Dollars for Docs

How Industry Dollars Reach Your Doctors

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.

WALTER R CHITWOOD
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WALTER R CHITWOOD

Listed Specialty: Vascular Surgery
115 HEART DR DEPT OF, EAST CAROLINA HEART INSTITUTE @ ECU DEPT. OF CVS, GREENVILLE, NC, 27834-8944
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DR. WALTER CHITWOOD,
Yearly Payment Breakdown:

2018 Payments At a Glance

7

payments

$42,823

payment total

4

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
Royalty or License
5 $42,614
Food and Beverage
1 $111
Travel and Lodging
1 $98

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
Payments with no listed product

N/A

$40,214
V. MUELLER

device

$2,498
DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM

device

$111
† 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 30, 2018 $40,116 No Listed Product Royalty or License SCANLAN INTERNATIONAL INC
Nov 9, 2018 $1,070 V. MUELLER Royalty or License BECTON, DICKINSON AND COMPANY
Feb 15, 2018 $732 V. MUELLER Royalty or License BECTON, DICKINSON AND COMPANY
May 10, 2018 $444 V. MUELLER Royalty or License BECTON, DICKINSON AND COMPANY
Aug 1, 2018 $252 V. MUELLER Royalty or License BECTON, DICKINSON AND COMPANY
Aug 29, 2018 $111 DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM Food and Beverage INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.
Aug 31, 2018 $98 No Listed Product Travel and Lodging EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORPORATION
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This site includes data published by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services on June 28, 2019.