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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.

MASOUD AFSHAR
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MASOUD AFSHAR

Listed Specialty: Nephrology
2205 ROSS AVE, SUITE 101, EL CENTRO, CA, 92243-3623
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MASOUD AFSHAR,
Yearly Payment Breakdown:

2018 Payments At a Glance

17

payments

$422

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
Food and Beverage
 17 $422

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†
SOLIRIS

drug

 $156
VELTASSA

drug

 $70
PARSABIV

drug

 $53
VELPHORO

drug

 $43
ACTHAR

drug

 $23
ULORIC

drug

 $20
KRYSTEXXA

drug

 $20
RAYALDEE

drug

 $19
AURYXIA

drug

 $13
AMITIZA

drug

 $5
† 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
Oct 23, 2018 $128 SOLIRIS Food and Beverage ALEXION PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
Dec 6, 2018 $28 VELTASSA Food and Beverage RELYPSA, INC.
Oct 31, 2018 $28 SOLIRIS Food and Beverage ALEXION PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
Aug 9, 2018 $24 VELPHORO Food and Beverage FRESENIUS USA MARKETING, INC.
Feb 6, 2018 $23 ACTHAR Food and Beverage MALLINCKRODT LLC
Aug 22, 2018 $22 VELTASSA Food and Beverage RELYPSA, INC.
Nov 8, 2018 $21 PARSABIV Food and Beverage AMGEN INC.
Feb 1, 2018 $20 KRYSTEXXA Food and Beverage HORIZON PHARMA PLC
Feb 15, 2018 $19 RAYALDEE Food and Beverage OPKO PHARMACEUTICALS, LLC
May 29, 2018 $19 VELTASSA Food and Beverage RELYPSA, INC.
Feb 27, 2018 $19 VELPHORO Food and Beverage FRESENIUS USA MARKETING, INC.
Jan 22, 2018 $18 PARSABIV Food and Beverage AMGEN INC.
May 10, 2018 $17 ULORIC Food and Beverage TAKEDA PHARMACEUTICALS U.S.A., INC.
Aug 16, 2018 $14 PARSABIV Food and Beverage AMGEN INC.
May 11, 2018 $13 AURYXIA Food and Beverage KERYX BIOPHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
Aug 22, 2018 $5 AMITIZA Food and Beverage TAKEDA PHARMACEUTICALS U.S.A., INC.
Sep 13, 2018 $3 ULORIC Food and Beverage TAKEDA PHARMACEUTICALS U.S.A., 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.