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MELANIE J BALLARD
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MELANIE J BALLARD

Listed Specialty: Optometrist
113 COMMERCE PARK DR STE A, WESTERVILLE, OH, 43082-6055
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DR. MELANIE BALLARD,
Yearly Payment Breakdown:

2018 Payments At a Glance

18

payments

$414

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
 18 $414

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†
OPD-III

device

 $160
CALIFORNIA

device

 $85
MONACO

device

 $85
P200T

device

 $85
XIIDRA

drug

 $67
BESIVANCE

drug

 $42
VYZULTA

drug

 $42
ZYLET

drug

 $42
RHOPRESSA

drug

 $19
ACRYSOF

device

 $16
XEN

device

 $12
PROKERA

device

 $12
AMNIOGRAFT

device

 $12
AMNIOGUARD

device

 $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
Jan 23, 2018 $85 MONACO P200T CALIFORNIA Food and Beverage OPTOS, INC.
May 9, 2018 $55 OPD-III Food and Beverage MARCO OPHTHALMIC, INC.
Sep 12, 2018 $40 OPD-III Food and Beverage MARCO OPHTHALMIC, INC.
Apr 8, 2018 $31 OPD-III Food and Beverage MARCO OPHTHALMIC, INC.
Jul 16, 2018 $19 RHOPRESSA Food and Beverage AERIE PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
Jan 16, 2018 $18 VYZULTA ZYLET BESIVANCE Food and Beverage BAUSCH & LOMB, A DIVISION OF BAUSCH HEALTH US, LLC
Sep 10, 2018 $17 OPD-III Food and Beverage MARCO OPHTHALMIC, INC.
Aug 29, 2018 $17 OPD-III Food and Beverage MARCO OPHTHALMIC, INC.
May 11, 2018 $17 XIIDRA Food and Beverage SHIRE NORTH AMERICAN GROUP INC
Sep 20, 2018 $16 ACRYSOF Food and Beverage ALCON LABORATORIES INC
Feb 2, 2018 $15 XIIDRA Food and Beverage SHIRE NORTH AMERICAN GROUP INC
Jun 4, 2018 $13 VYZULTA BESIVANCE ZYLET Food and Beverage BAUSCH & LOMB, A DIVISION OF BAUSCH HEALTH US, LLC
Sep 14, 2018 $13 XIIDRA Food and Beverage SHIRE NORTH AMERICAN GROUP INC
Sep 27, 2018 $12 XEN Food and Beverage ALLERGAN INC.
Jan 25, 2018 $12 PROKERA AMNIOGRAFT AMNIOGUARD Food and Beverage TISSUETECH, INC.
Jul 12, 2018 $12 XIIDRA Food and Beverage SHIRE NORTH AMERICAN GROUP INC
Sep 11, 2018 $11 VYZULTA BESIVANCE ZYLET Food and Beverage BAUSCH & LOMB, A DIVISION OF BAUSCH HEALTH US, LLC
Apr 23, 2018 $11 XIIDRA Food and Beverage SHIRE NORTH AMERICAN GROUP INC
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This site includes data published by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services on June 28, 2019.