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MEREDITH C SWEENEY
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MEREDITH C SWEENEY

Listed Specialty: Surgery
1000 DUPONT RD, LOUISVILLE, KY, 40207-4611
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DR. MEREDITH SWEENEY,
Yearly Payment Breakdown:

2018 Payments At a Glance

25

payments

$2,998

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
Travel and Lodging
 4 $2,037
Food and Beverage
 21 $961

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†
ECHELON ENDOPATH STAPLER

device

 $1,230
HARMONIC PRODUCT FAMILY

device

 $1,230
3DMAX

device

 $1,186
PHASIX

device

 $270
PERI-STRIPS DRY

drug

 $150
VENTRALIGHT

device

 $107
SURGICEL FAMILY OF ABSORBABLE HEMOSTATS

device

 $40
GATTEX

drug

 $32
STRATTICE

device

 $26
SEAMGUARD BIOABSORBABLE STAPLE LINE REINFORCEMENT

device

 $24
BLASTX

device

 $22
TISSEEL

drug

 $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
Mar 30, 2018 $985 3DMAX Travel and Lodging DAVOL INC.
Feb 9, 2018 $596 HARMONIC PRODUCT FAMILY ECHELON ENDOPATH STAPLER Travel and Lodging MEDICAL DEVICE BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.
Feb 9, 2018 $259 HARMONIC PRODUCT FAMILY ECHELON ENDOPATH STAPLER Travel and Lodging MEDICAL DEVICE BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.
Mar 30, 2018 $201 3DMAX Food and Beverage DAVOL INC.
Feb 9, 2018 $197 HARMONIC PRODUCT FAMILY ECHELON ENDOPATH STAPLER Travel and Lodging MEDICAL DEVICE BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.
Feb 9, 2018 $118 HARMONIC PRODUCT FAMILY ECHELON ENDOPATH STAPLER Food and Beverage MEDICAL DEVICE BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.
Jun 28, 2018 $115 PHASIX Food and Beverage DAVOL INC.
Feb 25, 2018 $107 PHASIX VENTRALIGHT Food and Beverage DAVOL INC.
Jan 31, 2018 $72 PERI-STRIPS DRY Food and Beverage BAXTER HEALTHCARE
Aug 1, 2018 $65 PERI-STRIPS DRY Food and Beverage BAXTER HEALTHCARE
Feb 9, 2018 $32 HARMONIC PRODUCT FAMILY ECHELON ENDOPATH STAPLER Food and Beverage MEDICAL DEVICE BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.
May 4, 2018 $28 PHASIX Food and Beverage DAVOL INC.
Feb 10, 2018 $26 SURGICEL FAMILY OF ABSORBABLE HEMOSTATS Food and Beverage ETHICON US, LLC
Sep 14, 2018 $26 STRATTICE Food and Beverage ALLERGAN INC.
Mar 14, 2018 $24 SEAMGUARD BIOABSORBABLE STAPLE LINE REINFORCEMENT Food and Beverage W. L. GORE & ASSOCIATES, INC.
Nov 1, 2018 $22 BLASTX Food and Beverage NEXT SCIENCE LLC
Feb 27, 2018 $20 PHASIX Food and Beverage DAVOL INC.
Feb 10, 2018 $18 HARMONIC PRODUCT FAMILY ECHELON ENDOPATH STAPLER Food and Beverage MEDICAL DEVICE BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.
Oct 26, 2018 $17 GATTEX Food and Beverage SHIRE NORTH AMERICAN GROUP INC
Feb 13, 2018 $15 GATTEX Food and Beverage SHIRE NORTH AMERICAN GROUP INC
Feb 10, 2018 $14 SURGICEL FAMILY OF ABSORBABLE HEMOSTATS Food and Beverage ETHICON US, LLC
Jun 5, 2018 $13 PERI-STRIPS DRY Food and Beverage BAXTER HEALTHCARE
Aug 28, 2018 $12 TISSEEL Food and Beverage BAXTER HEALTHCARE
Feb 10, 2018 $8 HARMONIC PRODUCT FAMILY ECHELON ENDOPATH STAPLER Food and Beverage MEDICAL DEVICE BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.
Apr 30, 2018 $7 TISSEEL Food and Beverage BAXTER HEALTHCARE
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This site includes data published by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services on June 28, 2019.