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TAM H LE
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TAM H LE

Listed Specialty: Colon & Rectal Surgery
18111 BROOKHURST ST, 2600, FOUNTAIN VALLEY, CA, 92708-6728
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TAM LE,
Yearly Payment Breakdown:

2018 Payments At a Glance

51

payments

$6,982

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
Travel and Lodging
 17 $3,580
Food and Beverage
 32 $2,202
Promotional Speaking/Other
 2 $1,200

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†
DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM

device

 $5,290
PHASIX

device

 $1,493
SURGIMEND

device

 $53
3DMAX

device

 $33
Payments with no listed product

N/A

 $28
OFIRMEV

drug

 $23
OLYMPUS LAPAROSCOPES

device

 $21
JUSTRIGHT SEALER

device

 $20
JUSTRIGHT GENERATOR

device

 $20
JUSTRIGHT 5MM STAPLER

device

 $20
JUSTRIGHT 5MM RELOAD

device

 $20
ACCESS SOLUTIONS: WECK BRAND

device

 $18
XENMATRIX

device

 $18
EXPAREL

drug

 $17
† 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 30, 2018 $874 PHASIX Travel and Lodging DAVOL INC.
Dec 18, 2018 $631 DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM Food and Beverage INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.
Aug 10, 2018 $600 DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM Promotional Speaking/Other INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.
Aug 10, 2018 $600 DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM Promotional Speaking/Other INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.
Aug 3, 2018 $423 DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM Travel and Lodging INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.
Jul 17, 2018 $360 DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM Travel and Lodging INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.
Jun 29, 2018 $359 PHASIX Travel and Lodging DAVOL INC.
Jul 17, 2018 $299 DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM Travel and Lodging INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.
Aug 3, 2018 $289 DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM Travel and Lodging INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.
Dec 18, 2018 $248 DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM Food and Beverage INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.
Aug 10, 2018 $224 DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM Travel and Lodging INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.
Jul 28, 2018 $186 DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM Travel and Lodging INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.
Jul 19, 2018 $174 DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM Travel and Lodging INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.
Aug 21, 2018 $150 DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM Travel and Lodging INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.
Jun 29, 2018 $136 PHASIX Food and Beverage DAVOL INC.
Sep 4, 2018 $131 DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM Food and Beverage INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.
Apr 10, 2018 $121 DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM Food and Beverage INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.
Aug 10, 2018 $100 DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM Travel and Lodging INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.
Nov 21, 2018 $100 DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM Food and Beverage INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.
Sep 14, 2018 $84 DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM Food and Beverage INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.
Sep 14, 2018 $84 DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM Food and Beverage INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.
Aug 28, 2018 $78 DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM Food and Beverage INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.
Aug 28, 2018 $63 DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM Food and Beverage INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.
Aug 21, 2018 $57 DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM Food and Beverage INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.
Nov 20, 2018 $54 DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM Food and Beverage INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.
Jun 11, 2018 $37 PHASIX Food and Beverage DAVOL INC.
May 2, 2018 $34 PHASIX Travel and Lodging DAVOL INC.
Mar 1, 2018 $33 PHASIX 3DMAX Food and Beverage DAVOL INC.
Oct 19, 2018 $30 SURGIMEND Food and Beverage TEI BIOSCIENCES INC
Sep 14, 2018 $25 DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM Travel and Lodging INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.
Sep 14, 2018 $25 DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM Travel and Lodging INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.
Jan 22, 2018 $23 OFIRMEV Food and Beverage MALLINCKRODT LLC
Jul 10, 2018 $23 SURGIMEND Food and Beverage TEI BIOSCIENCES INC
Sep 6, 2018 $22 DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM Food and Beverage INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.
Sep 6, 2018 $22 DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM Food and Beverage INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.
Apr 10, 2018 $21 OLYMPUS LAPAROSCOPES Food and Beverage OLYMPUS AMERICA INC.
Sep 6, 2018 $21 DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM Food and Beverage INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.
Aug 7, 2018 $21 DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM Food and Beverage INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.
Apr 30, 2018 $20 JUSTRIGHT SEALER JUSTRIGHT GENERATOR JUSTRIGHT 5MM STAPLER JUSTRIGHT 5MM RELOAD Food and Beverage JUSTRIGHT SURGICAL LLC
May 15, 2018 $20 DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM Food and Beverage INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.
Sep 6, 2018 $20 DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM Food and Beverage INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.
Jul 17, 2018 $19 DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM Travel and Lodging INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.
Aug 7, 2018 $19 DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM Travel and Lodging INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.
Jul 17, 2018 $19 DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM Travel and Lodging INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.
Jun 18, 2018 $18 ACCESS SOLUTIONS: WECK BRAND Food and Beverage TELEFLEX MEDICAL INCORPORATED
Jun 29, 2018 $18 XENMATRIX Food and Beverage DAVOL INC.
Aug 13, 2018 $17 EXPAREL Food and Beverage PACIRA PHARMACEUTICALS INCORPORATED
Jul 2, 2018 $15 No Listed Product Food and Beverage ACELL, INC.
Jun 11, 2018 $13 PHASIX Food and Beverage DAVOL INC.
Sep 24, 2018 $12 No Listed Product Food and Beverage ACELL, INC.
Jun 10, 2018 $7 PHASIX Food and Beverage DAVOL INC.
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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.