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RICHARD H HONGO
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RICHARD H HONGO

Listed Specialty: Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology
2100 WEBSTER ST, SUITE 110, SAN FRANCISCO, CA, 94115-2373
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DR. RICHARD HONGO,
Yearly Payment Breakdown:

2018 Payments At a Glance

71

payments

$20,399

payment total

13

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
Promotional Speaking/Other
 5 $14,100
Consulting
 2 $2,250
Food and Beverage
 53 $2,211
Travel and Lodging
 11 $1,838

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†
ELIQUIS

drug

 $14,962
Payments with no listed product

N/A

 $2,834
MICRA

device

 $1,345
ALLURE QUADRA RF CRT PACEMAKER

device

 $160
LIFEVEST

device

 $137
AZURE

device

 $137
CARTO 3 SYSTEM

device

 $137
CRT-DS

device

 $100
CONFIDENSE

device

 $69
CARNATION AMBULATORY MONITOR

device

 $69
JARDIANCE

drug

 $62
PRADAXA

drug

 $60
ASSURITY PACEMAKER

device

 $58
PENTARAY

device

 $58
REPATHA

drug

 $54
GENERAL THERAPIES

device

 $49
KENGREAL

drug

 $39
XARELTO

drug

 $32
THERMOCOOL SMARTTOUCH

device

 $31
CORLANOR

drug

 $22
PRAXBIND

drug

 $20
CLARIA MRI

device

 $18
EVERA

device

 $11
RESOLUTE

device

 $10
ARCTIC FRONT

device

 $5
FREEZOR

device

 $3
† 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 1, 2018 $3,000 ELIQUIS Promotional Speaking/Other PFIZER INC.
Apr 17, 2018 $2,775 ELIQUIS Promotional Speaking/Other E.R. SQUIBB & SONS, L.L.C.
Apr 30, 2018 $2,775 ELIQUIS Promotional Speaking/Other E.R. SQUIBB & SONS, L.L.C.
Oct 9, 2018 $2,775 ELIQUIS Promotional Speaking/Other E.R. SQUIBB & SONS, L.L.C.
Sep 19, 2018 $2,775 ELIQUIS Promotional Speaking/Other E.R. SQUIBB & SONS, L.L.C.
Oct 18, 2018 $2,000 No Listed Product Consulting MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Sep 30, 2018 $377 No Listed Product Travel and Lodging MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Apr 13, 2018 $334 MICRA Travel and Lodging MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Nov 13, 2018 $250 ELIQUIS Consulting E.R. SQUIBB & SONS, L.L.C.
Apr 13, 2018 $228 MICRA Travel and Lodging MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Sep 30, 2018 $203 No Listed Product Travel and Lodging MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Apr 13, 2018 $180 MICRA Travel and Lodging MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Jun 4, 2018 $160 ALLURE QUADRA RF CRT PACEMAKER Food and Beverage ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Apr 16, 2018 $159 MICRA Travel and Lodging MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Feb 27, 2018 $137 AZURE Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Sep 7, 2018 $115 ELIQUIS Food and Beverage E.R. SQUIBB & SONS, L.L.C.
Apr 9, 2018 $114 ELIQUIS Food and Beverage E.R. SQUIBB & SONS, L.L.C.
Apr 16, 2018 $112 ELIQUIS Food and Beverage E.R. SQUIBB & SONS, L.L.C.
Sep 26, 2018 $110 ELIQUIS Food and Beverage PFIZER INC.
Apr 13, 2018 $108 MICRA Travel and Lodging MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Apr 13, 2018 $108 MICRA Travel and Lodging MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Feb 14, 2018 $100 CRT-DS Food and Beverage ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Sep 28, 2018 $93 ELIQUIS Food and Beverage E.R. SQUIBB & SONS, L.L.C.
Oct 4, 2018 $87 LIFEVEST Food and Beverage ZOLL SERVICES LLC (A/K/A ZOLL LIFECOR CORP)
Mar 9, 2018 $85 CARTO 3 SYSTEM Food and Beverage BIOSENSE WEBSTER, INC.
Apr 14, 2018 $76 MICRA Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Oct 1, 2018 $72 No Listed Product Travel and Lodging MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Nov 2, 2018 $69 CARNATION AMBULATORY MONITOR Food and Beverage BARDY DIAGNOSTICS, INC.
Oct 24, 2018 $67 No Listed Product Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Jun 14, 2018 $58 ASSURITY PACEMAKER Food and Beverage ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Oct 24, 2018 $56 No Listed Product Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Mar 9, 2018 $49 GENERAL THERAPIES Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Apr 30, 2018 $44 ELIQUIS Travel and Lodging E.R. SQUIBB & SONS, L.L.C.
Apr 15, 2018 $42 MICRA Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Oct 1, 2018 $41 No Listed Product Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Jun 27, 2018 $33 REPATHA Food and Beverage AMGEN INC.
Apr 27, 2018 $32 CARTO 3 SYSTEM Food and Beverage BIOSENSE WEBSTER, INC.
Sep 24, 2018 $31 THERMOCOOL SMARTTOUCH Food and Beverage BIOSENSE WEBSTER, INC.
Sep 5, 2018 $25 PENTARAY Food and Beverage BIOSENSE WEBSTER, INC.
May 3, 2018 $25 ELIQUIS Travel and Lodging E.R. SQUIBB & SONS, L.L.C.
Apr 25, 2018 $25 CONFIDENSE Food and Beverage BIOSENSE WEBSTER, INC.
Jan 8, 2018 $24 PRADAXA JARDIANCE Food and Beverage BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
Jun 29, 2018 $23 CONFIDENSE Food and Beverage BIOSENSE WEBSTER, INC.
Apr 16, 2018 $23 MICRA Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Jul 16, 2018 $22 CORLANOR REPATHA Food and Beverage AMGEN INC.
Oct 31, 2018 $22 LIFEVEST Food and Beverage ZOLL SERVICES LLC (A/K/A ZOLL LIFECOR CORP)
May 31, 2018 $22 CONFIDENSE Food and Beverage BIOSENSE WEBSTER, INC.
Apr 13, 2018 $21 MICRA Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Aug 24, 2018 $21 MICRA Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Feb 9, 2018 $20 KENGREAL Food and Beverage CHIESI USA, INC.
Feb 12, 2018 $20 PRADAXA JARDIANCE PRAXBIND Food and Beverage BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
Oct 29, 2018 $20 CARTO 3 SYSTEM Food and Beverage BIOSENSE WEBSTER, INC.
Jan 19, 2018 $19 KENGREAL Food and Beverage CHIESI USA, INC.
Aug 17, 2018 $18 CLARIA MRI Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Aug 29, 2018 $18 JARDIANCE Food and Beverage BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
Jan 17, 2018 $18 PENTARAY Food and Beverage BIOSENSE WEBSTER, INC.
Mar 30, 2018 $18 XARELTO Food and Beverage JANSSEN PHARMACEUTICALS, INC
Aug 13, 2018 $18 No Listed Product Food and Beverage GILEAD SCIENCES INC
Apr 13, 2018 $18 MICRA Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Jun 19, 2018 $16 PRADAXA Food and Beverage BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
Apr 13, 2018 $16 MICRA Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Feb 16, 2018 $15 LIFEVEST Food and Beverage ZOLL SERVICES LLC (A/K/A ZOLL LIFECOR CORP)
Oct 12, 2018 $15 PENTARAY Food and Beverage BIOSENSE WEBSTER, INC.
Apr 10, 2018 $14 XARELTO Food and Beverage JANSSEN PHARMACEUTICALS, INC
Feb 1, 2018 $14 LIFEVEST Food and Beverage ZOLL SERVICES LLC (A/K/A ZOLL LIFECOR CORP)
Feb 1, 2018 $12 MICRA Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Nov 29, 2018 $10 RESOLUTE Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
May 4, 2018 $6 EVERA Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Jun 14, 2018 $5 ARCTIC FRONT Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Sep 19, 2018 $4 EVERA Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Jun 13, 2018 $3 FREEZOR Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
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