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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.

VINNY K RAM
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VINNY K RAM

Listed Specialty: Cardiovascular Disease
6556 E CARONDELET DR, TUCSON, AZ, 85710-2117
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DR. VINNY RAM,
Yearly Payment Breakdown:

2018 Payments At a Glance

22

payments

$1,023

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
 22 $1,023

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†
ASAHI FIELDER CORONARY GUIDE WIRE

device

 $183
NC TREK CORONARY CATHETERS

device

 $183
XIENCE V CORONARY STENT SYSTEM

device

 $183
HI-TORQUE CORONARY GUIDE WIRE

device

 $183
Payments with no listed product

N/A

 $148
XIENCE SIERRA CORONARY STENT

device

 $131
CLOSUREFAST

device

 $126
MITRA CLIP SYSTEM

device

 $114
AZUR

device

 $84
GLIDEWIRE

device

 $84
NAVICROSS

device

 $84
CARDIOMEMS HF SYSTEM

device

 $65
REPATHA

drug

 $37
LIFEVEST

device

 $34
COREVALVE EVOLUT

device

 $28
XARELTO

drug

 $25
BRILINTA

drug

 $20
PERIPHERAL ORBITAL ATHERECTOMY SYSTEM

device

 $18
ENTRESTO

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
Nov 3, 2018 $183 ASAHI FIELDER CORONARY GUIDE WIRE HI-TORQUE CORONARY GUIDE WIRE NC TREK CORONARY CATHETERS XIENCE V CORONARY STENT SYSTEM Food and Beverage ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Aug 13, 2018 $148 No Listed Product Food and Beverage EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORPORATION
Sep 22, 2018 $131 XIENCE SIERRA CORONARY STENT Food and Beverage ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Oct 3, 2018 $114 MITRA CLIP SYSTEM Food and Beverage ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Feb 19, 2018 $97 CLOSUREFAST Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Feb 20, 2018 $84 NAVICROSS AZUR GLIDEWIRE Food and Beverage TERUMO MEDICAL CORPORATION
Feb 2, 2018 $25 XARELTO Food and Beverage JANSSEN PHARMACEUTICALS, INC
Feb 5, 2018 $24 CARDIOMEMS HF SYSTEM Food and Beverage ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Feb 5, 2018 $23 CARDIOMEMS HF SYSTEM Food and Beverage ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Mar 14, 2018 $21 REPATHA Food and Beverage AMGEN INC.
Dec 4, 2018 $20 BRILINTA Food and Beverage ASTRAZENECA PHARMACEUTICALS LP
Jul 6, 2018 $18 LIFEVEST Food and Beverage ZOLL SERVICES LLC (A/K/A ZOLL LIFECOR CORP)
May 10, 2018 $18 CARDIOMEMS HF SYSTEM Food and Beverage ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Jul 5, 2018 $18 PERIPHERAL ORBITAL ATHERECTOMY SYSTEM Food and Beverage CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEMS INC.
Feb 14, 2018 $16 REPATHA Food and Beverage AMGEN INC.
Mar 1, 2018 $15 LIFEVEST Food and Beverage ZOLL SERVICES LLC (A/K/A ZOLL LIFECOR CORP)
Mar 26, 2018 $14 COREVALVE EVOLUT Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Aug 1, 2018 $14 COREVALVE EVOLUT Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Jul 16, 2018 $12 CLOSUREFAST Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Aug 3, 2018 $11 ENTRESTO Food and Beverage NOVARTIS PHARMACEUTICALS CORPORATION
Sep 24, 2018 $11 CLOSUREFAST Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Aug 7, 2018 $6 CLOSUREFAST Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, 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.