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WADE L FISCHER
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WADE L FISCHER

Listed Specialty: Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery)
216 N BROAD ST, 5TH FLOOR FEINSTEIN BUILDING, PHILADELPHIA, PA, 19102-1121
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DR. WADE FISCHER,
Yearly Payment Breakdown:

2018 Payments At a Glance

38

payments

$3,071

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
 36 $2,742
Travel and Lodging
 2 $329

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†
IMPELLA

device

 $1,305
COREVALVE EVOLUT

device

 $695
HEARTWARE HVAD

device

 $235
MICRA

device

 $143
AVALUS

device

 $117
FLOTRAC SENSOR

device

 $112
LEGACY

device

 $95
MOSAIC

device

 $94
XARELTO

drug

 $89
CARDIOHELP

device

 $69
BIOGLUE

device

 $47
ON-X

device

 $47
PHOTOFIX

device

 $47
CLEARSIGHT SYSTEM

device

 $23
STERNALOCK BLU

device

 $21
Payments with no listed product

N/A

 $17
ECHELON FLEX STAPLER

device

 $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
Oct 19, 2018 $309 IMPELLA Travel and Lodging ABIOMED
May 25, 2018 $211 COREVALVE EVOLUT Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Oct 30, 2018 $149 IMPELLA Food and Beverage ABIOMED
Dec 4, 2018 $143 IMPELLA Food and Beverage ABIOMED
Mar 10, 2018 $143 MICRA Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Mar 27, 2018 $141 COREVALVE EVOLUT Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Mar 2, 2018 $138 HEARTWARE HVAD Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Oct 3, 2018 $133 COREVALVE EVOLUT Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Feb 27, 2018 $133 COREVALVE EVOLUT Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Jul 18, 2018 $133 IMPELLA Food and Beverage ABIOMED
Aug 23, 2018 $132 IMPELLA Food and Beverage ABIOMED
Sep 6, 2018 $129 IMPELLA Food and Beverage ABIOMED
Oct 16, 2018 $117 AVALUS Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
May 8, 2018 $112 FLOTRAC SENSOR Food and Beverage EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORPORATION
Aug 29, 2018 $106 IMPELLA Food and Beverage ABIOMED
Jun 27, 2018 $95 LEGACY Food and Beverage ABIOMED
Jul 10, 2018 $94 MOSAIC Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Jul 12, 2018 $89 XARELTO Food and Beverage JANSSEN PHARMACEUTICALS, INC
Oct 10, 2018 $80 IMPELLA Food and Beverage ABIOMED
Mar 2, 2018 $71 HEARTWARE HVAD Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Jan 31, 2018 $53 CARDIOHELP Food and Beverage MAQUET CARDIOVASCULAR U.S. SALES, L.L.C.
Sep 12, 2018 $51 IMPELLA Food and Beverage ABIOMED
Aug 31, 2018 $47 BIOGLUE ON-X PHOTOFIX Food and Beverage CRYOLIFE, INC.
Jan 4, 2018 $26 COREVALVE EVOLUT Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Mar 2, 2018 $26 HEARTWARE HVAD Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
May 11, 2018 $23 CLEARSIGHT SYSTEM Food and Beverage EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORPORATION
May 31, 2018 $21 IMPELLA Food and Beverage ABIOMED
Dec 5, 2018 $21 STERNALOCK BLU Food and Beverage ZIMMER BIOMET HOLDINGS, INC.
Oct 19, 2018 $20 IMPELLA Travel and Lodging ABIOMED
Mar 29, 2018 $19 COREVALVE EVOLUT Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Mar 2, 2018 $17 COREVALVE EVOLUT Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Dec 14, 2018 $17 No Listed Product Food and Beverage KLS-MARTIN L.P.
Jan 31, 2018 $16 CARDIOHELP Food and Beverage MAQUET CARDIOVASCULAR U.S. SALES, L.L.C.
Apr 24, 2018 $14 COREVALVE EVOLUT Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Aug 22, 2018 $13 IMPELLA Food and Beverage ABIOMED
Feb 28, 2018 $11 IMPELLA Food and Beverage ABIOMED
Mar 30, 2018 $11 ECHELON FLEX STAPLER Food and Beverage ETHICON US, LLC
May 1, 2018 $8 IMPELLA Food and Beverage ABIOMED
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This site includes data published by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services on June 28, 2019.