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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.

MICHAEL S CHIN
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MICHAEL S CHIN

Listed Specialty: Surgery
3660 PARK SIERRA DR, SUITE 105, RIVERSIDE, CA, 92505-3071
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DR. MICHAEL CHIN,
Yearly Payment Breakdown:

2018 Payments At a Glance

20

payments

$2,062

payment total

11

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
 17 $1,317
Travel and Lodging
 3 $746

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†
HARMONIC PRODUCT FAMILY

device

 $654
ECHELON ENDOPATH STAPLER

device

 $608
ULTRAPRO PRODUCTS

device

 $608
RELAY

device

 $409
AFX

device

 $292
OVATION

device

 $292
CHANTIX

drug

 $120
TOUJEO

drug

 $99
RELAY PLUS

device

 $98
PROCOL

device

 $95
Payments with no listed product

N/A

 $78
TRULANCE

drug

 $77
ABSOLUTE PRO VASCULAR STENT SYSTEM

device

 $71
APTUS HELI-FX

device

 $69
ECHELON FLEX STAPLER

device

 $47
SURGICEL FAMILY OF ABSORBABLE HEMOSTATS

device

 $47
ENSEAL PRODUCT FAMILY

device

 $24
SURGICEL POWDER

device

 $24
† 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 13, 2018 $409 RELAY Travel and Lodging BOLTON MEDICAL INC
Aug 28, 2018 $277 AFX OVATION Food and Beverage ENDOLOGIX, INC.
Sep 26, 2018 $247 ECHELON ENDOPATH STAPLER HARMONIC PRODUCT FAMILY ULTRAPRO PRODUCTS Travel and Lodging MEDICAL DEVICE BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.
Mar 21, 2018 $120 CHANTIX Food and Beverage PFIZER INC.
Sep 27, 2018 $102 ECHELON ENDOPATH STAPLER HARMONIC PRODUCT FAMILY ULTRAPRO PRODUCTS Food and Beverage MEDICAL DEVICE BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.
Apr 18, 2018 $99 TOUJEO Food and Beverage SANOFI-AVENTIS U.S. LLC
Jun 27, 2018 $98 RELAY PLUS Food and Beverage BOLTON MEDICAL INC
Feb 27, 2018 $95 PROCOL Food and Beverage LEMAITRE VASCULAR, INC.
Sep 26, 2018 $90 ECHELON ENDOPATH STAPLER HARMONIC PRODUCT FAMILY ULTRAPRO PRODUCTS Travel and Lodging MEDICAL DEVICE BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.
Sep 25, 2018 $78 No Listed Product Food and Beverage COVIDIEN LP
Jan 24, 2018 $77 TRULANCE Food and Beverage SYNERGY PHARMACEUTICALS INC
May 2, 2018 $71 ABSOLUTE PRO VASCULAR STENT SYSTEM Food and Beverage ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Jun 18, 2018 $69 APTUS HELI-FX Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Sep 27, 2018 $53 ECHELON ENDOPATH STAPLER HARMONIC PRODUCT FAMILY ULTRAPRO PRODUCTS Food and Beverage MEDICAL DEVICE BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.
Sep 28, 2018 $53 ECHELON ENDOPATH STAPLER HARMONIC PRODUCT FAMILY ULTRAPRO PRODUCTS Food and Beverage MEDICAL DEVICE BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.
Sep 28, 2018 $38 ECHELON ENDOPATH STAPLER HARMONIC PRODUCT FAMILY ULTRAPRO PRODUCTS Food and Beverage MEDICAL DEVICE BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.
Sep 28, 2018 $26 ECHELON ENDOPATH STAPLER HARMONIC PRODUCT FAMILY ULTRAPRO PRODUCTS Food and Beverage MEDICAL DEVICE BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.
Oct 9, 2018 $24 ENSEAL PRODUCT FAMILY ECHELON FLEX STAPLER HARMONIC PRODUCT FAMILY SURGICEL FAMILY OF ABSORBABLE HEMOSTATS SURGICEL POWDER Food and Beverage ETHICON US, LLC
Feb 15, 2018 $22 ECHELON FLEX STAPLER HARMONIC PRODUCT FAMILY SURGICEL FAMILY OF ABSORBABLE HEMOSTATS Food and Beverage ETHICON US, LLC
Aug 29, 2018 $14 OVATION AFX Food and Beverage ENDOLOGIX, INC.
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This site includes data published by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services on June 28, 2019.