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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.

WALTER E RIZZONI
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WALTER E RIZZONI

Listed Specialty: Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery)
120 E 2ND ST, 4TH FLOOR, ERIE, PA, 16507-1537
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DR. WALTER RIZZONI,
Yearly Payment Breakdown:

2018 Payments At a Glance

24

payments

$1,282

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
Food and Beverage
 24 $1,282

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†
OVATION

device

 $545
AFX

device

 $276
EXCLUDER AAA ENDOPROSTHESIS

device

 $144
ACROBAT

device

 $134
XARELTO

drug

 $119
ICAST

device

 $97
COOK MEDICAL THORACIC

device

 $90
CARDIOHELP

device

 $73
APTUS HELI-FX

device

 $42
Payments with no listed product

N/A

 $27
ECM

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
Oct 10, 2018 $144 EXCLUDER AAA ENDOPROSTHESIS Food and Beverage W. L. GORE & ASSOCIATES, INC.
Nov 29, 2018 $119 XARELTO Food and Beverage JANSSEN PHARMACEUTICALS, INC
Apr 5, 2018 $107 AFX OVATION Food and Beverage ENDOLOGIX, INC.
Sep 13, 2018 $105 ACROBAT Food and Beverage MAQUET CARDIOVASCULAR U.S. SALES, L.L.C.
Nov 27, 2018 $91 ICAST Food and Beverage MAQUET CARDIOVASCULAR U.S. SALES, L.L.C.
Apr 24, 2018 $90 COOK MEDICAL THORACIC Food and Beverage COOK MEDICAL LLC
Feb 1, 2018 $85 OVATION Food and Beverage ENDOLOGIX, INC.
Mar 29, 2018 $83 OVATION Food and Beverage ENDOLOGIX, INC.
May 22, 2018 $71 OVATION AFX Food and Beverage ENDOLOGIX, INC.
Dec 5, 2018 $54 AFX OVATION Food and Beverage ENDOLOGIX, INC.
Jul 5, 2018 $54 OVATION Food and Beverage ENDOLOGIX, INC.
Dec 6, 2018 $51 CARDIOHELP Food and Beverage MAQUET CARDIOVASCULAR U.S. SALES, L.L.C.
Jun 17, 2018 $47 OVATION Food and Beverage ENDOLOGIX, INC.
Apr 6, 2018 $43 OVATION AFX Food and Beverage ENDOLOGIX, INC.
Dec 1, 2018 $42 APTUS HELI-FX Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Oct 17, 2018 $27 No Listed Product Food and Beverage ENDOLOGIX, INC.
Dec 6, 2018 $15 CARDIOHELP Food and Beverage MAQUET CARDIOVASCULAR U.S. SALES, L.L.C.
Sep 18, 2018 $14 ACROBAT Food and Beverage MAQUET CARDIOVASCULAR U.S. SALES, L.L.C.
Sep 13, 2018 $14 ACROBAT Food and Beverage MAQUET CARDIOVASCULAR U.S. SALES, L.L.C.
Nov 1, 2018 $11 ECM Food and Beverage AZIYO BIOLOGICS, INC.
Nov 27, 2018 $6 ICAST Food and Beverage MAQUET CARDIOVASCULAR U.S. SALES, L.L.C.
Dec 6, 2018 $5 CARDIOHELP Food and Beverage MAQUET CARDIOVASCULAR U.S. SALES, L.L.C.
Dec 6, 2018 $1 CARDIOHELP Food and Beverage MAQUET CARDIOVASCULAR U.S. SALES, L.L.C.
Sep 18, 2018 $1 ACROBAT Food and Beverage MAQUET CARDIOVASCULAR U.S. SALES, L.L.C.
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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.