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RICHARD D BUCHOLZ
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RICHARD D BUCHOLZ

Listed Specialty: Neurological Surgery
3635 VISTA, 3RD FL, ST LOUIS, MO, 63110
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RICHARD BUCHOLZ,
Yearly Payment Breakdown:

2018 Payments At a Glance

36

payments

$6,845

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
Promotional Speaking/Other
 1 $3,000
Travel and Lodging
 12 $2,761
Food and Beverage
 23 $1,084

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†
GENERAL DBS

device

 $4,146
ACTIVA

device

 $1,184
ROSA BRAIN

device

 $656
EDGE

device

 $436
VERCISE

device

 $222
INFINITY DBS PULSE GENERATORS

device

 $119
AXIUM INS DRG IPG

device

 $30
Payments with no listed product

N/A

 $26
CODMAN CERTAS

device

 $14
CODMAN HAKIM PRECISION VALVE

device

 $14
CUSA CLARITY

device

 $14
DURAGEN

device

 $14
DURASEAL EXACT

device

 $14
GLIADEL

drug

 $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
Oct 31, 2018 $3,000 GENERAL DBS Promotional Speaking/Other BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Jan 4, 2018 $508 GENERAL DBS Travel and Lodging BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Jan 8, 2018 $486 ROSA BRAIN Travel and Lodging ZIMMER BIOMET HOLDINGS, INC.
Oct 11, 2018 $358 EDGE Travel and Lodging VARIAN MEDICAL SYSTEMS, INC.
Jan 4, 2018 $307 GENERAL DBS Travel and Lodging BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Jul 8, 2018 $280 ACTIVA Travel and Lodging MEDTRONIC USA, INC.
Jul 8, 2018 $245 ACTIVA Travel and Lodging MEDTRONIC USA, INC.
Jul 8, 2018 $216 ACTIVA Travel and Lodging MEDTRONIC USA, INC.
Jan 5, 2018 $158 GENERAL DBS Travel and Lodging BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Feb 7, 2018 $135 ACTIVA Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC USA, INC.
Mar 23, 2018 $119 INFINITY DBS PULSE GENERATORS Food and Beverage ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Aug 27, 2018 $101 ACTIVA Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC USA, INC.
Jan 4, 2018 $101 GENERAL DBS Travel and Lodging BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Apr 11, 2018 $86 VERCISE Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Jan 25, 2018 $79 ROSA BRAIN Food and Beverage ZIMMER BIOMET HOLDINGS, INC.
Oct 16, 2018 $77 EDGE Food and Beverage VARIAN MEDICAL SYSTEMS, INC.
Sep 18, 2018 $76 VERCISE Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Nov 27, 2018 $57 ACTIVA Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC USA, INC.
Jul 9, 2018 $45 ACTIVA Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC USA, INC.
Nov 30, 2018 $39 ACTIVA Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC USA, INC.
Jan 4, 2018 $38 VERCISE Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Jul 9, 2018 $37 ACTIVA Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC USA, INC.
Jan 24, 2018 $35 GENERAL DBS Travel and Lodging BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Jan 5, 2018 $34 GENERAL DBS Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Jan 8, 2018 $34 ROSA BRAIN Travel and Lodging ZIMMER BIOMET HOLDINGS, INC.
Jan 8, 2018 $34 ROSA BRAIN Travel and Lodging ZIMMER BIOMET HOLDINGS, INC.
Aug 9, 2018 $30 AXIUM INS DRG IPG Food and Beverage ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Oct 30, 2018 $26 No Listed Product Food and Beverage VERTEX PHARMACEUTICALS INCORPORATED
Jan 25, 2018 $23 ROSA BRAIN Food and Beverage ZIMMER BIOMET HOLDINGS, INC.
Jan 7, 2018 $23 VERCISE Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Jul 9, 2018 $16 ACTIVA Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC USA, INC.
Mar 1, 2018 $14 CODMAN CERTAS CUSA CLARITY DURAGEN DURASEAL EXACT CODMAN HAKIM PRECISION VALVE Food and Beverage INTEGRA LIFESCIENCES CORPORATION
Dec 5, 2018 $12 GLIADEL Food and Beverage ARBOR PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
Jul 9, 2018 $10 ACTIVA Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC USA, INC.
Jan 5, 2018 $4 GENERAL DBS Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Jul 9, 2018 $3 ACTIVA Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC USA, INC.
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This site includes data published by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services on June 28, 2019.