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RICARDO J GONZALEZ
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RICARDO J GONZALEZ

Listed Specialty: Surgical Oncology
12902 MAGNOLIA DR., FOB-1, TAMPA, FL, 33612
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RICARDO GONZALEZ,
Yearly Payment Breakdown:

2018 Payments At a Glance

31

payments

$9,432

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
Nonaccredited Training
 2 $5,700
Travel and Lodging
 12 $2,841
Food and Beverage
 17 $891

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†
VOTRIENT

drug

 $6,779
NEW PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT

device

 $1,327
Payments with no listed product

N/A

 $848
INTERSTIM

device

 $174
GREENLIGHT

device

 $156
LINZESS

drug

 $65
VIBERZI

drug

 $65
L10

device

 $62
GENERAL ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION

device

 $20
† 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 24, 2018 $2,900 VOTRIENT Nonaccredited Training NOVARTIS PHARMACEUTICALS CORPORATION
Apr 12, 2018 $2,800 VOTRIENT Nonaccredited Training NOVARTIS PHARMACEUTICALS CORPORATION
Sep 26, 2018 $632 NEW PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT Travel and Lodging STRYKER CORPORATION
May 23, 2018 $479 No Listed Product Travel and Lodging NOVARTIS PHARMACEUTICALS CORPORATION
Apr 12, 2018 $369 No Listed Product Travel and Lodging NOVARTIS PHARMACEUTICALS CORPORATION
May 24, 2018 $362 VOTRIENT Travel and Lodging NOVARTIS PHARMACEUTICALS CORPORATION
May 24, 2018 $272 VOTRIENT Travel and Lodging NOVARTIS PHARMACEUTICALS CORPORATION
Oct 15, 2018 $222 NEW PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT Travel and Lodging STRYKER CORPORATION
Jun 30, 2018 $150 INTERSTIM Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC USA, INC.
May 18, 2018 $149 GREENLIGHT Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Oct 15, 2018 $141 NEW PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT Travel and Lodging STRYKER CORPORATION
Oct 15, 2018 $135 NEW PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT Travel and Lodging STRYKER CORPORATION
May 23, 2018 $125 VOTRIENT Food and Beverage NOVARTIS PHARMACEUTICALS CORPORATION
Apr 12, 2018 $120 VOTRIENT Travel and Lodging NOVARTIS PHARMACEUTICALS CORPORATION
Oct 15, 2018 $71 NEW PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT Travel and Lodging STRYKER CORPORATION
Oct 9, 2018 $68 NEW PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT Food and Beverage STRYKER CORPORATION
Oct 18, 2018 $62 L10 Food and Beverage STRYKER CORPORATION
Sep 20, 2018 $59 NEW PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT Food and Beverage STRYKER CORPORATION
May 23, 2018 $54 VOTRIENT Food and Beverage NOVARTIS PHARMACEUTICALS CORPORATION
May 24, 2018 $50 VOTRIENT Food and Beverage NOVARTIS PHARMACEUTICALS CORPORATION
Apr 12, 2018 $35 VOTRIENT Food and Beverage NOVARTIS PHARMACEUTICALS CORPORATION
May 30, 2018 $24 INTERSTIM Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC USA, INC.
Apr 12, 2018 $23 VOTRIENT Food and Beverage NOVARTIS PHARMACEUTICALS CORPORATION
Oct 24, 2018 $20 GENERAL ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Apr 12, 2018 $20 VOTRIENT Travel and Lodging NOVARTIS PHARMACEUTICALS CORPORATION
May 24, 2018 $20 VOTRIENT Travel and Lodging NOVARTIS PHARMACEUTICALS CORPORATION
Oct 16, 2018 $19 VIBERZI LINZESS Food and Beverage ALLERGAN INC.
Aug 1, 2018 $17 VIBERZI LINZESS Food and Beverage ALLERGAN INC.
Oct 16, 2018 $16 VIBERZI LINZESS Food and Beverage ALLERGAN INC.
Jul 31, 2018 $13 VIBERZI LINZESS Food and Beverage ALLERGAN INC.
Mar 8, 2018 $7 GREENLIGHT Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
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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.