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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.

RICHARD Y HIGHBLOOM
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RICHARD Y HIGHBLOOM

Listed Specialty: Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery)
3 COOPER PLZ, SUITE 403, CAMDEN, NJ, 08103-1438
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RICHARD HIGHBLOOM,
Yearly Payment Breakdown:

2018 Payments At a Glance

22

payments

$1,234

payment total

5

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
 22 $1,234

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†
Payments with no listed product

N/A

 $292
EDWARDS INTUITY ELITE VALVE SYSTEM

device

 $263
COREVALVE EVOLUT

device

 $215
VASOVIEW

device

 $157
INSPIRIS RESILIA AORTIC VALVE

device

 $132
ECHELON FLEX STAPLER

device

 $85
PROLENE POLYPROPYLENE SUTURE

device

 $85
STERNALOCK BLU

device

 $59
3F

device

 $17
PLEURAFLOW

device

 $13
† 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 28, 2018 $139 EDWARDS INTUITY ELITE VALVE SYSTEM Food and Beverage EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORPORATION
Sep 26, 2018 $132 INSPIRIS RESILIA AORTIC VALVE Food and Beverage EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORPORATION
Jan 29, 2018 $132 COREVALVE EVOLUT Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Mar 23, 2018 $113 EDWARDS INTUITY ELITE VALVE SYSTEM Food and Beverage EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORPORATION
Jul 10, 2018 $113 No Listed Product Food and Beverage EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORPORATION
Dec 27, 2018 $85 PROLENE POLYPROPYLENE SUTURE ECHELON FLEX STAPLER Food and Beverage ETHICON US, LLC
Apr 16, 2018 $84 No Listed Product Food and Beverage EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORPORATION
May 18, 2018 $76 No Listed Product Food and Beverage EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORPORATION
Aug 3, 2018 $59 STERNALOCK BLU Food and Beverage ZIMMER BIOMET HOLDINGS, INC.
Dec 27, 2018 $59 VASOVIEW Food and Beverage MAQUET CARDIOVASCULAR U.S. SALES, L.L.C.
Jul 12, 2018 $56 VASOVIEW Food and Beverage MAQUET CARDIOVASCULAR U.S. SALES, L.L.C.
Jul 5, 2018 $35 COREVALVE EVOLUT Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Apr 4, 2018 $26 VASOVIEW Food and Beverage MAQUET CARDIOVASCULAR U.S. SALES, L.L.C.
Oct 15, 2018 $24 COREVALVE EVOLUT Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Jan 27, 2018 $23 COREVALVE EVOLUT Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Jan 28, 2018 $17 3F Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Mar 8, 2018 $14 No Listed Product Food and Beverage EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORPORATION
Jan 19, 2018 $13 PLEURAFLOW Food and Beverage MAQUET CARDIOVASCULAR U.S. SALES, L.L.C.
Jan 27, 2018 $11 EDWARDS INTUITY ELITE VALVE SYSTEM Food and Beverage EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORPORATION
Mar 16, 2018 $8 VASOVIEW Food and Beverage MAQUET CARDIOVASCULAR U.S. SALES, L.L.C.
Apr 4, 2018 $8 VASOVIEW Food and Beverage MAQUET CARDIOVASCULAR U.S. SALES, L.L.C.
Jul 10, 2018 $6 No Listed Product Food and Beverage EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORPORATION
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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.