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RICHARD P ABBEN
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RICHARD P ABBEN

Listed Specialty: Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology
225 DUNN ST, HOUMA, LA, 70360-4413
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RICHARD ABBEN,
Yearly Payment Breakdown:

2018 Payments At a Glance

34

payments

$16,859

payment total

9

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
Promotional Speaking/Other
 5 $15,000
Travel and Lodging
 3 $1,141
Food and Beverage
 26 $718

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

 $16,305
AZURE

device

 $119
SELECTSECURE

device

 $106
EPI-SENSE GUIDED COAGULATION SYSTEM WITH VISITRAX, MODELS

device

 $56
ADVISA

device

 $49
BAROSTIM NEO SYSTEM

device

 $42
CLARIA MRI

device

 $37
METACROSS

device

 $26
ENTRESTO

drug

 $25
ADVISOR CATHETER

device

 $19
IN.PACT ADMIRAL

device

 $17
SAMSCA

drug

 $16
ELIQUIS

drug

 $15
XARELTO

drug

 $14
RESOLUTE

device

 $13
GLIDEWIRE

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
Apr 25, 2018 $3,000 No Listed Product Promotional Speaking/Other MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC. Lsu Health Sciences Center
Mar 27, 2018 $3,000 No Listed Product Promotional Speaking/Other MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC. Lsu Health Sciences Center
Feb 21, 2018 $3,000 No Listed Product Promotional Speaking/Other MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC. Lsu Health Sciences Center
Dec 18, 2018 $3,000 No Listed Product Promotional Speaking/Other MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC. Lsu Health Sciences Center
Oct 3, 2018 $3,000 No Listed Product Promotional Speaking/Other MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC. Lsu Health Sciences Center
Sep 30, 2018 $846 No Listed Product Travel and Lodging MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Sep 30, 2018 $203 No Listed Product Travel and Lodging MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Nov 1, 2018 $102 AZURE Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Oct 1, 2018 $93 No Listed Product Travel and Lodging MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Jul 12, 2018 $89 SELECTSECURE Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Oct 24, 2018 $67 No Listed Product Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Oct 24, 2018 $56 No Listed Product Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Aug 13, 2018 $56 EPI-SENSE GUIDED COAGULATION SYSTEM WITH VISITRAX, MODELS Food and Beverage ATRICURE, INC.
Oct 1, 2018 $41 No Listed Product Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Jun 19, 2018 $28 BAROSTIM NEO SYSTEM Food and Beverage CVRX, INC.
Apr 5, 2018 $25 ENTRESTO Food and Beverage NOVARTIS PHARMACEUTICALS CORPORATION
Jan 15, 2018 $20 CLARIA MRI Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
May 30, 2018 $19 ADVISOR CATHETER Food and Beverage ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Nov 7, 2018 $17 IN.PACT ADMIRAL Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Jan 26, 2018 $17 CLARIA MRI Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Oct 24, 2018 $17 SELECTSECURE Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Feb 28, 2018 $17 AZURE Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Mar 16, 2018 $16 SAMSCA Food and Beverage OTSUKA AMERICA PHARMACEUTICAL, INC.
May 3, 2018 $15 ELIQUIS Food and Beverage E.R. SQUIBB & SONS, L.L.C.
May 17, 2018 $14 XARELTO Food and Beverage JANSSEN PHARMACEUTICALS, INC
Mar 29, 2018 $13 METACROSS Food and Beverage TERUMO MEDICAL CORPORATION
Jul 16, 2018 $13 BAROSTIM NEO SYSTEM Food and Beverage CVRX, INC.
Dec 20, 2018 $13 RESOLUTE Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Mar 8, 2018 $13 METACROSS GLIDEWIRE Food and Beverage TERUMO MEDICAL CORPORATION
Nov 12, 2018 $10 ADVISA Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Jan 22, 2018 $10 ADVISA Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Mar 12, 2018 $10 ADVISA Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Apr 16, 2018 $10 ADVISA Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Sep 10, 2018 $10 ADVISA Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
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This site includes data published by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services on June 28, 2019.