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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.

PAUL A FRIEDMAN
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PAUL A FRIEDMAN

Listed Specialty: Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology
200 1ST ST SW, ROCHESTER, MN, 55905-0001
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Yearly Payment Breakdown:

2018 Payments At a Glance

19

payments

$19,240

payment total

2

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 $16,800
Travel and Lodging
 6 $1,717
Food and Beverage
 7 $724

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†
CLINICAL TRIAL PRODUCT

device

 $7,200
GENERAL THERAPIES

device

 $6,353
Payments with no listed product

N/A

 $4,440
GENERAL BRADY

device

 $821
ACUITY

device

 $300
AZURE

device

 $127
† 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 31, 2018 $5,000 GENERAL THERAPIES Consulting BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Sep 19, 2018 $4,875 CLINICAL TRIAL PRODUCT Consulting BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Apr 12, 2018 $4,050 No Listed Product Consulting MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Mar 28, 2018 $2,325 CLINICAL TRIAL PRODUCT Consulting BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Sep 28, 2018 $518 GENERAL THERAPIES Travel and Lodging BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Mar 26, 2018 $355 No Listed Product Travel and Lodging MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
May 31, 2018 $344 GENERAL BRADY Travel and Lodging BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
May 31, 2018 $339 GENERAL BRADY Travel and Lodging BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Sep 28, 2018 $304 GENERAL THERAPIES Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Apr 11, 2018 $300 ACUITY Consulting BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Oct 23, 2018 $250 GENERAL THERAPIES Consulting BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Sep 29, 2018 $130 GENERAL THERAPIES Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Jun 30, 2018 $127 AZURE Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Oct 31, 2018 $123 GENERAL THERAPIES Travel and Lodging BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Jun 1, 2018 $58 GENERAL BRADY Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Jun 2, 2018 $43 GENERAL BRADY Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Jun 1, 2018 $37 GENERAL BRADY Travel and Lodging BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Mar 30, 2018 $35 No Listed Product Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
May 11, 2018 $27 GENERAL THERAPIES Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
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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.