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CHARLES S NEEDHAM
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CHARLES S NEEDHAM

Listed Specialty: Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery)
3242 S WOODRUFF AVE, IDAHO FALLS, ID, 83404-8305
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CHARLES NEEDHAM,
Yearly Payment Breakdown:

2018 Payments At a Glance

29

payments

$5,633

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
Travel and Lodging
 7 $4,605
Food and Beverage
 22 $1,029

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†
HAWKONE

device

 $2,822
Payments with no listed product

N/A

 $1,934
ENDURANT

device

 $491
IN.PACT ADMIRAL

device

 $106
MOSAIC

device

 $94
VIABAHN VBX BALLOON EXPANDABLE ENDOPROSTHESIS

device

 $54
TEG

device

 $42
TURBOHAWK

device

 $30
CLEVIPREX

drug

 $24
CROSSER

device

 $20
TRAILBLAZER

device

 $16
† 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 22, 2018 $1,370 HAWKONE Travel and Lodging MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Aug 23, 2018 $950 HAWKONE Travel and Lodging MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Sep 11, 2018 $846 No Listed Product Travel and Lodging TURN-KEY MEDICAL, INC.
Sep 10, 2018 $673 No Listed Product Travel and Lodging GE HEALTHCARE
Sep 10, 2018 $384 No Listed Product Travel and Lodging GE HEALTHCARE
Aug 23, 2018 $320 HAWKONE Travel and Lodging MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Nov 5, 2018 $161 ENDURANT Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Jan 10, 2018 $140 ENDURANT Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Aug 23, 2018 $121 HAWKONE Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Jun 7, 2018 $71 IN.PACT ADMIRAL Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Apr 13, 2018 $66 ENDURANT Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Aug 23, 2018 $61 HAWKONE Travel and Lodging MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Jan 30, 2018 $56 MOSAIC Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Aug 23, 2018 $54 ENDURANT Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Jan 18, 2018 $49 ENDURANT Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Aug 15, 2018 $42 TEG Food and Beverage HAEMONETICS CORPORATION
Jul 27, 2018 $38 VIABAHN VBX BALLOON EXPANDABLE ENDOPROSTHESIS Food and Beverage W. L. GORE & ASSOCIATES, INC.
Sep 21, 2018 $30 No Listed Product Food and Beverage TURN-KEY MEDICAL, INC.
May 2, 2018 $30 TURBOHAWK Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Oct 3, 2018 $24 CLEVIPREX Food and Beverage CHIESI USA, INC.
Sep 30, 2018 $21 ENDURANT Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Jun 28, 2018 $20 CROSSER Food and Beverage BARD PERIPHERAL VASCULAR, INC.
May 7, 2018 $20 IN.PACT ADMIRAL Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Jun 8, 2018 $16 VIABAHN VBX BALLOON EXPANDABLE ENDOPROSTHESIS Food and Beverage W. L. GORE & ASSOCIATES, INC.
Jun 28, 2018 $16 TRAILBLAZER Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Feb 13, 2018 $15 MOSAIC Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Mar 9, 2018 $15 IN.PACT ADMIRAL Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Aug 14, 2018 $14 MOSAIC Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Nov 21, 2018 $9 MOSAIC Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, 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.