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ERIK P ASKENASY
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ERIK P ASKENASY

Listed Specialty: Surgery
350 N TEXAS AVE, SUITE A2, WEBSTER, TX, 77598-4959
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DR. ERIK ASKENASY,
Yearly Payment Breakdown:

2018 Payments At a Glance

32

payments

$5,379

payment total

10

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
 9 $1,621
Consulting
 2 $1,600
Food and Beverage
 20 $1,158
Promotional Speaking/Other
 1 $1,000

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

 $1,983
CONMED HANDHELD INSTRUMENTS

device

 $1,600
EXPAREL

drug

 $1,126
STRATTICE

device

 $137
GATTEX

drug

 $129
EEA

device

 $114
ENTEREG

drug

 $110
TRULANCE

drug

 $107
ZERBAXA

drug

 $21
INTERSTIM

device

 $20
EVICEL

drug

 $17
ENDO GIA

device

 $16
† 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 7, 2018 $1,000 EXPAREL Promotional Speaking/Other PACIRA PHARMACEUTICALS INCORPORATED
May 9, 2018 $946 DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM Travel and Lodging INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.
May 16, 2018 $800 CONMED HANDHELD INSTRUMENTS Consulting CONMED CORPORATION
Sep 17, 2018 $800 CONMED HANDHELD INSTRUMENTS Consulting CONMED CORPORATION
Jun 20, 2018 $221 DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM Travel and Lodging INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.
Jul 10, 2018 $154 DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM Travel and Lodging INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.
Jul 17, 2018 $121 DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM Travel and Lodging INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.
Dec 14, 2018 $114 STRATTICE Food and Beverage ALLERGAN INC.
Oct 1, 2018 $114 EEA Food and Beverage COVIDIEN LP
Jun 13, 2018 $112 GATTEX Food and Beverage SHIRE NORTH AMERICAN GROUP INC
Nov 14, 2018 $110 EXPAREL Food and Beverage PACIRA PHARMACEUTICALS INCORPORATED
Oct 10, 2018 $110 ENTEREG Food and Beverage MERCK SHARP & DOHME CORPORATION
Jan 3, 2018 $107 TRULANCE Food and Beverage SYNERGY PHARMACEUTICALS INC
Jun 14, 2018 $97 DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM Food and Beverage INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.
Jun 6, 2018 $94 DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM Food and Beverage INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.
May 24, 2018 $70 DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM Food and Beverage INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.
Jun 7, 2018 $68 DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM Travel and Lodging INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.
Jul 17, 2018 $57 DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM Travel and Lodging INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.
Sep 18, 2018 $46 DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM Food and Beverage INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.
Jul 31, 2018 $37 DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM Food and Beverage INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.
Jun 1, 2018 $23 DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM Travel and Lodging INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.
May 9, 2018 $23 DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM Travel and Lodging INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.
Aug 27, 2018 $22 STRATTICE Food and Beverage ALLERGAN INC.
Aug 8, 2018 $20 INTERSTIM Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC USA, INC.
Oct 10, 2018 $18 DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM Food and Beverage INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.
Mar 19, 2018 $17 GATTEX Food and Beverage SHIRE NORTH AMERICAN GROUP INC
Sep 5, 2018 $17 EVICEL Food and Beverage ETHICON US, LLC
Sep 5, 2018 $16 ENDO GIA Food and Beverage COVIDIEN LP
Jun 23, 2018 $16 EXPAREL Food and Beverage PACIRA PHARMACEUTICALS INCORPORATED
Jul 6, 2018 $11 ZERBAXA Food and Beverage MERCK SHARP & DOHME CORPORATION
Sep 21, 2018 $10 ZERBAXA Food and Beverage MERCK SHARP & DOHME CORPORATION
May 16, 2018 $8 DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM Travel and Lodging INTUITIVE SURGICAL, 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.