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VIVEK KAUL

Listed Specialty: Gastroenterology
601 ELMWOOD AVE, BOX MED, ROCHESTER, NY, 14642-0001
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Yearly Payment Breakdown:

2018 Payments At a Glance

47

payments

$15,854

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
Consulting
 8 $8,615
Education
 2 $2,800
Travel and Lodging
 9 $1,980
Food and Beverage
 27 $1,944
Promotional Speaking/Other
 1 $515

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†
OLYMPUS EUS DEVICES

device

 $6,226
COOK MEDICAL HEMOSPRAY

device

 $4,725
HEMOSTASIS CLIP

device

 $1,200
MB MMX

drug

 $1,021
COOK MEDICAL HEMOSTASIS

device

 $935
Payments with no listed product

N/A

 $382
OLYMPUS EMR & ESD DEVICES

device

 $360
ALL PRODUCTS

device

 $245
COOK MEDICAL BILIARY

device

 $211
GENERAL BILIARY DEVICES

device

 $136
OLYMPUS ENDOTHERAPY ACCESSORIES

device

 $135
XIFAXAN

drug

 $121
COOK MEDICAL ENDOSCOPIC ULTRASOUND

device

 $77
ELEVIEW

device

 $41
CONMED HEMOSTASIS

device

 $24
ORBERA

device

 $15
OVERSTITCH

device

 $15
† 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
Dec 21, 2018 $2,000 COOK MEDICAL HEMOSPRAY Education WILSON COOK MEDICAL INCORPORATED
Oct 16, 2018 $1,750 COOK MEDICAL HEMOSPRAY Consulting WILSON COOK MEDICAL INCORPORATED
Aug 20, 2018 $1,545 OLYMPUS EUS DEVICES Consulting OLYMPUS AMERICA INC.
Aug 20, 2018 $1,288 OLYMPUS EUS DEVICES Consulting OLYMPUS AMERICA INC.
Jun 27, 2018 $1,200 HEMOSTASIS CLIP Consulting CONMED CORPORATION
Aug 20, 2018 $1,030 OLYMPUS EUS DEVICES Consulting OLYMPUS AMERICA INC.
Jun 11, 2018 $800 COOK MEDICAL HEMOSTASIS Education WILSON COOK MEDICAL INCORPORATED
Aug 20, 2018 $773 OLYMPUS EUS DEVICES Consulting OLYMPUS AMERICA INC.
Dec 21, 2018 $630 COOK MEDICAL HEMOSPRAY Travel and Lodging WILSON COOK MEDICAL INCORPORATED
May 2, 2018 $604 MB MMX Travel and Lodging ARIES PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
Aug 20, 2018 $515 OLYMPUS EUS DEVICES Consulting OLYMPUS AMERICA INC.
Dec 3, 2018 $515 OLYMPUS EUS DEVICES Promotional Speaking/Other OLYMPUS AMERICA INC.
Aug 20, 2018 $515 OLYMPUS EUS DEVICES Consulting OLYMPUS AMERICA INC.
Apr 16, 2018 $354 OLYMPUS EMR & ESD DEVICES Travel and Lodging OLYMPUS AMERICA INC.
May 2, 2018 $277 MB MMX Food and Beverage ARIES PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
Oct 6, 2018 $214 ALL PRODUCTS Food and Beverage MICRO-TECH ENDOSCOPY USA, INC.
Dec 11, 2018 $143 COOK MEDICAL HEMOSPRAY Travel and Lodging COOK INCORPORATED
May 2, 2018 $140 MB MMX Travel and Lodging ARIES PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
Jun 2, 2018 $139 COOK MEDICAL BILIARY Food and Beverage COOK MEDICAL LLC
Dec 12, 2018 $136 GENERAL BILIARY DEVICES Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Oct 8, 2018 $135 OLYMPUS ENDOTHERAPY ACCESSORIES Food and Beverage OLYMPUS AMERICA INC.
Oct 9, 2018 $125 No Listed Product Food and Beverage MEDROBOTICS INC.
May 18, 2018 $121 No Listed Product Food and Beverage PENTAX OF AMERICA, INC.
Jan 2, 2018 $121 XIFAXAN Food and Beverage SALIX PHARMACEUTICALS, A DIVISION OF BAUSCH HEALTH US, LLC
Oct 9, 2018 $113 COOK MEDICAL HEMOSPRAY Food and Beverage COOK INCORPORATED
Jun 4, 2018 $112 No Listed Product Food and Beverage CSA MEDICAL, INC
Dec 6, 2018 $93 COOK MEDICAL HEMOSTASIS Food and Beverage COOK MEDICAL LLC
Dec 21, 2018 $89 COOK MEDICAL HEMOSPRAY Travel and Lodging WILSON COOK MEDICAL INCORPORATED
Apr 16, 2018 $72 COOK MEDICAL BILIARY Food and Beverage COOK MEDICAL LLC
Aug 7, 2018 $63 COOK MEDICAL ENDOSCOPIC ULTRASOUND Food and Beverage WILSON COOK MEDICAL INCORPORATED
Jun 6, 2018 $32 ELEVIEW Food and Beverage ARIES PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
Dec 7, 2018 $26 COOK MEDICAL HEMOSTASIS Food and Beverage COOK INCORPORATED
Dec 13, 2018 $24 OLYMPUS EUS DEVICES Food and Beverage OLYMPUS AMERICA INC.
Mar 1, 2018 $24 CONMED HEMOSTASIS Food and Beverage CONMED CORPORATION
Oct 9, 2018 $24 No Listed Product Food and Beverage MEDROBOTICS INC.
May 3, 2018 $22 OLYMPUS EUS DEVICES Food and Beverage OLYMPUS AMERICA INC.
Jun 4, 2018 $21 ALL PRODUCTS Food and Beverage MICRO-TECH ENDOSCOPY USA, INC.
Dec 19, 2018 $15 OVERSTITCH ORBERA Food and Beverage APOLLO ENDOSURGERY US INC
Dec 10, 2018 $14 COOK MEDICAL ENDOSCOPIC ULTRASOUND Travel and Lodging COOK INCORPORATED
Dec 7, 2018 $10 COOK MEDICAL HEMOSTASIS Food and Beverage COOK INCORPORATED
Jun 3, 2018 $10 ALL PRODUCTS Food and Beverage MICRO-TECH ENDOSCOPY USA, INC.
Sep 11, 2018 $6 COOK MEDICAL HEMOSTASIS Food and Beverage WILSON COOK MEDICAL INCORPORATED
May 23, 2018 $4 ELEVIEW Food and Beverage ARIES PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
May 23, 2018 $3 ELEVIEW Food and Beverage ARIES PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
Apr 5, 2018 $3 OLYMPUS EMR & ESD DEVICES Travel and Lodging OLYMPUS AMERICA INC.
Apr 5, 2018 $3 OLYMPUS EMR & ESD DEVICES Travel and Lodging OLYMPUS AMERICA INC.
May 23, 2018 $2 ELEVIEW Food and Beverage ARIES PHARMACEUTICALS, 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.