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CHRISTIAN D SIMMONS
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CHRISTIAN D SIMMONS

Listed Specialty: Vascular Surgery
4301 W MARKHAM ST, LITTLE ROCK, AR, 72205-7101
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DR. CHRISTIAN SIMMONS,
Yearly Payment Breakdown:

2018 Payments At a Glance

29

payments

$1,342

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
Food and Beverage
 28 $1,210
Education
 1 $132

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†
COOK MEDICAL ZENITH

device

 $229
COOK MEDICAL ADVANCED TECH

device

 $217
COOK MEDICAL ZILVER PTX

device

 $209
Payments with no listed product

N/A

 $132
EXPRESS

device

 $129
AFX

device

 $126
IDC

device

 $57
ANGIOJET

device

 $50
INNOVA

device

 $43
VIABAHN VBX BALLOON EXPANDABLE ENDOPROSTHESIS

device

 $37
EXCLUDER AAA ENDOPROSTHESIS

device

 $30
EVICEL

drug

 $18
SURGICEL FAMILY OF ABSORBABLE HEMOSTATS

device

 $18
SURGIFLO HEMOSTATIC MATRIX FAMILY OF PRODUCTS

device

 $18
HYALOMATRIX WOUND DEVICE

device

 $16
PLUROGEL BURN & WOUND DRESSINGS

device

 $16
TAG THORACIC ENDOPROSTHESIS

device

 $16
XARELTO

drug

 $15
COOK MEDICAL FILTERS

device

 $14
COOK MEDICAL THORACIC

device

 $5
† 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
Oct 19, 2018 $132 No Listed Product Education MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Oct 29, 2018 $114 COOK MEDICAL ZENITH Food and Beverage COOK INCORPORATED
Dec 13, 2018 $104 AFX Food and Beverage ENDOLOGIX, INC.
Nov 6, 2018 $79 COOK MEDICAL ZENITH Food and Beverage COOK MEDICAL LLC
Mar 22, 2018 $78 COOK MEDICAL ADVANCED TECH Food and Beverage COOK MEDICAL LLC
Sep 20, 2018 $78 COOK MEDICAL ADVANCED TECH Food and Beverage COOK MEDICAL LLC
May 24, 2018 $74 COOK MEDICAL ZILVER PTX Food and Beverage COOK MEDICAL LLC
Oct 25, 2018 $60 COOK MEDICAL ADVANCED TECH Food and Beverage COOK MEDICAL LLC
Jun 19, 2018 $58 COOK MEDICAL ZILVER PTX Food and Beverage COOK MEDICAL LLC
Jan 25, 2018 $57 IDC Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Aug 23, 2018 $52 COOK MEDICAL ZILVER PTX Food and Beverage COOK MEDICAL LLC
Feb 26, 2018 $52 EXPRESS Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Jun 25, 2018 $51 EXPRESS Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Jun 19, 2018 $50 ANGIOJET Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Oct 4, 2018 $43 INNOVA Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Nov 1, 2018 $37 VIABAHN VBX BALLOON EXPANDABLE ENDOPROSTHESIS Food and Beverage W. L. GORE & ASSOCIATES, INC.
Oct 1, 2018 $30 EXCLUDER AAA ENDOPROSTHESIS Food and Beverage W. L. GORE & ASSOCIATES, INC.
Apr 19, 2018 $26 EXPRESS Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Dec 17, 2018 $21 AFX Food and Beverage ENDOLOGIX, INC.
Sep 13, 2018 $19 COOK MEDICAL ZENITH Food and Beverage COOK MEDICAL LLC
Nov 1, 2018 $18 SURGICEL FAMILY OF ABSORBABLE HEMOSTATS EVICEL SURGIFLO HEMOSTATIC MATRIX FAMILY OF PRODUCTS Food and Beverage ETHICON US, LLC
Apr 23, 2018 $18 COOK MEDICAL ZENITH Food and Beverage COOK MEDICAL LLC
Oct 30, 2018 $16 HYALOMATRIX WOUND DEVICE PLUROGEL BURN & WOUND DRESSINGS Food and Beverage MEDLINE INDUSTRIES, INC.
Nov 27, 2018 $16 TAG THORACIC ENDOPROSTHESIS Food and Beverage W. L. GORE & ASSOCIATES, INC.
Oct 23, 2018 $15 XARELTO Food and Beverage JANSSEN PHARMACEUTICALS, INC
Jul 13, 2018 $14 COOK MEDICAL FILTERS Food and Beverage COOK MEDICAL LLC
Aug 17, 2018 $14 COOK MEDICAL ZILVER PTX Food and Beverage COOK MEDICAL LLC
Jul 24, 2018 $11 COOK MEDICAL ZILVER PTX Food and Beverage COOK MEDICAL LLC
May 3, 2018 $5 COOK MEDICAL THORACIC Food and Beverage COOK MEDICAL LLC
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This site includes data published by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services on June 28, 2019.