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ALAN R POSNER
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ALAN R POSNER

Listed Specialty: Surgery
100 HIGH ST, DEPT OF SURGERY, BUFFALO, NY, 14203-1126
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DR. ALAN POSNER,
Yearly Payment Breakdown:

2018 Payments At a Glance

15

payments

$2,835

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
Consulting
 2 $2,000
Food and Beverage
 13 $835

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†
SENHANCE SURGICAL ROBOTICS SYSTEM

device

 $2,227
LINX REFLUX MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

device

 $215
Payments with no listed product

N/A

 $95
IDRIVE ULTRA

device

 $95
STRATAFIX

device

 $91
LIGASURE

device

 $52
VALLEYLAB FT10

device

 $21
ORBACTIV

drug

 $16
VABOMERE

drug

 $16
MINOCIN

drug

 $16
DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM

device

 $13
EVICEL

drug

 $8
SURGICEL FAMILY OF ABSORBABLE HEMOSTATS

device

 $8
SURGIFLO HEMOSTATIC MATRIX FAMILY OF PRODUCTS

device

 $8
† 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
Nov 26, 2018 $1,000 SENHANCE SURGICAL ROBOTICS SYSTEM Consulting TRANSENTERIX, INC.
Nov 26, 2018 $1,000 SENHANCE SURGICAL ROBOTICS SYSTEM Consulting TRANSENTERIX, INC.
Jul 17, 2018 $142 SENHANCE SURGICAL ROBOTICS SYSTEM Food and Beverage TRANSENTERIX, INC.
Feb 1, 2018 $105 LINX REFLUX MANAGEMENT SYSTEM Food and Beverage ETHICON US, LLC
Apr 9, 2018 $95 No Listed Product Food and Beverage COVIDIEN LP
Jan 22, 2018 $95 IDRIVE ULTRA Food and Beverage COVIDIEN LP
Sep 24, 2018 $95 LINX REFLUX MANAGEMENT SYSTEM Food and Beverage ETHICON US, LLC
Mar 1, 2018 $91 STRATAFIX Food and Beverage MEDICAL DEVICE BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.
Sep 9, 2018 $85 SENHANCE SURGICAL ROBOTICS SYSTEM Food and Beverage TRANSENTERIX, INC.
Nov 26, 2018 $52 LIGASURE Food and Beverage COVIDIEN LP
Feb 16, 2018 $21 VALLEYLAB FT10 Food and Beverage COVIDIEN LP
Mar 5, 2018 $16 VABOMERE ORBACTIV MINOCIN Food and Beverage MELINTA THERAPEUTICS, INC.
Sep 24, 2018 $15 LINX REFLUX MANAGEMENT SYSTEM Food and Beverage ETHICON US, LLC
Oct 10, 2018 $13 DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM Food and Beverage INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.
Aug 29, 2018 $8 SURGICEL FAMILY OF ABSORBABLE HEMOSTATS EVICEL SURGIFLO HEMOSTATIC MATRIX FAMILY OF PRODUCTS Food and Beverage ETHICON US, LLC
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This site includes data published by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services on June 28, 2019.