Dollars for Docs

How Industry Dollars Reach Your Doctors

This database was last updated in October 2019 and should only be used as a historical snapshot. Newer data is available at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Open Payments site.

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Listed Specialty: Pulmonary Disease
11937 US HIGHWAY 271, TYLER, TX, 75708-3154
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Yearly Payment Breakdown:

2018 Payments At a Glance

14

payments

$644

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
Food and Beverage
 14 $644

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

 $382
ACTHAR

drug

 $94
OFEV

drug

 $84
ZENPEP

drug

 $19
KALYDECO

drug

 $17
KITABIS PAK

drug

 $14
XYREM

drug

 $12
PREVNAR 13

drug

 $11
TRUMENBA

drug

 $11
CREON

drug

 $11
† 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
May 21, 2018 $127 No Listed Product Food and Beverage GENENTECH USA, INC.
Apr 26, 2018 $120 No Listed Product Food and Beverage BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
Jan 18, 2018 $100 No Listed Product Food and Beverage ABBVIE, INC.
Sep 26, 2018 $94 ACTHAR Food and Beverage MALLINCKRODT LLC
Apr 26, 2018 $60 OFEV Food and Beverage BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
Sep 28, 2018 $24 OFEV Food and Beverage BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
Feb 28, 2018 $19 No Listed Product Food and Beverage GILEAD SCIENCES INC
Mar 16, 2018 $19 ZENPEP Food and Beverage ALLERGAN INC.
Oct 26, 2018 $17 KALYDECO Food and Beverage VERTEX PHARMACEUTICALS INCORPORATED
Mar 28, 2018 $15 No Listed Product Food and Beverage VERTEX PHARMACEUTICALS INCORPORATED
Apr 25, 2018 $14 KITABIS PAK Food and Beverage PARI RESPIRATORY EQUIPMENT, INC.
Feb 23, 2018 $12 XYREM Food and Beverage JAZZ PHARMACEUTICALS INC.
Jul 20, 2018 $11 PREVNAR 13 TRUMENBA Food and Beverage PFIZER INC.
Jul 25, 2018 $11 CREON Food and Beverage ABBVIE, 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.