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.

ABHISHEK SHARMA
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ABHISHEK SHARMA

Listed Specialty: Cardiovascular Disease
450 CLARKSON AVE, SUNY DOWNSTATE MEDICAL CENTER, BROOKLYN, NY, 11203-2012
* Note: This physician had a Illinois practice address when the most recent payments were reported.
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ABHISHEK SHARMA,
Yearly Payment Breakdown:

2018 Payments At a Glance

32

payments

$23,059

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
Grant
1 $20,000
Travel and Lodging
7 $2,144
Food and Beverage
23 $834
Education
1 $81

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
Payments with no listed product

N/A

$20,969
RESOLUTE

device

$1,616
WATCHMAN

device

$150
MITRA CLIP SYSTEM

device

$149
LIFEVEST

device

$81
PTI

device

$68
CORONARY ORBITAL ATHERECTOMY SYSTEM

device

$27
† 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 25, 2018 $20,000 No Listed Product Grant MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC. Health Delivery Management Llc
Oct 27, 2018 $638 RESOLUTE Travel and Lodging MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Aug 22, 2018 $376 No Listed Product Travel and Lodging EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORPORATION
Oct 27, 2018 $340 RESOLUTE Travel and Lodging MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Sep 19, 2018 $292 No Listed Product Travel and Lodging EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORPORATION
Oct 27, 2018 $196 RESOLUTE Travel and Lodging MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Oct 27, 2018 $182 RESOLUTE Travel and Lodging MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Nov 3, 2018 $149 MITRA CLIP SYSTEM Food and Beverage ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Sep 24, 2018 $120 No Listed Product Travel and Lodging EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORPORATION
Sep 20, 2018 $82 No Listed Product Food and Beverage EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORPORATION
Aug 17, 2018 $81 LIFEVEST Education ZOLL SERVICES LLC (A/K/A ZOLL LIFECOR CORP)
Apr 13, 2018 $74 RESOLUTE Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Jun 20, 2018 $68 PTI Food and Beverage ALPHATEC SPINE, INC
Oct 27, 2018 $66 RESOLUTE Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Oct 27, 2018 $44 RESOLUTE Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Sep 13, 2018 $41 No Listed Product Food and Beverage EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORPORATION
Sep 13, 2018 $35 No Listed Product Food and Beverage EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORPORATION
Dec 27, 2018 $28 WATCHMAN Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Dec 18, 2018 $27 CORONARY ORBITAL ATHERECTOMY SYSTEM Food and Beverage CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEMS INC.
Oct 27, 2018 $25 RESOLUTE Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Oct 27, 2018 $25 RESOLUTE Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Oct 27, 2018 $25 RESOLUTE Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Dec 28, 2018 $24 WATCHMAN Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Sep 28, 2018 $23 WATCHMAN Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Aug 30, 2018 $23 WATCHMAN Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Sep 13, 2018 $16 No Listed Product Food and Beverage EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORPORATION
Aug 30, 2018 $15 WATCHMAN Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Dec 29, 2018 $14 WATCHMAN Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Jul 10, 2018 $11 WATCHMAN Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Sep 19, 2018 $8 WATCHMAN Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Sep 13, 2018 $8 No Listed Product Food and Beverage EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORPORATION
Oct 3, 2018 $4 WATCHMAN Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC 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.