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ASHWIN VISWANATHAN
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ASHWIN VISWANATHAN

Listed Specialty: Neurological Surgery
1709 DRYDEN RD, SUITE 750, HOUSTON, TX, 77030-2400
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DR. ASHWIN VISWANATHAN,
Yearly Payment Breakdown:

2018 Payments At a Glance

58

payments

$4,980

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
 52 $2,678
Travel and Lodging
 6 $2,302

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†
THERAPIES

device

 $2,178
ACTIVA

device

 $1,071
GENERAL DBS

device

 $474
ALGOVITA

device

 $375
RESTORE

device

 $272
AUTOFILL

device

 $231
PROCLAIM FAMILY OF SCS IPGS

device

 $127
INFINITY DBS PULSE GENERATORS

device

 $124
SYNCHROMED

device

 $117
CURVE

device

 $8
SPECTRA WAVEWRITER

device

 $4
† 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 2, 2018 $952 THERAPIES Travel and Lodging BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Dec 2, 2018 $815 THERAPIES Travel and Lodging BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Dec 3, 2018 $275 THERAPIES Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Jun 20, 2018 $265 ACTIVA Travel and Lodging MEDTRONIC USA, INC.
Jun 19, 2018 $239 ACTIVA Travel and Lodging MEDTRONIC USA, INC.
Nov 10, 2018 $173 ACTIVA Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC USA, INC.
Nov 2, 2018 $145 RESTORE Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC USA, INC.
Dec 4, 2018 $137 THERAPIES Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Dec 3, 2018 $132 GENERAL DBS Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Dec 18, 2018 $132 ALGOVITA Food and Beverage NUVECTRA CORPORATION
Dec 5, 2018 $131 ALGOVITA Food and Beverage NUVECTRA CORPORATION
May 22, 2018 $126 AUTOFILL Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC USA, INC.
Mar 22, 2018 $125 ACTIVA Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC USA, INC.
Oct 25, 2018 $119 PROCLAIM FAMILY OF SCS IPGS Food and Beverage ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Sep 18, 2018 $117 SYNCHROMED Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC USA, INC.
Nov 1, 2018 $112 ALGOVITA Food and Beverage NUVECTRA CORPORATION
Jun 6, 2018 $105 AUTOFILL Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC USA, INC.
Mar 1, 2018 $91 RESTORE Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC USA, INC.
Mar 7, 2018 $87 GENERAL DBS Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Dec 6, 2018 $85 ACTIVA Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC USA, INC.
Nov 28, 2018 $81 INFINITY DBS PULSE GENERATORS Food and Beverage ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Aug 30, 2018 $44 INFINITY DBS PULSE GENERATORS Food and Beverage ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Dec 3, 2018 $29 GENERAL DBS Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Apr 6, 2018 $23 GENERAL DBS Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Jul 12, 2018 $23 GENERAL DBS Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Oct 11, 2018 $23 GENERAL DBS Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Apr 19, 2018 $22 GENERAL DBS Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Apr 6, 2018 $22 GENERAL DBS Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Jan 31, 2018 $19 ACTIVA Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC USA, INC.
Sep 10, 2018 $19 RESTORE Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC USA, INC.
Aug 15, 2018 $18 ACTIVA Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC USA, INC.
Jul 5, 2018 $18 ACTIVA Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC USA, INC.
Jun 20, 2018 $16 ACTIVA Travel and Lodging MEDTRONIC USA, INC.
May 7, 2018 $16 GENERAL DBS Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Nov 10, 2018 $16 ACTIVA Travel and Lodging MEDTRONIC USA, INC.
Feb 14, 2018 $15 ACTIVA Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC USA, INC.
Sep 24, 2018 $14 RESTORE Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC USA, INC.
May 9, 2018 $14 ACTIVA Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC USA, INC.
Apr 18, 2018 $14 ACTIVA Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC USA, INC.
Nov 14, 2018 $13 ACTIVA Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC USA, INC.
Nov 12, 2018 $13 GENERAL DBS Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Mar 21, 2018 $13 ACTIVA Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC USA, INC.
Mar 19, 2018 $13 ACTIVA Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC USA, INC.
Mar 5, 2018 $12 GENERAL DBS Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Jun 20, 2018 $12 ACTIVA Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC USA, INC.
Feb 5, 2018 $11 GENERAL DBS Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Dec 10, 2018 $11 GENERAL DBS Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Apr 16, 2018 $11 GENERAL DBS Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Jan 22, 2018 $10 GENERAL DBS Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Nov 10, 2018 $8 CURVE Food and Beverage BRAINLAB, INC.
Jun 4, 2018 $8 PROCLAIM FAMILY OF SCS IPGS Food and Beverage ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Apr 9, 2018 $8 GENERAL DBS Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Apr 23, 2018 $8 GENERAL DBS Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
May 21, 2018 $8 GENERAL DBS Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Oct 22, 2018 $7 GENERAL DBS Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Sep 18, 2018 $4 SPECTRA WAVEWRITER Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Mar 1, 2018 $3 RESTORE Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC USA, INC.
Apr 19, 2018 $3 ACTIVA Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC USA, INC.
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This site includes data published by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services on June 28, 2019.