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WILLIAM A GRIFFITH
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WILLIAM A GRIFFITH

Listed Specialty: Surgery
4904 TIMBER RIDGE DR, SUITE 104, DOUGLASVILLE, GA, 30135-1828
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DR. WILLIAM GRIFFITH,
Yearly Payment Breakdown:

2018 Payments At a Glance

47

payments

$9,150

payment total

7

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
Education
 1 $4,000
Travel and Lodging
 14 $3,563
Food and Beverage
 32 $1,588

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†
DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM

device

 $8,869
ECHELON ENDOPATH STAPLER

device

 $80
ECHELON FLEX STAPLER

device

 $80
LINX REFLUX MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

device

 $44
COOK MEDICAL ZENAPRO

device

 $28
ZIP PEN

device

 $23
GATTEX

drug

 $18
BAXDELA

drug

 $18
ORBACTIV

drug

 $18
VABOMERE

drug

 $18
MENOCIN

drug

 $18
NATRELLE

device

 $18
COOK MEDICAL CBDE

device

 $14
AXIUM INS DRG IPG

device

 $13
STRATAFIX

device

 $13
COOK MEDICAL CIAGLIA BLUE RHINO

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
Oct 16, 2018 $4,000 DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM Education INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.
Nov 7, 2018 $763 DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM Travel and Lodging INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.
May 4, 2018 $529 DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM Travel and Lodging INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.
Jun 15, 2018 $446 DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM Travel and Lodging INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.
Apr 17, 2018 $377 DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM Travel and Lodging INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.
Oct 10, 2018 $342 DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM Travel and Lodging INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.
Apr 3, 2018 $332 DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM Travel and Lodging INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.
May 6, 2018 $328 DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM Food and Beverage INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.
Apr 17, 2018 $183 DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM Travel and Lodging INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.
Oct 10, 2018 $177 DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM Travel and Lodging INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.
Mar 16, 2018 $172 DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM Travel and Lodging INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.
Dec 14, 2018 $157 DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM Food and Beverage INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.
Nov 12, 2018 $133 DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM Travel and Lodging INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.
Jun 12, 2018 $121 DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM Food and Beverage INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.
Jul 18, 2018 $110 DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM Food and Beverage INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.
Sep 13, 2018 $104 DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM Food and Beverage INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.
May 24, 2018 $92 DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM Food and Beverage INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.
Jun 19, 2018 $91 DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM Food and Beverage INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.
Jul 14, 2018 $80 ECHELON FLEX STAPLER ECHELON ENDOPATH STAPLER Food and Beverage ETHICON US, LLC
Jan 9, 2018 $76 DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM Food and Beverage INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.
Apr 19, 2018 $73 DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM Food and Beverage INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.
Dec 28, 2018 $55 DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM Food and Beverage INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.
Apr 3, 2018 $31 DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM Travel and Lodging INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.
Feb 26, 2018 $28 COOK MEDICAL ZENAPRO Food and Beverage COOK MEDICAL LLC
Jun 14, 2018 $27 LINX REFLUX MANAGEMENT SYSTEM Food and Beverage ETHICON US, LLC
Oct 10, 2018 $27 DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM Travel and Lodging INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.
Oct 10, 2018 $27 DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM Travel and Lodging INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.
Jan 3, 2018 $23 ZIP PEN Food and Beverage ETHICON US, LLC
Mar 16, 2018 $23 DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM Travel and Lodging INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.
Aug 15, 2018 $18 GATTEX Food and Beverage SHIRE NORTH AMERICAN GROUP INC
May 21, 2018 $18 BAXDELA VABOMERE ORBACTIV MENOCIN Food and Beverage MELINTA THERAPEUTICS, INC.
Mar 14, 2018 $18 NATRELLE Food and Beverage ALLERGAN INC.
Apr 3, 2018 $17 DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM Food and Beverage INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.
May 24, 2018 $16 DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM Food and Beverage INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.
Aug 29, 2018 $16 LINX REFLUX MANAGEMENT SYSTEM Food and Beverage ETHICON US, LLC
Mar 28, 2018 $14 COOK MEDICAL CBDE Food and Beverage COOK MEDICAL LLC
Jan 9, 2018 $14 DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM Food and Beverage INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.
Jan 9, 2018 $14 DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM Food and Beverage INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.
Dec 19, 2018 $13 AXIUM INS DRG IPG Food and Beverage ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Jul 11, 2018 $13 STRATAFIX Food and Beverage ETHICON US, LLC
May 9, 2018 $13 COOK MEDICAL CIAGLIA BLUE RHINO Food and Beverage COOK MEDICAL LLC
Jan 9, 2018 $12 DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM Food and Beverage INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.
Jan 9, 2018 $12 DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM Food and Beverage INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.
May 24, 2018 $8 DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM Food and Beverage INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.
Jul 18, 2018 $4 DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM Food and Beverage INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.
Oct 9, 2018 $2 DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM Food and Beverage INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.
Jul 18, 2018 $1 DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM Food and Beverage INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.
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This site includes data published by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services on June 28, 2019.