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GARTH R JACOBSEN
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GARTH R JACOBSEN

Listed Specialty: Surgery
200 W ARBOR DRIVE, #8220, SAN DIEGO, CA, 92103-8220
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DR. GARTH JACOBSEN,
Yearly Payment Breakdown:

2018 Payments At a Glance

44

payments

$49,797

payment total

6

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
 4 $24,620
Consulting
 5 $20,576
Food and Beverage
 27 $2,610
Travel and Lodging
 8 $1,991

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†
BIO-A TISSUE REINFORCEMENT

device

 $26,492
ULTRAPRO PRODUCTS

device

 $14,372
ETHIBOND EXCEL

device

 $13,813
PROCEED PRODUCTS

device

 $13,813
SECURESTRAP

device

 $13,813
Payments with no listed product

N/A

 $5,189
HTX-011

drug

 $1,724
SYNECOR BIOMATERIAL

device

 $1,244
DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM

device

 $603
ECHELON ENDOPATH STAPLER

device

 $230
HARMONIC PRODUCT FAMILY

device

 $230
NEW PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT

device

 $150
STRATAFIX

device

 $23
† 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 18, 2018 $9,000 ULTRAPRO PRODUCTS PROCEED PRODUCTS ETHIBOND EXCEL SECURESTRAP Consulting MEDICAL DEVICE BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.
Feb 27, 2018 $8,925 BIO-A TISSUE REINFORCEMENT Honoraria W. L. GORE & ASSOCIATES, INC.
Dec 14, 2018 $6,880 BIO-A TISSUE REINFORCEMENT Honoraria W. L. GORE & ASSOCIATES, INC.
Feb 15, 2018 $4,813 ULTRAPRO PRODUCTS PROCEED PRODUCTS ETHIBOND EXCEL SECURESTRAP Consulting MEDICAL DEVICE BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.
Nov 6, 2018 $4,764 No Listed Product Consulting COVIDIEN LP
Aug 17, 2018 $4,515 BIO-A TISSUE REINFORCEMENT Honoraria W. L. GORE & ASSOCIATES, INC.
Mar 13, 2018 $4,300 BIO-A TISSUE REINFORCEMENT Honoraria W. L. GORE & ASSOCIATES, INC.
Apr 10, 2018 $1,575 HTX-011 Consulting HERON THERAPEUTICS, INC.
May 16, 2018 $436 SYNECOR BIOMATERIAL Travel and Lodging W. L. GORE & ASSOCIATES, INC.
Nov 6, 2018 $425 No Listed Product Consulting COVIDIEN LP
Feb 14, 2018 $332 BIO-A TISSUE REINFORCEMENT Travel and Lodging W. L. GORE & ASSOCIATES, INC.
Nov 21, 2018 $288 BIO-A TISSUE REINFORCEMENT Travel and Lodging W. L. GORE & ASSOCIATES, INC.
Jan 17, 2018 $278 BIO-A TISSUE REINFORCEMENT Travel and Lodging W. L. GORE & ASSOCIATES, INC.
Jun 30, 2018 $242 SYNECOR BIOMATERIAL Travel and Lodging W. L. GORE & ASSOCIATES, INC.
Nov 16, 2018 $240 DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM Food and Beverage INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.
Nov 12, 2018 $225 BIO-A TISSUE REINFORCEMENT Food and Beverage W. L. GORE & ASSOCIATES, INC.
Mar 6, 2018 $210 BIO-A TISSUE REINFORCEMENT Travel and Lodging W. L. GORE & ASSOCIATES, INC.
Jun 29, 2018 $181 SYNECOR BIOMATERIAL Food and Beverage W. L. GORE & ASSOCIATES, INC.
May 15, 2018 $175 DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM Food and Beverage INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.
Feb 14, 2018 $173 BIO-A TISSUE REINFORCEMENT Food and Beverage W. L. GORE & ASSOCIATES, INC.
Feb 14, 2018 $154 BIO-A TISSUE REINFORCEMENT Food and Beverage W. L. GORE & ASSOCIATES, INC.
Oct 8, 2018 $150 NEW PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT Food and Beverage STRYKER CORPORATION
Apr 10, 2018 $149 HTX-011 Food and Beverage HERON THERAPEUTICS, INC.
Aug 15, 2018 $145 SYNECOR BIOMATERIAL Food and Beverage W. L. GORE & ASSOCIATES, INC.
Feb 16, 2018 $143 BIO-A TISSUE REINFORCEMENT Food and Beverage W. L. GORE & ASSOCIATES, INC.
Oct 30, 2018 $142 DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM Food and Beverage INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.
Feb 1, 2018 $125 ULTRAPRO PRODUCTS Food and Beverage MEDICAL DEVICE BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.
Sep 26, 2018 $113 ECHELON ENDOPATH STAPLER HARMONIC PRODUCT FAMILY ULTRAPRO PRODUCTS Food and Beverage MEDICAL DEVICE BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.
Jun 28, 2018 $102 SYNECOR BIOMATERIAL Travel and Lodging W. L. GORE & ASSOCIATES, INC.
Jun 29, 2018 $102 SYNECOR BIOMATERIAL Travel and Lodging W. L. GORE & ASSOCIATES, INC.
Oct 1, 2018 $69 BIO-A TISSUE REINFORCEMENT Food and Beverage W. L. GORE & ASSOCIATES, INC.
Sep 28, 2018 $53 ECHELON ENDOPATH STAPLER HARMONIC PRODUCT FAMILY ULTRAPRO PRODUCTS Food and Beverage MEDICAL DEVICE BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.
Feb 2, 2018 $50 ULTRAPRO PRODUCTS Food and Beverage MEDICAL DEVICE BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.
Feb 1, 2018 $50 ULTRAPRO PRODUCTS Food and Beverage MEDICAL DEVICE BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.
Sep 28, 2018 $38 ECHELON ENDOPATH STAPLER HARMONIC PRODUCT FAMILY ULTRAPRO PRODUCTS Food and Beverage MEDICAL DEVICE BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.
Feb 2, 2018 $35 ULTRAPRO PRODUCTS Food and Beverage MEDICAL DEVICE BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.
Feb 1, 2018 $35 ULTRAPRO PRODUCTS Food and Beverage MEDICAL DEVICE BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.
Feb 2, 2018 $35 ULTRAPRO PRODUCTS Food and Beverage MEDICAL DEVICE BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.
May 15, 2018 $34 DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM Food and Beverage INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.
Sep 28, 2018 $26 ECHELON ENDOPATH STAPLER HARMONIC PRODUCT FAMILY ULTRAPRO PRODUCTS Food and Beverage MEDICAL DEVICE BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.
Apr 13, 2018 $23 STRATAFIX Food and Beverage MEDICAL DEVICE BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.
Feb 23, 2018 $18 SYNECOR BIOMATERIAL Food and Beverage W. L. GORE & ASSOCIATES, INC.
Feb 10, 2018 $17 SYNECOR BIOMATERIAL Food and Beverage W. L. GORE & ASSOCIATES, INC.
Apr 5, 2018 $12 DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM Food and Beverage INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.
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This site includes data published by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services on June 28, 2019.