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CHARLES J RUZKOWSKI
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CHARLES J RUZKOWSKI

Listed Specialty: Gastroenterology
1600 N GRAND AVE, SUITE 150, PUEBLO, CO, 81003-2749
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MR. CHARLES RUZKOWSKI,
Yearly Payment Breakdown:

2018 Payments At a Glance

34

payments

$945

payment total

15

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
 33 $854
Education
 1 $91

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†
EPCLUSA

drug

 $125
ELEVIEW

device

 $125
XELJANZ

drug

 $97
REMICADE

drug

 $91
VIO300D

device

 $83
HUMIRA

drug

 $67
GENERAL BILIARY DEVICES

device

 $58
VIBERZI

drug

 $55
TRULANCE

drug

 $42
SIMPONI

drug

 $36
STELARA

drug

 $36
ENTYVIO

drug

 $29
CANASA

drug

 $28
LINZESS

drug

 $28
DEXILANT

drug

 $28
AMITIZA

drug

 $23
Payments with no listed product

N/A

 $20
RELISTOR

drug

 $17
XIFAXAN

drug

 $17
CLENPIQ

drug

 $15
OLYMPUS ENDOTHERAPY ACCESSORIES

device

 $12
INFLECTRA

drug

 $12
OLYMPUS HEMOSTASIS DEVICES

device

 $11
† 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
Mar 20, 2018 $125 ELEVIEW Food and Beverage ARIES PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
Feb 12, 2018 $125 EPCLUSA Food and Beverage GILEAD SCIENCES INC
Nov 1, 2018 $91 REMICADE Education JANSSEN BIOTECH, INC.
Nov 5, 2018 $83 VIO300D Food and Beverage ERBE USA INC
Dec 14, 2018 $73 XELJANZ Food and Beverage PFIZER INC.
Nov 5, 2018 $58 GENERAL BILIARY DEVICES Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
May 22, 2018 $53 HUMIRA Food and Beverage ABBVIE, INC.
Nov 1, 2018 $18 TRULANCE Food and Beverage SYNERGY PHARMACEUTICALS INC
Jan 2, 2018 $17 RELISTOR XIFAXAN Food and Beverage SALIX PHARMACEUTICALS, A DIVISION OF BAUSCH HEALTH US, LLC
Aug 7, 2018 $16 LINZESS VIBERZI CANASA Food and Beverage IRONWOOD PHARMACEUTICALS, INC
Mar 6, 2018 $15 CLENPIQ Food and Beverage FERRING PHARMACEUTICALS INC.
Jul 24, 2018 $14 ENTYVIO Food and Beverage TAKEDA PHARMACEUTICALS U.S.A., INC.
Aug 27, 2018 $14 XELJANZ Food and Beverage PFIZER INC.
Jan 24, 2018 $14 ENTYVIO Food and Beverage TAKEDA PHARMACEUTICALS U.S.A., INC.
Oct 16, 2018 $14 STELARA SIMPONI Food and Beverage JANSSEN BIOTECH, INC.
Oct 11, 2018 $14 VIBERZI Food and Beverage ALLERGAN INC.
Apr 25, 2018 $14 HUMIRA Food and Beverage ABBVIE, INC.
Sep 11, 2018 $13 TRULANCE Food and Beverage SYNERGY PHARMACEUTICALS INC
May 1, 2018 $13 LINZESS VIBERZI CANASA Food and Beverage IRONWOOD PHARMACEUTICALS, INC
Jan 30, 2018 $12 No Listed Product Food and Beverage PROMETHEUS LABORATORIES INC.
Jul 20, 2018 $12 OLYMPUS ENDOTHERAPY ACCESSORIES Food and Beverage OLYMPUS AMERICA INC.
Feb 8, 2018 $12 VIBERZI Food and Beverage ALLERGAN INC.
Apr 10, 2018 $12 INFLECTRA Food and Beverage PFIZER INC.
Feb 13, 2018 $12 AMITIZA Food and Beverage TAKEDA PHARMACEUTICALS U.S.A., INC.
Apr 18, 2018 $11 OLYMPUS HEMOSTASIS DEVICES Food and Beverage OLYMPUS AMERICA INC.
Feb 21, 2018 $11 STELARA SIMPONI Food and Beverage JANSSEN BIOTECH, INC.
Apr 17, 2018 $11 AMITIZA Food and Beverage TAKEDA PHARMACEUTICALS U.S.A., INC.
Aug 2, 2018 $11 TRULANCE Food and Beverage SYNERGY PHARMACEUTICALS INC
Jul 19, 2018 $10 STELARA SIMPONI Food and Beverage JANSSEN BIOTECH, INC.
Sep 12, 2018 $10 DEXILANT Food and Beverage TAKEDA PHARMACEUTICALS U.S.A., INC.
Sep 19, 2018 $10 XELJANZ Food and Beverage PFIZER INC.
Jul 17, 2018 $9 DEXILANT Food and Beverage TAKEDA PHARMACEUTICALS U.S.A., INC.
May 15, 2018 $9 DEXILANT Food and Beverage TAKEDA PHARMACEUTICALS U.S.A., INC.
Mar 28, 2018 $8 No Listed Product Food and Beverage GILEAD SCIENCES INC
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This site includes data published by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services on June 28, 2019.