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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.

MICHAEL R BROWN
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MICHAEL R BROWN

Listed Specialty: Vascular Surgery
310 N 10TH ST, BISMARCK, ND, 58501-4516
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DR. MICHAEL BROWN,
Yearly Payment Breakdown:

2018 Payments At a Glance

20

payments

$990

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
Travel and Lodging
 3 $607
Food and Beverage
 17 $382

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†
GENERAL THERAPIES

device

 $704
EMBLEM

device

 $114
RESONATE

device

 $50
PRALUENT

drug

 $38
REPATHA

drug

 $28
ELIQUIS

drug

 $24
ENTRESTO

drug

 $11
Payments with no listed product

N/A

 $11
BRILINTA

drug

 $11
† 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
Aug 20, 2018 $317 GENERAL THERAPIES Travel and Lodging BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Aug 19, 2018 $173 GENERAL THERAPIES Travel and Lodging BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Aug 20, 2018 $117 GENERAL THERAPIES Travel and Lodging BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Aug 20, 2018 $96 GENERAL THERAPIES Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Aug 19, 2018 $60 EMBLEM Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Mar 13, 2018 $32 EMBLEM Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Feb 13, 2018 $27 RESONATE Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Nov 2, 2018 $23 RESONATE Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Sep 7, 2018 $16 EMBLEM Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Oct 2, 2018 $14 REPATHA Food and Beverage AMGEN INC.
Dec 12, 2018 $13 REPATHA Food and Beverage AMGEN INC.
Dec 13, 2018 $13 PRALUENT Food and Beverage SANOFI-AVENTIS U.S. LLC
Sep 25, 2018 $13 PRALUENT Food and Beverage SANOFI-AVENTIS U.S. LLC
Nov 27, 2018 $12 PRALUENT Food and Beverage SANOFI-AVENTIS U.S. LLC
Nov 5, 2018 $12 ELIQUIS Food and Beverage PFIZER INC.
Sep 18, 2018 $12 ELIQUIS Food and Beverage PFIZER INC.
Sep 20, 2018 $11 ENTRESTO Food and Beverage NOVARTIS PHARMACEUTICALS CORPORATION
Jan 23, 2018 $11 No Listed Product Food and Beverage NOVARTIS PHARMACEUTICALS CORPORATION
Dec 5, 2018 $11 BRILINTA Food and Beverage ASTRAZENECA PHARMACEUTICALS LP
Aug 20, 2018 $5 EMBLEM Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
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This site includes data published by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services on June 28, 2019.