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LIFFORD L LANCASTER
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LIFFORD L LANCASTER

Listed Specialty: Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery)
3443 DICKERSON PIKE STE 400, NASHVILLE, TN, 37207-2524
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DR. LIFFORD LANCASTER,
Yearly Payment Breakdown:

2018 Payments At a Glance

38

payments

$10,894

payment total

7

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
Education
 2 $6,000
Travel and Lodging
 19 $3,910
Food and Beverage
 17 $985

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†
DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM

device

 $10,445
ARISTA AH

device

 $130
MICRA

device

 $119
ECHELON FLEX STAPLER

device

 $98
EVERPOINT

device

 $98
EVICEL

drug

 $98
SURGICEL FAMILY OF ABSORBABLE HEMOSTATS

device

 $98
Payments with no listed product

N/A

 $47
AIRSEAL

device

 $34
PHOTOFIX

device

 $18
ECM

device

 $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
Mar 15, 2018 $4,500 DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM Education INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.
Oct 25, 2018 $1,500 DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM Education INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.
Mar 9, 2018 $853 DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM Travel and Lodging INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.
Oct 18, 2018 $835 DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM Travel and Lodging INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.
Feb 21, 2018 $804 DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM Travel and Lodging INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.
Feb 13, 2018 $364 DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM Travel and Lodging INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.
Mar 16, 2018 $358 DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM Travel and Lodging INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.
Feb 13, 2018 $201 DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM Travel and Lodging INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.
Oct 25, 2018 $186 DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM Travel and Lodging INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.
Dec 3, 2018 $157 DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM Food and Beverage INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.
Jul 18, 2018 $130 ARISTA AH Food and Beverage DAVOL INC.
Jan 3, 2018 $119 MICRA Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Nov 30, 2018 $98 DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM Food and Beverage INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.
Sep 12, 2018 $98 EVICEL ECHELON FLEX STAPLER SURGICEL FAMILY OF ABSORBABLE HEMOSTATS EVERPOINT Food and Beverage ETHICON US, LLC
May 15, 2018 $81 DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM Food and Beverage INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.
Dec 3, 2018 $77 DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM Travel and Lodging INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.
Mar 6, 2018 $59 DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM Food and Beverage INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.
May 15, 2018 $55 DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM Travel and Lodging INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.
May 29, 2018 $42 DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM Food and Beverage INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.
May 29, 2018 $37 DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM Food and Beverage INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.
Aug 2, 2018 $34 AIRSEAL Food and Beverage CONMED CORPORATION
Nov 30, 2018 $30 DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM Travel and Lodging INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.
Dec 11, 2018 $27 No Listed Product Food and Beverage CRYOLIFE, INC.
Apr 5, 2018 $26 DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM Food and Beverage INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.
Feb 13, 2018 $23 DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM Travel and Lodging INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.
Mar 9, 2018 $23 DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM Travel and Lodging INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.
Feb 13, 2018 $23 DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM Travel and Lodging INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.
Apr 5, 2018 $22 DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM Food and Beverage INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.
May 15, 2018 $21 DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM Travel and Lodging INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.
Jun 14, 2018 $19 No Listed Product Food and Beverage CRYOLIFE, INC.
Oct 18, 2018 $19 DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM Travel and Lodging INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.
Feb 1, 2018 $18 PHOTOFIX Food and Beverage CRYOLIFE, INC.
Nov 30, 2018 $16 DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM Travel and Lodging INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.
Nov 30, 2018 $14 DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM Travel and Lodging INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.
Jun 12, 2018 $13 DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM Food and Beverage INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.
May 15, 2018 $5 DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM Travel and Lodging INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.
Nov 7, 2018 $5 ECM Food and Beverage AZIYO BIOLOGICS, INC.
May 15, 2018 $2 DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM Travel and Lodging INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.
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This site includes data published by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services on June 28, 2019.