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.

TIEN-CHUN CHEN
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TIEN-CHUN CHEN

Listed Specialty: Gastroenterology
1709 DRYDEN ROAD, INTERNAL MEDICINE RESIDENCY OFFICE, HOUSTON, TX, 77030
* Note: This physician had a California practice address when the most recent payments were reported.
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DR. TIEN-CHUN CHEN,
Yearly Payment Breakdown:

2018 Payments At a Glance

15

payments

$1,467

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
15 $1,467

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
ELEVIEW

device

$375
VASCEPA

drug

$288
Payments with no listed product

N/A

$231
VEMLIDY

drug

$212
OLYMPUS ENDOTHERAPY ACCESSORIES

device

$148
ANDEXXA

drug

$125
TYMLOS

drug

$69
MAVYRET

drug

$16
HUMIRA

drug

$4
† 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
Jan 17, 2018 $148 OLYMPUS ENDOTHERAPY ACCESSORIES Food and Beverage OLYMPUS AMERICA INC.
Nov 14, 2018 $144 VASCEPA Food and Beverage AMARIN PHARMA INC.
Oct 17, 2018 $144 VASCEPA Food and Beverage AMARIN PHARMA INC.
Jan 17, 2018 $134 ELEVIEW Food and Beverage ARIES PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
Mar 29, 2018 $129 ELEVIEW Food and Beverage ARIES PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
Nov 13, 2018 $125 ANDEXXA Food and Beverage PORTOLA PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
Nov 8, 2018 $116 No Listed Product Food and Beverage ABBVIE, INC.
Oct 4, 2018 $115 No Listed Product Food and Beverage ABBVIE, INC.
Dec 11, 2018 $109 VEMLIDY Food and Beverage GILEAD SCIENCES INC
Nov 28, 2018 $102 VEMLIDY Food and Beverage GILEAD SCIENCES INC
Jun 2, 2018 $100 ELEVIEW Food and Beverage ARIES PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
Jul 27, 2018 $69 TYMLOS Food and Beverage RADIUS HEALTH, INC.
Mar 28, 2018 $16 MAVYRET Food and Beverage ABBVIE, INC.
Apr 19, 2018 $12 ELEVIEW Food and Beverage ARIES PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
Dec 20, 2018 $4 HUMIRA Food and Beverage ABBVIE, INC.
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This site includes data published by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services on June 28, 2019.