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JOSEPH R STEELE
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JOSEPH R STEELE

Listed Specialty: Diagnostic Radiology
1515 HOLCOMBE BLVD, HOUSTON, TX, 77030-4009
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JOSEPH STEELE,
Yearly Payment Breakdown:

2018 Payments At a Glance

23

payments

$46,903

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
Consulting
 9 $30,900
Promotional Speaking/Other
 1 $12,000
Travel and Lodging
 6 $3,722
Food and Beverage
 7 $281

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†
CROFAB

drug

 $18,168
LUTONIX

device

 $13,876
Payments with no listed product

N/A

 $9,824
VORAXAZE

drug

 $4,500
CERTEGRA

device

 $350
DIGIFAB

drug

 $185
MISSION

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
Jan 19, 2018 $12,000 CROFAB Promotional Speaking/Other BTG INTERNATIONAL, INC.
Jan 29, 2018 $7,600 No Listed Product Consulting C. R. BARD, INC. & SUBSIDIARIES
Jan 16, 2018 $5,600 LUTONIX Consulting BARD PERIPHERAL VASCULAR, INC.
Feb 6, 2018 $5,600 LUTONIX Consulting BARD PERIPHERAL VASCULAR, INC.
Feb 22, 2018 $3,750 CROFAB Consulting BTG INTERNATIONAL, INC.
May 7, 2018 $2,250 VORAXAZE Consulting BTG INTERNATIONAL, INC.
May 7, 2018 $2,250 VORAXAZE Consulting BTG INTERNATIONAL, INC.
Jan 29, 2018 $2,185 No Listed Product Travel and Lodging C. R. BARD, INC. & SUBSIDIARIES
Feb 6, 2018 $2,000 LUTONIX Consulting BARD PERIPHERAL VASCULAR, INC.
Jan 9, 2018 $1,500 CROFAB Consulting BTG INTERNATIONAL, INC.
Jan 19, 2018 $500 CROFAB Travel and Lodging BTG INTERNATIONAL, INC.
Feb 27, 2018 $471 LUTONIX Travel and Lodging BARD PERIPHERAL VASCULAR, INC.
Jan 19, 2018 $380 CROFAB Travel and Lodging BTG INTERNATIONAL, INC.
Aug 24, 2018 $350 CERTEGRA Consulting BAYER HEALTHCARE PHARMACEUTICALS INC.
Feb 27, 2018 $109 LUTONIX Travel and Lodging BARD PERIPHERAL VASCULAR, INC.
Mar 20, 2018 $103 DIGIFAB Food and Beverage BTG INTERNATIONAL, INC.
Feb 6, 2018 $77 LUTONIX Travel and Lodging BARD PERIPHERAL VASCULAR, INC.
Mar 19, 2018 $54 DIGIFAB Food and Beverage BTG INTERNATIONAL, INC.
Jan 19, 2018 $38 CROFAB Food and Beverage BTG INTERNATIONAL, INC.
Mar 20, 2018 $28 DIGIFAB Food and Beverage BTG INTERNATIONAL, INC.
Jan 11, 2018 $21 No Listed Product Food and Beverage BARD PERIPHERAL VASCULAR, INC.
Jan 12, 2018 $19 LUTONIX MISSION Food and Beverage BARD PERIPHERAL VASCULAR, INC.
Nov 30, 2018 $17 No Listed Product Food and Beverage BARD PERIPHERAL VASCULAR, INC.
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This site includes data published by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services on June 28, 2019.