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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.

CHRISTINA H ECONOMIDES
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CHRISTINA H ECONOMIDES

Listed Specialty: Interventional Cardiology
1245 WILSHIRE BLVD STE 703, LOS ANGELES, CA, 90017-4807
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DR. CHRISTINA ECONOMIDES,
Yearly Payment Breakdown:

2018 Payments At a Glance

49

payments

$13,737

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
Consulting
 2 $7,152
Honoraria
 1 $3,000
Food and Beverage
 42 $2,652
Travel and Lodging
 4 $933

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†
HEARTRAIL

device

 $7,295
TR BAND

device

 $7,170
GLIDESHEATH

device

 $7,160
OPTITORQUE

device

 $7,160
IMPELLA

device

 $3,978
Payments with no listed product

N/A

 $549
FORTIFY ASSURA, ELLIPSE ICD

device

 $305
QUADRA ASSURA CRT DEFIBRILLATOR

device

 $284
RESONATE

device

 $221
MITRA CLIP SYSTEM

device

 $161
GLIDEWIRE

device

 $151
LAUNCHER

device

 $150
ENTRESTO

drug

 $145
METACROSS

device

 $125
AZURE

device

 $108
LIFEVEST

device

 $100
EMBLEM

device

 $91
LATITUDE

device

 $64
NO ASSOCIATED PRODUCT

device

 $59
ICDS

device

 $56
PACEMAKERS

device

 $54
QUADRA ALLURE MP RF CRT PACEMKR

device

 $51
ASAHI FIELDER CORONARY GUIDE WIRE

device

 $50
NC TREK CORONARY CATHETERS

device

 $50
XIENCE V CORONARY STENT SYSTEM

device

 $50
HI-TORQUE CORONARY GUIDE WIRE

device

 $50
NAVICROSS

device

 $18
ACCOLADE

device

 $7
† 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 11, 2018 $5,102 OPTITORQUE HEARTRAIL TR BAND GLIDESHEATH Consulting TERUMO MEDICAL CORPORATION
Jun 22, 2018 $3,000 IMPELLA Honoraria ABIOMED
Aug 16, 2018 $2,050 OPTITORQUE HEARTRAIL TR BAND GLIDESHEATH Consulting TERUMO MEDICAL CORPORATION
Apr 3, 2018 $449 No Listed Product Travel and Lodging TERUMO MEDICAL CORPORATION
May 9, 2018 $248 IMPELLA Travel and Lodging ABIOMED
May 9, 2018 $216 IMPELLA Travel and Lodging ABIOMED
May 17, 2018 $150 LAUNCHER Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Sep 12, 2018 $143 QUADRA ASSURA CRT DEFIBRILLATOR Food and Beverage ABBOTT LABORATORIES
May 16, 2018 $125 METACROSS HEARTRAIL GLIDEWIRE Food and Beverage TERUMO MEDICAL CORPORATION
Jan 10, 2018 $125 ENTRESTO Food and Beverage NOVARTIS PHARMACEUTICALS CORPORATION
Aug 8, 2018 $120 FORTIFY ASSURA, ELLIPSE ICD Food and Beverage ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Dec 5, 2018 $119 IMPELLA Food and Beverage ABIOMED
May 18, 2018 $111 IMPELLA Food and Beverage ABIOMED
Mar 30, 2018 $110 MITRA CLIP SYSTEM Food and Beverage ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Dec 5, 2018 $100 No Listed Product Food and Beverage BIOTRONIK INC.
May 16, 2018 $100 LIFEVEST Food and Beverage ZOLL SERVICES LLC (A/K/A ZOLL LIFECOR CORP)
Dec 5, 2018 $86 QUADRA ASSURA CRT DEFIBRILLATOR Food and Beverage ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Apr 17, 2018 $82 FORTIFY ASSURA, ELLIPSE ICD Food and Beverage ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Jun 8, 2018 $82 RESONATE Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Oct 5, 2018 $78 RESONATE Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Sep 20, 2018 $75 IMPELLA Food and Beverage ABIOMED
Sep 8, 2018 $71 FORTIFY ASSURA, ELLIPSE ICD Food and Beverage ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Dec 19, 2018 $66 IMPELLA Food and Beverage ABIOMED
Jan 19, 2018 $64 LATITUDE Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
May 3, 2018 $64 EMBLEM Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Sep 14, 2018 $61 RESONATE Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Jul 27, 2018 $59 NO ASSOCIATED PRODUCT Food and Beverage ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Feb 21, 2018 $58 AZURE Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Jul 24, 2018 $56 QUADRA ASSURA CRT DEFIBRILLATOR Food and Beverage ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Feb 13, 2018 $56 ICDS Food and Beverage ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Feb 1, 2018 $54 PACEMAKERS Food and Beverage ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Nov 30, 2018 $51 QUADRA ALLURE MP RF CRT PACEMKR Food and Beverage ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Apr 12, 2018 $50 ASAHI FIELDER CORONARY GUIDE WIRE HI-TORQUE CORONARY GUIDE WIRE NC TREK CORONARY CATHETERS XIENCE V CORONARY STENT SYSTEM Food and Beverage ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Nov 15, 2018 $50 AZURE Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Oct 9, 2018 $43 IMPELLA Food and Beverage ABIOMED
Apr 26, 2018 $41 IMPELLA Food and Beverage ABIOMED
Apr 27, 2018 $38 IMPELLA Food and Beverage ABIOMED
Oct 9, 2018 $32 FORTIFY ASSURA, ELLIPSE ICD Food and Beverage ABBOTT LABORATORIES
May 9, 2018 $20 IMPELLA Travel and Lodging ABIOMED
Sep 22, 2018 $19 MITRA CLIP SYSTEM Food and Beverage ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Sep 22, 2018 $19 MITRA CLIP SYSTEM Food and Beverage ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Mar 26, 2018 $18 ENTRESTO Food and Beverage NOVARTIS PHARMACEUTICALS CORPORATION
Apr 19, 2018 $18 TR BAND GLIDEWIRE NAVICROSS HEARTRAIL Food and Beverage TERUMO MEDICAL CORPORATION
Nov 6, 2018 $18 EMBLEM Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Feb 2, 2018 $12 MITRA CLIP SYSTEM Food and Beverage ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Sep 14, 2018 $9 EMBLEM Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Apr 19, 2018 $8 OPTITORQUE GLIDESHEATH GLIDEWIRE Food and Beverage TERUMO MEDICAL CORPORATION
Oct 9, 2018 $7 ACCOLADE Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Feb 28, 2018 $2 ENTRESTO Food and Beverage NOVARTIS PHARMACEUTICALS CORPORATION
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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.