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Listed Specialty: Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery)
1500 EAST MEDICAL CENTER DR, 2ND FLOOR TAUBMAN CTR RECP B, ANN ARBOR, MI, 48109-0348
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Yearly Payment Breakdown:

2018 Payments At a Glance

42

payments

$18,654

payment total

5

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
 3 $15,083
Travel and Lodging
 13 $2,573
Food and Beverage
 26 $998

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†
ECHELON FLEX STAPLER

device

 $16,937
ENSEAL PRODUCT FAMILY

device

 $815
DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM

device

 $557
SENHANCE SURGICAL ROBOTICS SYSTEM

device

 $314
HARMONIC PRODUCT FAMILY

device

 $206
ECHELON ENDOPATH STAPLER

device

 $96
STERNALOCK BLU

device

 $93
SURGICEL FAMILY OF ABSORBABLE HEMOSTATS

device

 $87
STRATAFIX

device

 $15
EVICEL

drug

 $4
SURGIFLO HEMOSTATIC MATRIX FAMILY OF PRODUCTS

device

 $4
† 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
Nov 5, 2018 $9,065 ECHELON FLEX STAPLER Consulting MEDICAL DEVICE BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.
May 2, 2018 $5,628 ECHELON FLEX STAPLER Consulting MEDICAL DEVICE BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.
Mar 22, 2018 $459 ECHELON FLEX STAPLER Travel and Lodging MEDICAL DEVICE BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.
Nov 13, 2018 $398 DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM Travel and Lodging INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.
Apr 13, 2018 $391 ECHELON FLEX STAPLER Consulting MEDICAL DEVICE BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.
Mar 22, 2018 $366 ECHELON FLEX STAPLER Travel and Lodging MEDICAL DEVICE BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.
Oct 19, 2018 $302 ENSEAL PRODUCT FAMILY Travel and Lodging MEDICAL DEVICE BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.
Aug 1, 2018 $270 SENHANCE SURGICAL ROBOTICS SYSTEM Travel and Lodging TRANSENTERIX, INC.
Mar 22, 2018 $238 ECHELON FLEX STAPLER Travel and Lodging MEDICAL DEVICE BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.
Oct 19, 2018 $177 ENSEAL PRODUCT FAMILY Travel and Lodging MEDICAL DEVICE BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.
Oct 19, 2018 $150 ECHELON FLEX STAPLER Travel and Lodging MEDICAL DEVICE BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.
Oct 19, 2018 $122 ECHELON FLEX STAPLER Food and Beverage MEDICAL DEVICE BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.
Mar 22, 2018 $115 ECHELON FLEX STAPLER Food and Beverage MEDICAL DEVICE BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.
Jul 25, 2018 $108 ENSEAL PRODUCT FAMILY HARMONIC PRODUCT FAMILY Food and Beverage ETHICON US, LLC
Feb 27, 2018 $96 ENSEAL PRODUCT FAMILY ECHELON ENDOPATH STAPLER ECHELON FLEX STAPLER Food and Beverage ETHICON US, LLC
Nov 7, 2018 $93 STERNALOCK BLU Food and Beverage ZIMMER BIOMET HOLDINGS, INC.
Oct 19, 2018 $80 ECHELON FLEX STAPLER Travel and Lodging MEDICAL DEVICE BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.
Dec 21, 2018 $69 DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM Food and Beverage INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.
Oct 18, 2018 $64 HARMONIC PRODUCT FAMILY SURGICEL FAMILY OF ABSORBABLE HEMOSTATS ENSEAL PRODUCT FAMILY Food and Beverage ETHICON US, LLC
May 2, 2018 $57 ECHELON FLEX STAPLER Travel and Lodging MEDICAL DEVICE BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.
Nov 5, 2018 $36 ECHELON FLEX STAPLER Travel and Lodging MEDICAL DEVICE BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.
Aug 21, 2018 $36 SENHANCE SURGICAL ROBOTICS SYSTEM Food and Beverage TRANSENTERIX, INC.
Oct 20, 2018 $35 ECHELON FLEX STAPLER Food and Beverage MEDICAL DEVICE BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.
Oct 19, 2018 $28 ENSEAL PRODUCT FAMILY Food and Beverage MEDICAL DEVICE BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.
Mar 23, 2018 $22 ECHELON FLEX STAPLER Food and Beverage MEDICAL DEVICE BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.
Mar 23, 2018 $22 ECHELON FLEX STAPLER Food and Beverage MEDICAL DEVICE BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.
Feb 6, 2018 $21 DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM Food and Beverage INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.
Oct 19, 2018 $20 ENSEAL PRODUCT FAMILY Food and Beverage MEDICAL DEVICE BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.
Nov 13, 2018 $19 DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM Travel and Lodging INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.
Dec 3, 2018 $19 DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM Travel and Lodging INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.
Oct 19, 2018 $19 ENSEAL PRODUCT FAMILY SURGICEL FAMILY OF ABSORBABLE HEMOSTATS HARMONIC PRODUCT FAMILY Food and Beverage ETHICON US, LLC
Oct 20, 2018 $17 ECHELON FLEX STAPLER Food and Beverage MEDICAL DEVICE BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.
Mar 23, 2018 $16 ECHELON FLEX STAPLER Food and Beverage MEDICAL DEVICE BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.
Dec 21, 2018 $16 DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM Food and Beverage INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.
Jul 24, 2018 $15 STRATAFIX Food and Beverage ETHICON US, LLC
Oct 19, 2018 $15 HARMONIC PRODUCT FAMILY Food and Beverage ETHICON US, LLC
Oct 19, 2018 $15 ECHELON FLEX STAPLER Food and Beverage ETHICON US, LLC
Oct 9, 2018 $11 DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM Food and Beverage INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.
Aug 23, 2018 $8 SENHANCE SURGICAL ROBOTICS SYSTEM Food and Beverage TRANSENTERIX, INC.
Oct 20, 2018 $8 ECHELON FLEX STAPLER Food and Beverage MEDICAL DEVICE BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.
Dec 9, 2018 $4 SURGICEL FAMILY OF ABSORBABLE HEMOSTATS SURGIFLO HEMOSTATIC MATRIX FAMILY OF PRODUCTS EVICEL Food and Beverage ETHICON US, LLC
Jan 9, 2018 $4 DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM Food and Beverage INTUITIVE SURGICAL, 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.