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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: Radiation Oncology
6565 FANNIN ST, SUITE AX121B, HOUSTON, TX, 77030-2703
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Yearly Payment Breakdown:

2018 Payments At a Glance

16

payments

$7,530

payment total

3

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
 5 $7,108
Food and Beverage
 11 $422

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†
SOMATOM EDGE

device

 $6,718
SOMATOM CONFIDENCE

device

 $446
Payments with no listed product

N/A

 $156
MAGNETOM SOLA

device

 $106
IORT

device

 $81
SPACEOAR

device

 $24
† 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 31, 2018 $6,709 SOMATOM EDGE Travel and Lodging SIEMENS MEDICAL SOLUTIONS USA, INC.
Dec 5, 2018 $130 SOMATOM CONFIDENCE Travel and Lodging SIEMENS MEDICAL SOLUTIONS USA, INC.
Dec 4, 2018 $130 SOMATOM CONFIDENCE Travel and Lodging SIEMENS MEDICAL SOLUTIONS USA, INC.
Dec 3, 2018 $130 SOMATOM CONFIDENCE Travel and Lodging SIEMENS MEDICAL SOLUTIONS USA, INC.
Dec 4, 2018 $102 No Listed Product Food and Beverage SIEMENS MEDICAL SOLUTIONS USA, INC.
Apr 13, 2018 $81 IORT Food and Beverage CARL ZEISS MEDITEC, INC.
Dec 5, 2018 $55 MAGNETOM SOLA Food and Beverage SIEMENS MEDICAL SOLUTIONS USA, INC.
Dec 4, 2018 $51 MAGNETOM SOLA Food and Beverage SIEMENS MEDICAL SOLUTIONS USA, INC.
Dec 3, 2018 $36 No Listed Product Food and Beverage SIEMENS MEDICAL SOLUTIONS USA, INC.
Dec 3, 2018 $28 SOMATOM CONFIDENCE Food and Beverage SIEMENS MEDICAL SOLUTIONS USA, INC.
Feb 28, 2018 $24 SPACEOAR Food and Beverage AUGMENIX, INC.
Dec 6, 2018 $18 No Listed Product Food and Beverage SIEMENS MEDICAL SOLUTIONS USA, INC.
Dec 5, 2018 $9 SOMATOM CONFIDENCE Food and Beverage SIEMENS MEDICAL SOLUTIONS USA, INC.
Dec 3, 2018 $9 SOMATOM CONFIDENCE Food and Beverage SIEMENS MEDICAL SOLUTIONS USA, INC.
Dec 4, 2018 $9 SOMATOM CONFIDENCE Food and Beverage SIEMENS MEDICAL SOLUTIONS USA, INC.
Oct 31, 2018 $9 SOMATOM EDGE Travel and Lodging SIEMENS MEDICAL SOLUTIONS USA, 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.