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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.

CLIFFORD M KITTEN
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CLIFFORD M KITTEN

Listed Specialty: Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery)
118 SHENANDOAH DR, SUITE A, SHENANDOAH, TX, 77381-1204
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DR. CLIFFORD KITTEN,
Yearly Payment Breakdown:

2018 Payments At a Glance

18

payments

$1,743

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
18 $1,743

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
ECM

device

$324
IMPELLA

device

$242
MIAMI INSTRUMENTS JOSEPH LAMELAS KNOT PUSHER

device

$160
COOK MEDICAL AAA

device

$153
EPI-SENSE GUIDED COAGULATION SYSTEM WITH VISITRAX, MODELS

device

$148
FLOSEAL

drug

$123
HEARTWARE HVAD

device

$120
Payments with no listed product

N/A

$115
CARTO 3 SYSTEM

device

$112
ON-Q PUMP AND ACCESSORIES

device

$110
COOK MEDICAL THORACIC

device

$92
ATRICURE ATRICLIP LAA EXCLUSION SYSTEM

device

$43
EPI-SENSE GUIDED COAGULATION SYS

device

$43
† 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
Jan 22, 2018 $160 MIAMI INSTRUMENTS JOSEPH LAMELAS KNOT PUSHER Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Apr 10, 2018 $158 ECM Food and Beverage AZIYO BIOLOGICS, INC.
Sep 25, 2018 $148 EPI-SENSE GUIDED COAGULATION SYSTEM WITH VISITRAX, MODELS Food and Beverage ATRICURE, INC.
May 14, 2018 $146 IMPELLA Food and Beverage ABIOMED
Aug 15, 2018 $136 ECM Food and Beverage AZIYO BIOLOGICS, INC.
Sep 13, 2018 $123 FLOSEAL Food and Beverage BAXTER HEALTHCARE
Jan 28, 2018 $120 HEARTWARE HVAD Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Nov 12, 2018 $115 No Listed Product Food and Beverage ACTELION PHARMACEUTICALS US, INC.
Mar 26, 2018 $112 CARTO 3 SYSTEM Food and Beverage BIOSENSE WEBSTER, INC.
Jun 21, 2018 $110 ON-Q PUMP AND ACCESSORIES Food and Beverage AVANOS MEDICAL
Jan 28, 2018 $93 COOK MEDICAL AAA Food and Beverage COOK MEDICAL LLC
Jan 29, 2018 $83 IMPELLA Food and Beverage ABIOMED
Jun 11, 2018 $61 COOK MEDICAL AAA Food and Beverage COOK MEDICAL LLC
Aug 2, 2018 $61 COOK MEDICAL THORACIC Food and Beverage COOK MEDICAL LLC
Aug 7, 2018 $43 ATRICURE ATRICLIP LAA EXCLUSION SYSTEM EPI-SENSE GUIDED COAGULATION SYS Food and Beverage ATRICURE, INC.
Apr 30, 2018 $31 COOK MEDICAL THORACIC Food and Beverage COOK MEDICAL LLC
Sep 6, 2018 $30 ECM Food and Beverage AZIYO BIOLOGICS, INC.
Jan 29, 2018 $13 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.