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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.

WALTER F KERWIN
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WALTER F KERWIN

Listed Specialty: Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology
8631 W 3RD ST STE 1017E, LOS ANGELES, CA, 90048-5913
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DR. WALTER KERWIN,
Yearly Payment Breakdown:

2018 Payments At a Glance

14

payments

$473

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
Food and Beverage
 14 $473

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†
METRIQ

device

 $115
ELIQUIS

drug

 $89
LATITUDE

device

 $86
MAESTRO 4000

device

 $49
LIFEVEST

device

 $48
FORTIFY ASSURA, ELLIPSE ICD

device

 $45
ASSURITY PACEMAKER

device

 $28
ICDS

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
Apr 13, 2018 $85 METRIQ Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
May 26, 2018 $67 LATITUDE Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Jan 26, 2018 $49 MAESTRO 4000 Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Aug 22, 2018 $45 FORTIFY ASSURA, ELLIPSE ICD Food and Beverage ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Apr 19, 2018 $45 ELIQUIS Food and Beverage E.R. SQUIBB & SONS, L.L.C.
Nov 29, 2018 $30 METRIQ Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Mar 22, 2018 $28 ASSURITY PACEMAKER Food and Beverage ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Mar 22, 2018 $25 ELIQUIS Food and Beverage PFIZER INC.
Aug 2, 2018 $20 LIFEVEST Food and Beverage ZOLL SERVICES LLC (A/K/A ZOLL LIFECOR CORP)
Mar 6, 2018 $19 LATITUDE Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Oct 25, 2018 $19 ELIQUIS Food and Beverage E.R. SQUIBB & SONS, L.L.C.
Jun 5, 2018 $15 LIFEVEST Food and Beverage ZOLL SERVICES LLC (A/K/A ZOLL LIFECOR CORP)
Mar 1, 2018 $14 LIFEVEST Food and Beverage ZOLL SERVICES LLC (A/K/A ZOLL LIFECOR CORP)
Jan 26, 2018 $12 ICDS Food and Beverage ABBOTT LABORATORIES
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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.