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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.

FARVARDEAN M ABTAHI
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FARVARDEAN M ABTAHI

Listed Specialty: Cardiovascular Disease
169 ASHLEY AVE RM 202, CHARLESTON, SC, 29425-8905
* Note: This physician had a Florida practice address when the most recent payments were reported.
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FARVARDEAN ABTAHI,
Yearly Payment Breakdown:

2018 Payments At a Glance

19

payments

$2,360

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
Travel and Lodging
 2 $1,352
Food and Beverage
 17 $1,008

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†
GENERAL STRUCTURAL HEART

device

 $1,907
REVO MRI

device

 $130
OPTICROSS

device

 $116
REVEAL LINQ

device

 $54
CORONARY ORBITAL ATHERECTOMY SYSTEM

device

 $39
PERIPHERAL ORBITAL ATHERECTOMY SYSTEM

device

 $39
ENTRESTO

drug

 $30
XARELTO

drug

 $25
PRALUENT

drug

 $18
ELIQUIS

drug

 $17
CORLANOR

drug

 $13
REPATHA

drug

 $13
ANGIOSEAL

device

 $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
May 3, 2018 $1,095 GENERAL STRUCTURAL HEART Travel and Lodging BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
May 5, 2018 $269 GENERAL STRUCTURAL HEART Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
May 3, 2018 $257 GENERAL STRUCTURAL HEART Travel and Lodging BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
May 4, 2018 $150 GENERAL STRUCTURAL HEART Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Aug 13, 2018 $130 REVO MRI Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
May 6, 2018 $92 GENERAL STRUCTURAL HEART Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Jan 25, 2018 $77 OPTICROSS Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Dec 21, 2018 $54 REVEAL LINQ Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
May 4, 2018 $44 GENERAL STRUCTURAL HEART Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Jan 5, 2018 $39 OPTICROSS Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Oct 31, 2018 $39 PERIPHERAL ORBITAL ATHERECTOMY SYSTEM CORONARY ORBITAL ATHERECTOMY SYSTEM Food and Beverage CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEMS INC.
Sep 26, 2018 $18 PRALUENT Food and Beverage SANOFI-AVENTIS U.S. LLC
Sep 11, 2018 $17 ELIQUIS Food and Beverage E.R. SQUIBB & SONS, L.L.C.
Sep 12, 2018 $17 ENTRESTO Food and Beverage NOVARTIS PHARMACEUTICALS CORPORATION
Oct 17, 2018 $13 ENTRESTO Food and Beverage NOVARTIS PHARMACEUTICALS CORPORATION
Dec 4, 2018 $13 XARELTO Food and Beverage JANSSEN PHARMACEUTICALS, INC
Nov 20, 2018 $13 CORLANOR REPATHA Food and Beverage AMGEN INC.
Oct 24, 2018 $12 XARELTO Food and Beverage JANSSEN PHARMACEUTICALS, INC
Sep 25, 2018 $11 ANGIOSEAL Food and Beverage TERUMO MEDICAL CORPORATION
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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.