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ALAN P CHOUS
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ALAN P CHOUS

Listed Specialty: Optometrist
6720 REGENTS BLVD, TACOMA, WA, 98466-5400
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DR. ALAN CHOUS,
Yearly Payment Breakdown:

2018 Payments At a Glance

47

payments

$28,129

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
Consulting
 3 $8,310
Nonaccredited Training
 4 $7,500
Promotional Speaking/Other
 3 $6,125
Travel and Lodging
 19 $4,882
Food and Beverage
 18 $1,312

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†
CLARUS 500 FUNDUS CAMERA

device

 $12,117
CIRRUS HD-OCT

device

 $10,617
LUCENTIS

drug

 $8,435
EYLEA

drug

 $6,252
FORUM

device

 $6,199
HUMPHREY HFA

device

 $5,168
ATLAS 9000

device

 $3,668
FF450PLUS

device

 $949
Payments with no listed product

N/A

 $271
VISUCAM FUNDUS CAMERAS

device

 $74
ADAPTDX

device

 $31
NON-COVERED PRODUCT

drug

 $15
† 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
Nov 19, 2018 $4,760 EYLEA Consulting REGENERON PHARMACEUTICALS, INC. CHOUS EYE CARE ASSOCIATES
Sep 14, 2018 $3,000 CIRRUS HD-OCT FORUM CLARUS 500 FUNDUS CAMERA Nonaccredited Training CARL ZEISS MEDITEC, INC.
May 4, 2018 $2,800 CIRRUS HD-OCT ATLAS 9000 HUMPHREY HFA CLARUS 500 FUNDUS CAMERA Consulting CARL ZEISS MEDITEC, INC.
Oct 4, 2018 $2,600 LUCENTIS Promotional Speaking/Other GENENTECH USA, INC.
Aug 11, 2018 $1,900 LUCENTIS Promotional Speaking/Other GENENTECH USA, INC.
Oct 21, 2018 $1,625 LUCENTIS Promotional Speaking/Other GENENTECH USA, INC.
Aug 21, 2018 $1,500 CIRRUS HD-OCT FORUM HUMPHREY HFA CLARUS 500 FUNDUS CAMERA Nonaccredited Training CARL ZEISS MEDITEC, INC.
Jan 12, 2018 $1,500 CLARUS 500 FUNDUS CAMERA Nonaccredited Training CARL ZEISS MEDITEC, INC.
Apr 20, 2018 $1,500 CIRRUS HD-OCT FORUM CLARUS 500 FUNDUS CAMERA Nonaccredited Training CARL ZEISS MEDITEC, INC.
Oct 4, 2018 $1,438 LUCENTIS Travel and Lodging GENENTECH USA, INC.
May 14, 2018 $926 FF450PLUS Travel and Lodging CARL ZEISS MEDITEC, INC.
May 4, 2018 $868 CIRRUS HD-OCT ATLAS 9000 HUMPHREY HFA CLARUS 500 FUNDUS CAMERA Travel and Lodging CARL ZEISS MEDITEC, INC.
Sep 28, 2018 $793 EYLEA Travel and Lodging REGENERON PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
Apr 6, 2018 $750 CIRRUS HD-OCT CLARUS 500 FUNDUS CAMERA Consulting CARL ZEISS MEDITEC, INC.
Aug 11, 2018 $252 LUCENTIS Food and Beverage GENENTECH USA, INC.
Oct 4, 2018 $185 LUCENTIS Travel and Lodging GENENTECH USA, INC.
Oct 30, 2018 $166 EYLEA Travel and Lodging REGENERON PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
May 23, 2018 $123 No Listed Product Food and Beverage CARL ZEISS MEDITEC, INC.
Oct 30, 2018 $115 EYLEA Food and Beverage REGENERON PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
Oct 30, 2018 $114 EYLEA Food and Beverage REGENERON PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
Oct 21, 2018 $93 LUCENTIS Food and Beverage GENENTECH USA, INC.
Oct 4, 2018 $88 LUCENTIS Food and Beverage GENENTECH USA, INC.
Aug 11, 2018 $84 LUCENTIS Travel and Lodging GENENTECH USA, INC.
Oct 4, 2018 $77 LUCENTIS Travel and Lodging GENENTECH USA, INC.
Oct 30, 2018 $74 EYLEA Food and Beverage REGENERON PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
Feb 9, 2018 $74 VISUCAM FUNDUS CAMERAS Food and Beverage CARL ZEISS MEDITEC, INC.
Nov 19, 2018 $74 EYLEA Travel and Lodging REGENERON PHARMACEUTICALS, INC. CHOUS EYE CARE ASSOCIATES
Oct 30, 2018 $71 EYLEA Food and Beverage REGENERON PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
Nov 7, 2018 $63 No Listed Product Food and Beverage VALEANT PHARMACEUTICALS NORTH AMERICA LLC
Sep 14, 2018 $60 CIRRUS HD-OCT FORUM CLARUS 500 FUNDUS CAMERA Travel and Lodging CARL ZEISS MEDITEC, INC.
Nov 19, 2018 $49 EYLEA Food and Beverage REGENERON PHARMACEUTICALS, INC. CHOUS EYE CARE ASSOCIATES
Sep 14, 2018 $45 CIRRUS HD-OCT FORUM CLARUS 500 FUNDUS CAMERA Travel and Lodging CARL ZEISS MEDITEC, INC.
Nov 7, 2018 $45 No Listed Product Food and Beverage VALEANT PHARMACEUTICALS NORTH AMERICA LLC
Dec 5, 2018 $41 No Listed Product Food and Beverage BAUSCH & LOMB, A DIVISION OF BAUSCH HEALTH US, LLC
Sep 28, 2018 $35 EYLEA Travel and Lodging REGENERON PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
Sep 27, 2018 $31 ADAPTDX Food and Beverage MACULOGIX, INC.
Aug 11, 2018 $31 LUCENTIS Food and Beverage GENENTECH USA, INC.
Sep 14, 2018 $29 CIRRUS HD-OCT FORUM CLARUS 500 FUNDUS CAMERA Travel and Lodging CARL ZEISS MEDITEC, INC.
Oct 4, 2018 $25 LUCENTIS Food and Beverage GENENTECH USA, INC.
Sep 14, 2018 $24 CIRRUS HD-OCT FORUM CLARUS 500 FUNDUS CAMERA Travel and Lodging CARL ZEISS MEDITEC, INC.
May 14, 2018 $23 FF450PLUS Travel and Lodging CARL ZEISS MEDITEC, INC.
Sep 14, 2018 $18 CIRRUS HD-OCT FORUM CLARUS 500 FUNDUS CAMERA Travel and Lodging CARL ZEISS MEDITEC, INC.
Nov 7, 2018 $15 LUCENTIS NON-COVERED PRODUCT Food and Beverage GENENTECH, INC.
Sep 14, 2018 $14 CIRRUS HD-OCT FORUM CLARUS 500 FUNDUS CAMERA Travel and Lodging CARL ZEISS MEDITEC, INC.
Oct 21, 2018 $14 LUCENTIS Travel and Lodging GENENTECH USA, INC.
Sep 14, 2018 $10 CIRRUS HD-OCT FORUM CLARUS 500 FUNDUS CAMERA Travel and Lodging CARL ZEISS MEDITEC, INC.
Oct 21, 2018 $8 LUCENTIS Food and Beverage GENENTECH USA, INC.
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This site includes data published by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services on June 28, 2019.