018 $25 HUMIRA Food and Beverage ABBVIE, INC.
Sep 25, 2018 $25 INJECTAFER Food and Beverage DAIICHI SANKYO INC.
Nov 13, 2018 $24 CLENPIQ Food and Beverage FERRING PHARMACEUTICALS INC.
Apr 3, 2018 $23 CLENPIQ Food and Beverage FERRING PHARMACEUTICALS INC.
Mar 22, 2018 $23 UCERIS Food and Beverage SALIX PHARMACEUTICALS, A DIVISION OF BAUSCH HEALTH US, LLC
Oct 8, 2018 $22 XIFAXAN Food and Beverage SALIX PHARMACEUTICALS, A DIVISION OF BAUSCH HEALTH US, LLC
May 2, 2018 $22 UCERIS Food and Beverage SALIX PHARMACEUTICALS, A DIVISION OF BAUSCH HEALTH US, LLC
Jun 21, 2018 $20 IMMUNOCARD STAT HPSA Food and Beverage MERIDIAN BIOSCIENCE INC.
May 22, 2018 $20 INJECTAFER Food and Beverage DAIICHI SANKYO INC.
Aug 21, 2018 $20 CLENPIQ Food and Beverage FERRING PHARMACEUTICALS INC.
Aug 22, 2018 $19 XIFAXAN Food and Beverage SALIX PHARMACEUTICALS, A DIVISION OF BAUSCH HEALTH US, LLC
Oct 25, 2018 $19 ZENPEP Food and Beverage ALLERGAN INC.
Aug 22, 2018 $19 XIFAXAN Food and Beverage SALIX PHARMACEUTICALS, A DIVISION OF BAUSCH HEALTH US, LLC
Jun 5, 2018 $18 XIFAXAN Food and Beverage SALIX PHARMACEUTICALS, A DIVISION OF BAUSCH HEALTH US, LLC
Nov 1, 2018 $18 No Listed Product Food and Beverage GILEAD SCIENCES INC
May 1, 2018 $17 OCALIVA Food and Beverage INTERCEPT PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
Aug 2, 2018 $17 OCALIVA Food and Beverage INTERCEPT PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
Jul 9, 2018 $17 ZENPEP Food and Beverage ALLERGAN INC.
Jun 12, 2018 $15 FIBROSCAN Food and Beverage ECHOSENS NORTH AMERICA, INC.
Jun 25, 2018 $14 ENTYVIO Food and Beverage TAKEDA PHARMACEUTICALS U.S.A., INC.
Aug 10, 2018 $14 HUMIRA Food and Beverage ABBVIE, 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.