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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.

BRIAN M HOWARD
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BRIAN M HOWARD

Listed Specialty: Neurological Surgery
1365B CLIFTON RD NE, SUITE 2200, ATLANTA, GA, 30322-1013
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DR. BRIAN HOWARD,
Yearly Payment Breakdown:

2018 Payments At a Glance

15

payments

$1,640

payment total

5

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
 11 $815
Travel and Lodging
 3 $657
Education
 1 $168

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†
PHIL

device

 $916
LVIS

device

 $823
CASPER

device

 $698
SCEPTER C BALLOON CATHETER

device

 $657
ERIC

device

 $572
SOFIA

device

 $259
SCEPTER XC BALLOON CATHETER

device

 $218
TRAXCESS GUIDEWIRE AND DOCKING WIRE

device

 $218
PIPELINE

device

 $192
KINEVO

device

 $168
Payments with no listed product

N/A

 $147
FRED

device

 $126
PENUMBRA SYSTEM

device

 $110
ASAHI NEUROVASCULAR GUIDE WIRE

device

 $108
† 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
Feb 10, 2018 $439 ERIC PHIL CASPER SCEPTER C BALLOON CATHETER LVIS Travel and Lodging MICROVENTION, INC.
Mar 19, 2018 $175 LVIS PHIL TRAXCESS GUIDEWIRE AND DOCKING WIRE SCEPTER XC BALLOON CATHETER SCEPTER C BALLOON CATHETER Travel and Lodging MICROVENTION, INC.
May 1, 2018 $168 KINEVO Education CARL ZEISS MEDITEC, INC.
Aug 1, 2018 $147 No Listed Product Food and Beverage MICROVENTION, INC.
Feb 8, 2018 $126 FRED CASPER PHIL SOFIA LVIS Food and Beverage MICROVENTION, INC.
Sep 27, 2018 $108 PIPELINE Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC USA, INC.
Feb 6, 2018 $108 ASAHI NEUROVASCULAR GUIDE WIRE Food and Beverage ASAHI INTECC USA, INC.
Nov 17, 2018 $83 PIPELINE Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC USA, INC.
Apr 28, 2018 $82 PENUMBRA SYSTEM Food and Beverage PENUMBRA, INC.
Feb 8, 2018 $45 ERIC CASPER PHIL SOFIA Food and Beverage MICROVENTION, INC.
Mar 19, 2018 $43 LVIS PHIL TRAXCESS GUIDEWIRE AND DOCKING WIRE SCEPTER C BALLOON CATHETER SCEPTER XC BALLOON CATHETER Travel and Lodging MICROVENTION, INC.
Jan 17, 2018 $40 ERIC CASPER PHIL SOFIA LVIS Food and Beverage MICROVENTION, INC.
Feb 9, 2018 $34 ERIC CASPER PHIL SOFIA Food and Beverage MICROVENTION, INC.
Apr 28, 2018 $28 PENUMBRA SYSTEM Food and Beverage PENUMBRA, INC.
Feb 10, 2018 $13 ERIC CASPER PHIL SOFIA Food and Beverage MICROVENTION, INC.
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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.