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ALAN G THORSON
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ALAN G THORSON

Listed Specialty: Colon & Rectal Surgery
9850 NICHOLAS ST, SUITE 100, OMAHA, NE, 68114-2186
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ALAN THORSON,
Yearly Payment Breakdown:

2018 Payments At a Glance

27

payments

$8,852

payment total

8

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
Honoraria
 3 $3,875
Travel and Lodging
 3 $3,499
Food and Beverage
 21 $1,478

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†
PHASIX

device

 $8,269
OLYMPUS LAPAROSCOPIC ACCESSORIES

device

 $147
Payments with no listed product

N/A

 $146
STRATTICE

device

 $138
MOVIPREP

drug

 $37
GRAFIX & STRAVIX

drug

 $35
OFIRMEV

drug

 $35
EXPAREL

drug

 $34
GATTEX

drug

 $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
Sep 28, 2018 $3,000 PHASIX Honoraria DAVOL INC.
Sep 28, 2018 $2,265 PHASIX Travel and Lodging DAVOL INC.
Jun 27, 2018 $925 PHASIX Travel and Lodging DAVOL INC.
Sep 24, 2018 $500 PHASIX Honoraria DAVOL INC.
Nov 6, 2018 $375 PHASIX Honoraria DAVOL INC.
Jul 30, 2018 $309 PHASIX Travel and Lodging DAVOL INC.
Aug 2, 2018 $159 PHASIX Food and Beverage DAVOL INC.
Nov 29, 2018 $157 PHASIX Food and Beverage DAVOL INC.
Oct 22, 2018 $147 OLYMPUS LAPAROSCOPIC ACCESSORIES Food and Beverage OLYMPUS AMERICA INC.
Nov 19, 2018 $146 No Listed Product Food and Beverage DAVOL INC.
Jun 21, 2018 $141 PHASIX Food and Beverage DAVOL INC.
Sep 19, 2018 $138 STRATTICE Food and Beverage ALLERGAN INC.
May 2, 2018 $125 PHASIX Food and Beverage DAVOL INC.
Mar 6, 2018 $105 PHASIX Food and Beverage DAVOL INC.
Mar 9, 2018 $99 PHASIX Food and Beverage DAVOL INC.
Mar 8, 2018 $91 PHASIX Food and Beverage DAVOL INC.
May 2, 2018 $25 GRAFIX & STRAVIX Food and Beverage OSIRIS THERAPEUTICS INC.
Mar 27, 2018 $22 EXPAREL Food and Beverage PACIRA PHARMACEUTICALS INCORPORATED
Oct 15, 2018 $19 OFIRMEV Food and Beverage MALLINCKRODT LLC
Apr 4, 2018 $19 MOVIPREP Food and Beverage SALIX PHARMACEUTICALS, A DIVISION OF BAUSCH HEALTH US, LLC
Aug 6, 2018 $18 MOVIPREP Food and Beverage SALIX PHARMACEUTICALS, A DIVISION OF BAUSCH HEALTH US, LLC
Nov 19, 2018 $16 OFIRMEV Food and Beverage MALLINCKRODT LLC
Sep 28, 2018 $14 PHASIX Food and Beverage DAVOL INC.
Dec 17, 2018 $12 EXPAREL Food and Beverage PACIRA PHARMACEUTICALS INCORPORATED
Jun 11, 2018 $11 GATTEX Food and Beverage SHIRE NORTH AMERICAN GROUP INC
Oct 1, 2018 $11 GRAFIX & STRAVIX Food and Beverage OSIRIS THERAPEUTICS INC.
Dec 5, 2018 $4 PHASIX Food and Beverage DAVOL INC.
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This site includes data published by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services on June 28, 2019.