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RAMANNA MERLA
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RAMANNA MERLA

Listed Specialty: Cardiovascular Disease
1866 N ORANGE GROVE AVE, SUITE # 202, POMONA, CA, 91767-3031
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RAMANNA MERLA,
Yearly Payment Breakdown:

2018 Payments At a Glance

67

payments

$2,586

payment total

9

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 $1,519
Travel and Lodging
 3 $1,067

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†
WATCHMAN

device

 $1,200
ENTRESTO

drug

 $190
RESONATE

device

 $153
GENERAL THERAPIES

device

 $153
LIFEVEST

device

 $145
ADVISA

device

 $137
BEVYXXA

drug

 $123
XARELTO

drug

 $56
CARDIOMEMS HF SYSTEM

device

 $45
FORTIFY ASSURA, ELLIPSE ICD

device

 $36
DYNAGEN

device

 $35
SAMSCA

drug

 $34
ASSURITY PACEMAKER

device

 $30
AGILIS NXT EP INTRODUCER

device

 $28
ENDOTAK

device

 $27
ARCTIC FRONT

device

 $25
VIGILANT

device

 $20
PACEMAKERS

device

 $20
AZURE

device

 $18
MITRA CLIP SYSTEM

device

 $18
MYCARELINK

device

 $17
EMBLEM SICD ELECTRODE DELIVERY SYSTEM

device

 $13
CONNECTIVITY AND REMOTE CARE

device

 $13
VIEWMATE INTRACARDIAC ECHO

device

 $13
RXI SYSTEMS

device

 $11
ACHIEVE

device

 $8
AMPLATZER OCCLUDERS

device

 $6
MERLIN CONNECTIVITY AND REMOTE

device

 $6
MICRA

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
Dec 10, 2018 $621 WATCHMAN Travel and Lodging BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Dec 10, 2018 $236 WATCHMAN Travel and Lodging BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Dec 11, 2018 $211 WATCHMAN Travel and Lodging BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Mar 8, 2018 $137 ADVISA Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Dec 11, 2018 $133 WATCHMAN Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Jan 20, 2018 $124 GENERAL THERAPIES Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
May 1, 2018 $100 BEVYXXA Food and Beverage PORTOLA PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
May 29, 2018 $36 FORTIFY ASSURA, ELLIPSE ICD Food and Beverage ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Aug 30, 2018 $30 RESONATE Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Mar 26, 2018 $30 ASSURITY PACEMAKER Food and Beverage ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Jun 26, 2018 $29 RESONATE Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Sep 26, 2018 $28 GENERAL THERAPIES Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Apr 23, 2018 $28 AGILIS NXT EP INTRODUCER Food and Beverage ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Sep 19, 2018 $28 RESONATE Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Mar 27, 2018 $28 RESONATE Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Nov 2, 2018 $27 ENDOTAK Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Mar 10, 2018 $25 ARCTIC FRONT Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Apr 3, 2018 $25 DYNAGEN Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Jun 19, 2018 $23 CARDIOMEMS HF SYSTEM Food and Beverage ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Apr 23, 2018 $23 BEVYXXA Food and Beverage PORTOLA PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
Jan 9, 2018 $22 CARDIOMEMS HF SYSTEM Food and Beverage ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Oct 29, 2018 $22 ENTRESTO Food and Beverage NOVARTIS PHARMACEUTICALS CORPORATION
Apr 16, 2018 $21 ENTRESTO Food and Beverage NOVARTIS PHARMACEUTICALS CORPORATION
Mar 19, 2018 $21 ENTRESTO Food and Beverage NOVARTIS PHARMACEUTICALS CORPORATION
May 21, 2018 $21 ENTRESTO Food and Beverage NOVARTIS PHARMACEUTICALS CORPORATION
Feb 12, 2018 $20 ENTRESTO Food and Beverage NOVARTIS PHARMACEUTICALS CORPORATION
Jan 23, 2018 $20 VIGILANT Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Jan 8, 2018 $20 ENTRESTO Food and Beverage NOVARTIS PHARMACEUTICALS CORPORATION
Jun 11, 2018 $20 XARELTO Food and Beverage JANSSEN PHARMACEUTICALS, INC
Jan 18, 2018 $20 PACEMAKERS Food and Beverage ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Jan 5, 2018 $19 LIFEVEST Food and Beverage ZOLL SERVICES LLC (A/K/A ZOLL LIFECOR CORP)
Oct 9, 2018 $19 LIFEVEST Food and Beverage ZOLL SERVICES LLC (A/K/A ZOLL LIFECOR CORP)
Feb 5, 2018 $19 XARELTO Food and Beverage JANSSEN PHARMACEUTICALS, INC
Oct 10, 2018 $18 AZURE Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Aug 14, 2018 $18 SAMSCA Food and Beverage OTSUKA AMERICA PHARMACEUTICAL, INC.
Jul 13, 2018 $18 LIFEVEST Food and Beverage ZOLL SERVICES LLC (A/K/A ZOLL LIFECOR CORP)
Mar 30, 2018 $18 MITRA CLIP SYSTEM Food and Beverage ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Nov 15, 2018 $17 MYCARELINK Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Sep 17, 2018 $17 ENTRESTO Food and Beverage NOVARTIS PHARMACEUTICALS CORPORATION
Apr 26, 2018 $17 XARELTO Food and Beverage JANSSEN PHARMACEUTICALS, INC
Dec 20, 2018 $16 LIFEVEST Food and Beverage ZOLL SERVICES LLC (A/K/A ZOLL LIFECOR CORP)
Aug 16, 2018 $16 LIFEVEST Food and Beverage ZOLL SERVICES LLC (A/K/A ZOLL LIFECOR CORP)
Jan 9, 2018 $16 SAMSCA Food and Beverage OTSUKA AMERICA PHARMACEUTICAL, INC.
Jun 29, 2018 $15 LIFEVEST Food and Beverage ZOLL SERVICES LLC (A/K/A ZOLL LIFECOR CORP)
Jun 18, 2018 $15 ENTRESTO Food and Beverage NOVARTIS PHARMACEUTICALS CORPORATION
Jul 23, 2018 $15 ENTRESTO Food and Beverage NOVARTIS PHARMACEUTICALS CORPORATION
Jul 13, 2018 $13 EMBLEM SICD ELECTRODE DELIVERY SYSTEM Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Jan 26, 2018 $13 CONNECTIVITY AND REMOTE CARE Food and Beverage ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Oct 5, 2018 $13 VIEWMATE INTRACARDIAC ECHO Food and Beverage ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Feb 16, 2018 $12 LIFEVEST Food and Beverage ZOLL SERVICES LLC (A/K/A ZOLL LIFECOR CORP)
Sep 14, 2018 $11 LIFEVEST Food and Beverage ZOLL SERVICES LLC (A/K/A ZOLL LIFECOR CORP)
Mar 14, 2018 $11 RXI SYSTEMS Food and Beverage ACIST MEDICAL SYSTEMS, INC.
Jul 3, 2018 $11 DYNAGEN Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
May 3, 2018 $10 LIFEVEST Food and Beverage ZOLL SERVICES LLC (A/K/A ZOLL LIFECOR CORP)
Aug 6, 2018 $10 ENTRESTO Food and Beverage NOVARTIS PHARMACEUTICALS CORPORATION
Aug 8, 2018 $10 RESONATE Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
May 1, 2018 $9 RESONATE Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Sep 11, 2018 $8 ACHIEVE Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Oct 18, 2018 $7 LIFEVEST Food and Beverage ZOLL SERVICES LLC (A/K/A ZOLL LIFECOR CORP)
Jan 30, 2018 $7 RESONATE Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Aug 31, 2018 $7 RESONATE Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Sep 19, 2018 $6 AMPLATZER OCCLUDERS Food and Beverage ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Apr 6, 2018 $6 MERLIN CONNECTIVITY AND REMOTE Food and Beverage ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Sep 24, 2018 $6 RESONATE Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Feb 28, 2018 $4 ENTRESTO Food and Beverage NOVARTIS PHARMACEUTICALS CORPORATION
Nov 19, 2018 $4 ENTRESTO Food and Beverage NOVARTIS PHARMACEUTICALS CORPORATION
Aug 8, 2018 $4 MICRA Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
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