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WILLIAM R KITCHENS
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WILLIAM R KITCHENS

Listed Specialty: Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery)
1348 WALTON WAY, SUITE 5700, AUGUSTA, GA, 30901-5110
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WILLIAM KITCHENS,
Yearly Payment Breakdown:

2018 Payments At a Glance

25

payments

$937

payment total

9

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
Food and Beverage
 24 $792
Travel and Lodging
 1 $145

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†
VENASEAL

device

 $360
EPI-SENSE GUIDED COAGULATION SYSTEM WITH VISITRAX, MODELS

device

 $133
TRIFECTA GT TISSUE HEART VALVE

device

 $88
INTERSTIM

device

 $66
MITRA CLIP SYSTEM

device

 $64
EPIC STENTED TISSUE VALVE

device

 $59
AORTIC AND MITRAL TISSUE STENTED VALVES

device

 $33
XARELTO

drug

 $25
Payments with no listed product

N/A

 $23
IMPELLA

device

 $23
EDWARDS SAPIEN 3 TRANSCATHETER HEART VALVE

device

 $22
EXPAREL

drug

 $19
HEARTWARE HVAD

device

 $12
CHANTIX

drug

 $11
ELIQUIS

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 11, 2018 $145 VENASEAL Travel and Lodging MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Apr 24, 2018 $92 EPI-SENSE GUIDED COAGULATION SYSTEM WITH VISITRAX, MODELS Food and Beverage ATRICURE, INC.
Nov 9, 2018 $72 VENASEAL Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Oct 23, 2018 $66 INTERSTIM Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Dec 22, 2018 $64 MITRA CLIP SYSTEM Food and Beverage ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Aug 11, 2018 $50 VENASEAL Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Aug 11, 2018 $49 VENASEAL Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Aug 11, 2018 $44 VENASEAL Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Feb 19, 2018 $33 AORTIC AND MITRAL TISSUE STENTED VALVES Food and Beverage ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Sep 4, 2018 $32 TRIFECTA GT TISSUE HEART VALVE Food and Beverage ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Jul 6, 2018 $30 TRIFECTA GT TISSUE HEART VALVE Food and Beverage ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Apr 27, 2018 $29 EPIC STENTED TISSUE VALVE Food and Beverage ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Apr 27, 2018 $29 EPIC STENTED TISSUE VALVE Food and Beverage ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Jan 4, 2018 $26 EPI-SENSE GUIDED COAGULATION SYSTEM WITH VISITRAX, MODELS Food and Beverage ATRICURE, INC.
Aug 17, 2018 $23 No Listed Product Food and Beverage ANGIODYNAMICS, INC.
Feb 27, 2018 $23 IMPELLA Food and Beverage ABIOMED
Dec 18, 2018 $22 EDWARDS SAPIEN 3 TRANSCATHETER HEART VALVE Food and Beverage EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORPORATION
Aug 2, 2018 $19 TRIFECTA GT TISSUE HEART VALVE Food and Beverage ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Jul 25, 2018 $19 EXPAREL Food and Beverage PACIRA PHARMACEUTICALS INCORPORATED
Apr 24, 2018 $15 EPI-SENSE GUIDED COAGULATION SYSTEM WITH VISITRAX, MODELS Food and Beverage ATRICURE, INC.
Feb 26, 2018 $14 XARELTO Food and Beverage JANSSEN PHARMACEUTICALS, INC
Apr 16, 2018 $12 HEARTWARE HVAD Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
May 16, 2018 $11 CHANTIX ELIQUIS Food and Beverage PFIZER INC.
Feb 28, 2018 $11 XARELTO Food and Beverage JANSSEN PHARMACEUTICALS, INC
Sep 3, 2018 $7 TRIFECTA GT TISSUE HEART VALVE Food and Beverage ABBOTT LABORATORIES
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Note: We have made some effort to normalize the data and eliminate duplicates, but the data is primarily as it has been reported by the companies to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. To purchase the normalized data, please visit the ProPublica Data Store. If you spot an error, please let us know at [email protected].

This site includes data published by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services on June 28, 2019.