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.

MICHAEL R KNOWLES
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MICHAEL R KNOWLES

Listed Specialty: Pulmonary Disease
101 MANNING DR, CHAPEL HILL, NC, 27599-0001
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DR. MICHAEL KNOWLES,
Yearly Payment Breakdown:

2018 Payments At a Glance

9

payments

$15,824

payment total

1

company 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 $15,240
Travel and Lodging
1 $337
Food and Beverage
6 $247

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
KALYDECO

drug

$11,040
Payments with no listed product

N/A

$4,784
† 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 17, 2018 $11,040 KALYDECO Consulting VERTEX PHARMACEUTICALS INCORPORATED
Jul 18, 2018 $4,200 No Listed Product Consulting VERTEX PHARMACEUTICALS INCORPORATED
Jul 18, 2018 $337 No Listed Product Travel and Lodging VERTEX PHARMACEUTICALS INCORPORATED
Oct 17, 2018 $82 No Listed Product Food and Beverage VERTEX PHARMACEUTICALS INCORPORATED
May 17, 2018 $62 No Listed Product Food and Beverage VERTEX PHARMACEUTICALS INCORPORATED
May 18, 2018 $36 No Listed Product Food and Beverage VERTEX PHARMACEUTICALS INCORPORATED
May 18, 2018 $32 No Listed Product Food and Beverage VERTEX PHARMACEUTICALS INCORPORATED
May 18, 2018 $21 No Listed Product Food and Beverage VERTEX PHARMACEUTICALS INCORPORATED
May 18, 2018 $14 No Listed Product Food and Beverage VERTEX PHARMACEUTICALS INCORPORATED
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This site includes data published by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services on June 28, 2019.