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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.

BRUCE W BARTON
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BRUCE W BARTON

Listed Specialty: Internal Medicine
201 4TH ST, STE. 5A, BOX 30129, ALEXANDRIA, LA, 71301-8421
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DR. BRUCE BARTON,
Yearly Payment Breakdown:

2018 Payments At a Glance

14

payments

$588

payment total

5

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
 12 $528
Education
 2 $60

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†
VRAYLAR

drug

 $205
APLIGRAF

drug

 $120
DERMAGRAFT

device

 $120
PURAPLY/AFFINITY/NUTECH

device

 $120
DALVANCE

drug

 $109
REPATHA

drug

 $98
LINZESS

drug

 $21
APTIOM

drug

 $14
LIVALO

drug

 $13
VASCEPA

drug

 $13
BYSTOLIC

drug

 $4
NAMZARIC

drug

 $3
† 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
Aug 6, 2018 $138 VRAYLAR Food and Beverage ALLERGAN INC.
Nov 29, 2018 $120 APLIGRAF DERMAGRAFT PURAPLY/AFFINITY/NUTECH Food and Beverage ORGANOGENESIS INC. L&M Healthcare Communications
Jan 25, 2018 $109 DALVANCE Food and Beverage ALLERGAN INC.
Mar 1, 2018 $98 REPATHA Food and Beverage AMGEN INC.
Mar 27, 2018 $30 VRAYLAR Education ALLERGAN INC.
Aug 15, 2018 $30 VRAYLAR Education ALLERGAN INC.
Jun 26, 2018 $14 APTIOM Food and Beverage SUNOVION PHARMACEUTICALS INC.
Jun 4, 2018 $13 LIVALO VASCEPA Food and Beverage KOWA PHARMACEUTICALS AMERICA, INC.
Oct 18, 2018 $10 LINZESS Food and Beverage ALLERGAN INC.
Aug 28, 2018 $8 LINZESS Food and Beverage ALLERGAN INC.
Nov 2, 2018 $8 VRAYLAR Food and Beverage ALLERGAN INC.
May 25, 2018 $4 BYSTOLIC Food and Beverage ALLERGAN INC.
Apr 23, 2018 $3 NAMZARIC Food and Beverage ALLERGAN INC.
May 11, 2018 $3 LINZESS Food and Beverage ALLERGAN 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.