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MICHAEL B HURWITZ
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MICHAEL B HURWITZ

Listed Specialty: Surgery
1901 WESTCLIFF DR STE 2, NEWPORT BEACH, CA, 92660-5505
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DR. MICHAEL HURWITZ,
Yearly Payment Breakdown:

2018 Payments At a Glance

19

payments

$6,785

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
Education
 1 $3,000
Promotional Speaking/Other
 2 $2,250
Food and Beverage
 13 $850
Travel and Lodging
 3 $684

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

 $4,139
SPACEMAKER

device

 $1,500
PROGRIP

device

 $888
AIRSEAL

device

 $118
Payments with no listed product

N/A

 $111
OFIRMEV

drug

 $16
EXPAREL

drug

 $12
† 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 13, 2018 $3,000 DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM Education INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.
Feb 16, 2018 $1,500 SPACEMAKER Promotional Speaking/Other COVIDIEN LP
Feb 16, 2018 $750 PROGRIP Promotional Speaking/Other COVIDIEN LP
Sep 27, 2018 $463 DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM Travel and Lodging INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.
Oct 19, 2018 $203 DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM Travel and Lodging INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.
Aug 9, 2018 $125 DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM Food and Beverage INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.
Jan 17, 2018 $123 PROGRIP Food and Beverage COVIDIEN LP
May 15, 2018 $111 No Listed Product Food and Beverage DAVOL INC.
Nov 16, 2018 $100 DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM Food and Beverage INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.
Jul 24, 2018 $79 DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM Food and Beverage INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.
Nov 16, 2018 $67 DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM Food and Beverage INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.
Dec 10, 2018 $63 AIRSEAL Food and Beverage CONMED CORPORATION
May 15, 2018 $56 AIRSEAL Food and Beverage CONMED CORPORATION
Jun 12, 2018 $50 DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM Food and Beverage INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.
Jul 18, 2018 $33 DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM Food and Beverage INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.
Sep 27, 2018 $19 DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM Travel and Lodging INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.
Dec 12, 2018 $16 OFIRMEV Food and Beverage MALLINCKRODT LLC
Jan 18, 2018 $15 PROGRIP Food and Beverage COVIDIEN LP
Mar 19, 2018 $12 EXPAREL Food and Beverage PACIRA PHARMACEUTICALS INCORPORATED
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This site includes data published by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services on June 28, 2019.