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HETAL R BHAKTA
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HETAL R BHAKTA

Listed Specialty: Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology
1100 N PALM CANYON DR STE 206, PALM SPRINGS, CA, 92262-4426
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DR. HETAL BHAKTA,
Yearly Payment Breakdown:

2018 Payments At a Glance

67

payments

$3,103

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
 64 $1,969
Travel and Lodging
 3 $1,134

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†
MICRA

device

 $1,544
WATCHMAN

device

 $374
GENERAL THERAPIES

device

 $340
ENSITE CARDIAC MAPPING SYSTEM

device

 $249
ELIQUIS

drug

 $122
REVEAL LINQ

device

 $72
MERLIN CONNECTIVITY AND REMOTE

device

 $66
SQRX PULSE GENERATOR

device

 $50
XARELTO

drug

 $45
ASSURITY PACEMAKER

device

 $37
PACEMAKERS

device

 $35
LATITUDE

device

 $29
GENERAL BRADY

device

 $22
RESONATE

device

 $22
CARELINK

device

 $19
ACUITY

device

 $15
AZURE

device

 $15
ANGIOSEAL

device

 $13
TR BAND

device

 $13
ACCOLADE

device

 $13
BAROSTIM NEO SYSTEM

device

 $10
CHANTIX

drug

 $5
CLARIA MRI

device

 $4
GENERAL TACHY

device

 $4
PERCEPTA

device

 $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
Jul 12, 2018 $569 MICRA Travel and Lodging MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Jul 12, 2018 $382 MICRA Travel and Lodging MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Jul 12, 2018 $183 MICRA Travel and Lodging MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Jul 13, 2018 $174 MICRA Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Jul 6, 2018 $154 ENSITE CARDIAC MAPPING SYSTEM Food and Beverage ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Oct 30, 2018 $117 ELIQUIS Food and Beverage PFIZER INC.
May 4, 2018 $112 WATCHMAN Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Jan 17, 2018 $112 GENERAL THERAPIES Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Aug 15, 2018 $105 MICRA Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Aug 29, 2018 $97 GENERAL THERAPIES Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Jun 27, 2018 $77 ENSITE CARDIAC MAPPING SYSTEM Food and Beverage ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Sep 20, 2018 $66 GENERAL THERAPIES Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
May 31, 2018 $66 MERLIN CONNECTIVITY AND REMOTE Food and Beverage ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Jul 11, 2018 $63 WATCHMAN Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Jan 17, 2018 $61 WATCHMAN Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Jan 4, 2018 $59 WATCHMAN Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Mar 6, 2018 $41 WATCHMAN Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Nov 8, 2018 $39 REVEAL LINQ Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Sep 22, 2018 $39 GENERAL THERAPIES Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Jun 20, 2018 $37 ASSURITY PACEMAKER Food and Beverage ABBOTT LABORATORIES
May 11, 2018 $35 PACEMAKERS Food and Beverage ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Dec 6, 2018 $28 XARELTO Food and Beverage JANSSEN PHARMACEUTICALS, INC
Nov 10, 2018 $26 WATCHMAN Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Jul 14, 2018 $25 MICRA Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Mar 16, 2018 $22 GENERAL BRADY Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Jun 7, 2018 $22 RESONATE Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Jul 13, 2018 $21 MICRA Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Aug 21, 2018 $19 MICRA Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Mar 20, 2018 $19 CARELINK Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Jul 24, 2018 $19 ENSITE CARDIAC MAPPING SYSTEM Food and Beverage ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Oct 22, 2018 $16 REVEAL LINQ Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Mar 19, 2018 $16 REVEAL LINQ Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Oct 17, 2018 $16 SQRX PULSE GENERATOR Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Aug 14, 2018 $16 XARELTO Food and Beverage JANSSEN PHARMACEUTICALS, INC
Jan 16, 2018 $14 GENERAL THERAPIES Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Jul 12, 2018 $14 MICRA Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Jan 24, 2018 $13 ACUITY Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Jul 13, 2018 $13 MICRA Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Jun 6, 2018 $13 ANGIOSEAL TR BAND Food and Beverage TERUMO MEDICAL CORPORATION
Jul 13, 2018 $13 MICRA Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Oct 27, 2018 $13 SQRX PULSE GENERATOR Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Aug 20, 2018 $13 ACCOLADE Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Oct 9, 2018 $12 GENERAL THERAPIES Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Sep 6, 2018 $12 SQRX PULSE GENERATOR Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Oct 15, 2018 $11 WATCHMAN Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
May 4, 2018 $10 BAROSTIM NEO SYSTEM Food and Beverage CVRX, INC.
Jul 14, 2018 $8 MICRA Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Nov 19, 2018 $6 LATITUDE Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Jun 18, 2018 $6 LATITUDE Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Jul 14, 2018 $5 MICRA Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Apr 16, 2018 $5 SQRX PULSE GENERATOR Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Feb 12, 2018 $5 AZURE Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Jan 8, 2018 $5 AZURE Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Apr 6, 2018 $5 CHANTIX ELIQUIS Food and Beverage PFIZER INC.
May 21, 2018 $5 LATITUDE Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Apr 9, 2018 $5 MICRA Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Oct 15, 2018 $4 LATITUDE Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Jun 25, 2018 $4 CLARIA MRI Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
May 14, 2018 $4 AZURE Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Feb 19, 2018 $4 LATITUDE Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Oct 6, 2018 $4 LATITUDE Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Feb 26, 2018 $4 MICRA Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Jul 11, 2018 $4 MICRA Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Mar 19, 2018 $4 SQRX PULSE GENERATOR Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Jul 16, 2018 $4 GENERAL TACHY Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Jun 25, 2018 $3 PERCEPTA Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Jan 27, 2018 $2 ACUITY Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
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