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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.

MATTHEW K HOWARD
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MATTHEW K HOWARD

Listed Specialty: Internal Medicine
818 SAINT SEBASTIAN WAY, SUITE 311, AUGUSTA, GA, 30901-2651
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Yearly Payment Breakdown:

2018 Payments At a Glance

14

payments

$270

payment total

8

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
 14 $270

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†
SLEEP OTHER

device

 $67
CLEVIPREX

drug

 $42
KENGREAL

drug

 $42
LIFEVEST

device

 $41
ENTRESTO

drug

 $37
CORLANOR

drug

 $34
REPATHA

drug

 $34
CARDIAC MONITOR

device

 $21
Payments with no listed product

N/A

 $16
VELTASSA

drug

 $12
† 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
Jun 27, 2018 $67 SLEEP OTHER Food and Beverage PHILIPS ELECTRONICS NORTH AMERICA CORPORATION
May 3, 2018 $27 CLEVIPREX KENGREAL Food and Beverage CHIESI USA, INC.
Aug 14, 2018 $21 CARDIAC MONITOR Food and Beverage MEDICOMP INC
Mar 12, 2018 $18 CORLANOR REPATHA Food and Beverage AMGEN INC.
Feb 9, 2018 $16 No Listed Product Food and Beverage CARDINAL HEALTH 200, LLC
Feb 1, 2018 $15 CORLANOR REPATHA Food and Beverage AMGEN INC.
Jan 18, 2018 $15 CLEVIPREX KENGREAL Food and Beverage CHIESI USA, INC.
Sep 13, 2018 $14 LIFEVEST Food and Beverage ZOLL SERVICES LLC (A/K/A ZOLL LIFECOR CORP)
Apr 19, 2018 $14 LIFEVEST Food and Beverage ZOLL SERVICES LLC (A/K/A ZOLL LIFECOR CORP)
Jan 11, 2018 $14 LIFEVEST Food and Beverage ZOLL SERVICES LLC (A/K/A ZOLL LIFECOR CORP)
May 24, 2018 $13 ENTRESTO Food and Beverage NOVARTIS PHARMACEUTICALS CORPORATION
Jan 4, 2018 $12 ENTRESTO Food and Beverage NOVARTIS PHARMACEUTICALS CORPORATION
Mar 1, 2018 $12 ENTRESTO Food and Beverage NOVARTIS PHARMACEUTICALS CORPORATION
Mar 14, 2018 $12 VELTASSA Food and Beverage RELYPSA, 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.