Dollars for Docs

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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 H BLOCH
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PAUL H BLOCH

Listed Specialty: Surgery
887 CONGRESS ST, SUITE 400, PORTLAND, ME, 04102-3100
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DR. PAUL BLOCH,
Yearly Payment Breakdown:

2018 Payments At a Glance

5

payments

$783

payment total

3

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
Honoraria
1 $500
Food and Beverage
4 $283

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
VASCULAR LITHOTRIPSY

device

$500
COOK MEDICAL ADVANCED TECH

device

$129
GENERAL METALLIC STENTS

device

$115
GENERAL ATHERECTOMY

device

$23
COOK MEDICAL ZILVER PTX

device

$17
† 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
Dec 26, 2018 $500 VASCULAR LITHOTRIPSY Honoraria SHOCKWAVE MEDICAL, INC
Jun 20, 2018 $129 COOK MEDICAL ADVANCED TECH Food and Beverage COOK MEDICAL LLC
Oct 12, 2018 $115 GENERAL METALLIC STENTS Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Jun 21, 2018 $23 GENERAL ATHERECTOMY Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Jun 21, 2018 $17 COOK MEDICAL ZILVER PTX Food and Beverage COOK MEDICAL LLC
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This site includes data published by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services on June 28, 2019.