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ROBERT A RUELAZ
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ROBERT A RUELAZ

Listed Specialty: Cardiovascular Disease
4525 E CESAR E CHAVEZ AVE, LOS ANGELES, CA, 90022-1116
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ROBERT RUELAZ,
Yearly Payment Breakdown:

2018 Payments At a Glance

47

payments

$4,155

payment total

7

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
Consulting
 2 $2,555
Food and Beverage
 45 $1,600

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†
CONNECTIVITY AND REMOTE CARE

device

 $2,555
Payments with no listed product

N/A

 $340
QUADRA ALLURE MP RF CRT PACEMKR

device

 $178
DURATA DEFIBRILLATION ICD LEAD

device

 $149
SUREFIX

device

 $129
CONFIRM RX

device

 $116
CARDIOMEMS HF SYSTEM

device

 $106
OPTISURE DEFIBRILLATION ICD LEAD

device

 $102
EMBLEM

device

 $101
ALLURE QUADRA RF CRT PACEMAKER

device

 $76
MRI READY LEADS

device

 $71
FORTIFY ASSURA, ELLIPSE ICD

device

 $70
QUICKFLEX MICRO 2 CRT LEAD

device

 $34
ENDURITY PACEMAKER

device

 $31
MERLIN CONNECTIVITY AND REMOTE

device

 $18
CHANTIX

drug

 $17
ELIQUIS

drug

 $17
QUARTET CRT LEAD

device

 $17
REVEAL LINQ

device

 $16
IPRO2

device

 $16
CORLANOR

drug

 $13
REPATHA

drug

 $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
Jan 25, 2018 $1,825 CONNECTIVITY AND REMOTE CARE Consulting ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Jan 25, 2018 $730 CONNECTIVITY AND REMOTE CARE Consulting ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Dec 16, 2018 $178 QUADRA ALLURE MP RF CRT PACEMKR Food and Beverage ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Aug 5, 2018 $149 DURATA DEFIBRILLATION ICD LEAD Food and Beverage ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Mar 7, 2018 $129 SUREFIX Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Jan 29, 2018 $128 No Listed Product Food and Beverage BIOTRONIK INC.
Dec 29, 2018 $116 CONFIRM RX Food and Beverage ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Jun 4, 2018 $106 CARDIOMEMS HF SYSTEM Food and Beverage ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Mar 16, 2018 $71 MRI READY LEADS Food and Beverage ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Aug 19, 2018 $66 EMBLEM Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Aug 3, 2018 $54 No Listed Product Food and Beverage BIOTRONIK INC.
May 23, 2018 $47 OPTISURE DEFIBRILLATION ICD LEAD Food and Beverage ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Apr 18, 2018 $43 OPTISURE DEFIBRILLATION ICD LEAD Food and Beverage ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Jul 26, 2018 $36 EMBLEM Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
May 23, 2018 $34 ALLURE QUADRA RF CRT PACEMAKER Food and Beverage ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Jun 4, 2018 $33 FORTIFY ASSURA, ELLIPSE ICD Food and Beverage ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Jul 13, 2018 $31 ENDURITY PACEMAKER Food and Beverage ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Nov 1, 2018 $23 ALLURE QUADRA RF CRT PACEMAKER Food and Beverage ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Sep 21, 2018 $22 QUICKFLEX MICRO 2 CRT LEAD Food and Beverage ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Jul 13, 2018 $21 FORTIFY ASSURA, ELLIPSE ICD Food and Beverage ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Apr 18, 2018 $19 ALLURE QUADRA RF CRT PACEMAKER Food and Beverage ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Oct 22, 2018 $18 MERLIN CONNECTIVITY AND REMOTE Food and Beverage ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Dec 10, 2018 $17 CHANTIX ELIQUIS Food and Beverage PFIZER INC.
Jun 4, 2018 $17 QUARTET CRT LEAD Food and Beverage ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Sep 17, 2018 $16 REVEAL LINQ Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Aug 17, 2018 $16 FORTIFY ASSURA, ELLIPSE ICD Food and Beverage ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Jan 5, 2018 $16 IPRO2 Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC MINIMED, INC.
Jul 14, 2018 $14 No Listed Product Food and Beverage BIOTRONIK INC.
Dec 13, 2018 $13 CORLANOR REPATHA Food and Beverage AMGEN INC.
Jul 6, 2018 $13 OPTISURE DEFIBRILLATION ICD LEAD Food and Beverage ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Jan 23, 2018 $13 No Listed Product Food and Beverage BIOTRONIK INC.
Jan 23, 2018 $13 No Listed Product Food and Beverage BIOTRONIK INC.
Sep 7, 2018 $13 No Listed Product Food and Beverage BIOTRONIK INC.
Nov 30, 2018 $12 No Listed Product Food and Beverage BIOTRONIK INC.
Jul 18, 2018 $12 No Listed Product Food and Beverage BIOTRONIK INC.
Oct 9, 2018 $11 QUICKFLEX MICRO 2 CRT LEAD Food and Beverage ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Jan 26, 2018 $11 No Listed Product Food and Beverage BIOTRONIK INC.
Jan 26, 2018 $11 No Listed Product Food and Beverage BIOTRONIK INC.
Nov 8, 2018 $10 No Listed Product Food and Beverage BIOTRONIK INC.
Apr 27, 2018 $10 No Listed Product Food and Beverage BIOTRONIK INC.
Jun 15, 2018 $8 No Listed Product Food and Beverage BIOTRONIK INC.
Jul 10, 2018 $8 No Listed Product Food and Beverage BIOTRONIK INC.
Sep 7, 2018 $7 No Listed Product Food and Beverage BIOTRONIK INC.
May 18, 2018 $6 No Listed Product Food and Beverage BIOTRONIK INC.
Nov 30, 2018 $6 No Listed Product Food and Beverage BIOTRONIK INC.
Apr 19, 2018 $4 No Listed Product Food and Beverage BIOTRONIK INC.
May 23, 2018 $1 No Listed Product Food and Beverage BIOTRONIK INC.
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This site includes data published by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services on June 28, 2019.