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JOSEPH C CARMICHAEL
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JOSEPH C CARMICHAEL

Listed Specialty: Surgery
333 CITY BLVD W STE 850, ORANGE, CA, 92868-2993
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DR. JOSEPH CARMICHAEL,
Yearly Payment Breakdown:

2018 Payments At a Glance

38

payments

$42,125

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
Consulting
 6 $36,304
Travel and Lodging
 9 $3,001
Promotional Speaking/Other
 2 $1,950
Food and Beverage
 21 $870

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†
ECHELON ENDOPATH STAPLER

device

 $25,227
CONTOUR

device

 $24,122
ENSEAL PRODUCT FAMILY

device

 $24,122
HARMONIC PRODUCT FAMILY

device

 $24,122
Payments with no listed product

N/A

 $12,200
ECHELON FLEX STAPLER

device

 $2,424
SONICISION

device

 $1,997
DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM

device

 $201
FORCETRIAD

device

 $40
COOK MEDICAL BILIARY

device

 $28
LIGASURE

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
Oct 16, 2018 $15,300 CONTOUR ECHELON ENDOPATH STAPLER ENSEAL PRODUCT FAMILY HARMONIC PRODUCT FAMILY Consulting MEDICAL DEVICE BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.
Jun 22, 2018 $8,804 CONTOUR ECHELON ENDOPATH STAPLER ENSEAL PRODUCT FAMILY HARMONIC PRODUCT FAMILY Consulting MEDICAL DEVICE BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.
Jun 1, 2018 $8,800 No Listed Product Consulting MEDICAL DEVICE BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.
Jan 4, 2018 $1,800 No Listed Product Consulting MEDICAL DEVICE BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.
Sep 17, 2018 $1,200 No Listed Product Consulting MEDICAL DEVICE BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.
Aug 31, 2018 $975 SONICISION Promotional Speaking/Other COVIDIEN LP
Aug 31, 2018 $975 SONICISION Promotional Speaking/Other COVIDIEN LP
Sep 9, 2018 $522 ECHELON FLEX STAPLER Travel and Lodging MEDICAL DEVICE BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.
Mar 23, 2018 $497 ECHELON ENDOPATH STAPLER Travel and Lodging MEDICAL DEVICE BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.
Sep 9, 2018 $406 ECHELON FLEX STAPLER Travel and Lodging MEDICAL DEVICE BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.
May 10, 2018 $406 ECHELON FLEX STAPLER Travel and Lodging MEDICAL DEVICE BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.
Sep 17, 2018 $400 No Listed Product Consulting MEDICAL DEVICE BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.
Sep 9, 2018 $348 ECHELON FLEX STAPLER Travel and Lodging MEDICAL DEVICE BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.
May 10, 2018 $290 ECHELON FLEX STAPLER Travel and Lodging MEDICAL DEVICE BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.
Mar 23, 2018 $270 ECHELON ENDOPATH STAPLER Travel and Lodging MEDICAL DEVICE BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.
Mar 23, 2018 $154 ECHELON ENDOPATH STAPLER Travel and Lodging MEDICAL DEVICE BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.
Apr 3, 2018 $111 DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM Food and Beverage INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.
May 10, 2018 $109 ECHELON FLEX STAPLER Travel and Lodging MEDICAL DEVICE BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.
Mar 23, 2018 $108 ECHELON ENDOPATH STAPLER Food and Beverage MEDICAL DEVICE BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.
Sep 9, 2018 $92 ECHELON FLEX STAPLER Food and Beverage MEDICAL DEVICE BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.
May 24, 2018 $89 DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM Food and Beverage INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.
May 10, 2018 $70 ECHELON FLEX STAPLER Food and Beverage MEDICAL DEVICE BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.
Aug 24, 2018 $47 SONICISION Food and Beverage COVIDIEN LP
Aug 24, 2018 $40 FORCETRIAD Food and Beverage COVIDIEN LP
Sep 10, 2018 $35 ECHELON FLEX STAPLER Food and Beverage MEDICAL DEVICE BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.
May 11, 2018 $32 ECHELON FLEX STAPLER Food and Beverage MEDICAL DEVICE BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.
Sep 9, 2018 $30 ECHELON FLEX STAPLER Food and Beverage MEDICAL DEVICE BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.
Mar 18, 2018 $28 COOK MEDICAL BILIARY Food and Beverage COOK MEDICAL LLC
Mar 24, 2018 $28 ECHELON ENDOPATH STAPLER Food and Beverage MEDICAL DEVICE BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.
May 11, 2018 $28 ECHELON FLEX STAPLER Food and Beverage MEDICAL DEVICE BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.
Mar 23, 2018 $27 ECHELON ENDOPATH STAPLER Food and Beverage MEDICAL DEVICE BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.
Mar 23, 2018 $22 ECHELON ENDOPATH STAPLER Food and Beverage MEDICAL DEVICE BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.
May 10, 2018 $22 ECHELON FLEX STAPLER Food and Beverage MEDICAL DEVICE BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.
Sep 9, 2018 $22 ECHELON FLEX STAPLER Food and Beverage MEDICAL DEVICE BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.
Jun 22, 2018 $18 CONTOUR ECHELON ENDOPATH STAPLER ENSEAL PRODUCT FAMILY HARMONIC PRODUCT FAMILY Food and Beverage MEDICAL DEVICE BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.
Aug 28, 2018 $8 LIGASURE Food and Beverage COVIDIEN LP
Sep 10, 2018 $6 ECHELON FLEX STAPLER Food and Beverage MEDICAL DEVICE BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.
Sep 9, 2018 $6 ECHELON FLEX STAPLER Food and Beverage MEDICAL DEVICE BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.
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This site includes data published by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services on June 28, 2019.