Dollars for Docs

How Industry Dollars Reach Your Doctors

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.

BERHANE WORKU
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BERHANE WORKU

Listed Specialty: Surgery
506 SIXTH STREET, NEW YORK METHODIST HOSP DEPT OF CARDIOTHORACIC SURGERY, BROOKLYN, NY, 11215
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DR. BERHANE WORKU,
Yearly Payment Breakdown:

2018 Payments At a Glance

12

payments

$1,868

payment total

4

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
Travel and Lodging
6 $1,715
Food and Beverage
6 $153

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
HEARTMATE 3 LEFT VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICE

device

$976
ON-X

device

$822
CFN CHLORAPREP

device

$51
MEGA SOFT

device

$19
SURGICEL FAMILY OF ABSORBABLE HEMOSTATS

device

$19
† 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
Sep 10, 2018 $758 HEARTMATE 3 LEFT VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICE Travel and Lodging ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Sep 5, 2018 $479 ON-X Travel and Lodging CRYOLIFE, INC.
Sep 17, 2018 $321 ON-X Travel and Lodging CRYOLIFE, INC.
Sep 10, 2018 $125 HEARTMATE 3 LEFT VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICE Travel and Lodging ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Sep 11, 2018 $62 HEARTMATE 3 LEFT VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICE Food and Beverage ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Nov 19, 2018 $51 CFN CHLORAPREP Food and Beverage BECTON, DICKINSON AND COMPANY
Sep 10, 2018 $22 HEARTMATE 3 LEFT VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICE Travel and Lodging ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Mar 14, 2018 $19 SURGICEL FAMILY OF ABSORBABLE HEMOSTATS MEGA SOFT Food and Beverage ETHICON US, LLC
Sep 14, 2018 $17 ON-X Food and Beverage CRYOLIFE, INC.
Sep 10, 2018 $8 HEARTMATE 3 LEFT VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICE Travel and Lodging ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Sep 11, 2018 $3 ON-X Food and Beverage CRYOLIFE, INC.
Sep 10, 2018 $1 ON-X Food and Beverage CRYOLIFE, INC.
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This site includes data published by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services on June 28, 2019.