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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.

THOMAS A SHUSTER
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THOMAS A SHUSTER

Listed Specialty: Vascular Surgery
600 HEALTH PARK BLVD, STE G, GRAND BLANC, MI, 48439-2558
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THOMAS SHUSTER,
Yearly Payment Breakdown:

2018 Payments At a Glance

43

payments

$1,812

payment total

16

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
 43 $1,812

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†
Payments with no listed product

N/A

 $518
PERIPHERAL ORBITAL ATHERECTOMY SYSTEM

device

 $325
RESTOREFLO

device

 $220
COOK MEDICAL AAA

device

 $203
EXCLUDER AAA ENDOPROSTHESIS

device

 $99
S.M.A.R.T. CONTROL SELF-EXPANDING NITINOL STENT

device

 $93
MYNXGRIP VASCULAR CLOSURE DEVICE

device

 $58
CLOTTRIEVER

device

 $56
FLOWTRIEVER

device

 $56
SABER

device

 $48
COOK MEDICAL ADVANCED TECH

device

 $36
WALLSTENT

device

 $27
CLOSUREFAST

device

 $21
SURGICEL FAMILY OF ABSORBABLE HEMOSTATS

device

 $19
VIABAHN VBX BALLOON EXPANDABLE ENDOPROSTHESIS

device

 $19
AZUR

device

 $17
METACROSS

device

 $17
VARITHENA

drug

 $16
GENERAL VASCULAR INTERVENTION

device

 $16
PHOTOFIX

device

 $16
FLUENCY

device

 $15
PALINDROME

device

 $15
ORENCIA

drug

 $13
CLEARVUE

device

 $12
POWERPORT

device

 $12
S.M.A.R.T. FLEX STENT

device

 $10
† 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
Nov 4, 2018 $223 No Listed Product Food and Beverage ANGIODYNAMICS, INC.
Nov 5, 2018 $139 No Listed Product Food and Beverage CARDINAL HEALTH 200, LLC
Nov 5, 2018 $129 PERIPHERAL ORBITAL ATHERECTOMY SYSTEM Food and Beverage CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEMS INC.
Nov 6, 2018 $118 COOK MEDICAL AAA Food and Beverage COOK MEDICAL LLC
May 17, 2018 $117 RESTOREFLO Food and Beverage LEMAITRE VASCULAR, INC.
Jul 12, 2018 $104 RESTOREFLO Food and Beverage LEMAITRE VASCULAR, INC.
Nov 7, 2018 $99 EXCLUDER AAA ENDOPROSTHESIS Food and Beverage W. L. GORE & ASSOCIATES, INC.
Jul 26, 2018 $96 No Listed Product Food and Beverage CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEMS INC.
Jan 17, 2018 $77 PERIPHERAL ORBITAL ATHERECTOMY SYSTEM Food and Beverage CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEMS INC.
Dec 6, 2018 $66 PERIPHERAL ORBITAL ATHERECTOMY SYSTEM Food and Beverage CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEMS INC.
Nov 5, 2018 $56 FLOWTRIEVER CLOTTRIEVER Food and Beverage INARI MEDICAL, INC.
Apr 18, 2018 $53 S.M.A.R.T. CONTROL SELF-EXPANDING NITINOL STENT Food and Beverage CARDINAL HEALTH 200, LLC
Nov 7, 2018 $36 COOK MEDICAL ADVANCED TECH Food and Beverage COOK MEDICAL LLC
Sep 13, 2018 $33 COOK MEDICAL AAA Food and Beverage COOK MEDICAL LLC
May 10, 2018 $30 COOK MEDICAL AAA Food and Beverage COOK MEDICAL LLC
Aug 21, 2018 $29 MYNXGRIP VASCULAR CLOSURE DEVICE S.M.A.R.T. CONTROL SELF-EXPANDING NITINOL STENT SABER Food and Beverage CARDINAL HEALTH 200, LLC
Aug 2, 2018 $28 No Listed Product Food and Beverage ANGIODYNAMICS, INC.
Nov 26, 2018 $27 WALLSTENT Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Oct 5, 2018 $22 PERIPHERAL ORBITAL ATHERECTOMY SYSTEM Food and Beverage CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEMS INC.
Oct 24, 2018 $21 CLOSUREFAST Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Nov 5, 2018 $19 SABER Food and Beverage CARDINAL HEALTH 200, LLC
Sep 7, 2018 $19 SURGICEL FAMILY OF ABSORBABLE HEMOSTATS Food and Beverage ETHICON US, LLC
Oct 29, 2018 $19 VIABAHN VBX BALLOON EXPANDABLE ENDOPROSTHESIS Food and Beverage W. L. GORE & ASSOCIATES, INC.
Aug 10, 2018 $17 MYNXGRIP VASCULAR CLOSURE DEVICE Food and Beverage CARDINAL HEALTH 200, LLC
Jan 23, 2018 $17 METACROSS AZUR Food and Beverage TERUMO MEDICAL CORPORATION
Nov 29, 2018 $16 No Listed Product Food and Beverage CARDINAL HEALTH 200, LLC
Apr 20, 2018 $16 VARITHENA Food and Beverage BIOCOMPATIBLES, INC.
Nov 7, 2018 $16 GENERAL VASCULAR INTERVENTION Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Feb 8, 2018 $16 PHOTOFIX Food and Beverage CRYOLIFE, INC.
Sep 27, 2018 $15 FLUENCY Food and Beverage BARD PERIPHERAL VASCULAR, INC.
Jun 28, 2018 $15 PERIPHERAL ORBITAL ATHERECTOMY SYSTEM Food and Beverage CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEMS INC.
Nov 5, 2018 $15 PALINDROME Food and Beverage COVIDIEN LP
Mar 1, 2018 $15 No Listed Product Food and Beverage CARDINAL HEALTH 200, LLC
Nov 16, 2018 $13 ORENCIA Food and Beverage E.R. SQUIBB & SONS, L.L.C.
Sep 20, 2018 $12 MYNXGRIP VASCULAR CLOSURE DEVICE Food and Beverage CARDINAL HEALTH 200, LLC
Jan 11, 2018 $12 S.M.A.R.T. CONTROL SELF-EXPANDING NITINOL STENT Food and Beverage CARDINAL HEALTH 200, LLC
May 25, 2018 $12 POWERPORT CLEARVUE Food and Beverage BARD PERIPHERAL VASCULAR, INC.
Jun 7, 2018 $10 S.M.A.R.T. FLEX STENT Food and Beverage CARDINAL HEALTH 200, LLC
Oct 10, 2018 $9 COOK MEDICAL AAA Food and Beverage COOK MEDICAL LLC
Jul 25, 2018 $8 COOK MEDICAL AAA Food and Beverage COOK MEDICAL LLC
Apr 19, 2018 $8 PERIPHERAL ORBITAL ATHERECTOMY SYSTEM Food and Beverage CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEMS INC.
Sep 4, 2018 $7 PERIPHERAL ORBITAL ATHERECTOMY SYSTEM Food and Beverage CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEMS INC.
Sep 26, 2018 $3 COOK MEDICAL AAA Food and Beverage COOK MEDICAL LLC
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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.