Dollars for Docs

How Industry Dollars Reach Your Doctors

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.

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Listed Specialty: Internal Medicine
123 SUMMER ST, WORCESTER, MA, 01608-1216
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Yearly Payment Breakdown:

2018 Payments At a Glance

10

payments

$1,469

payment total

4

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
Travel and Lodging
 1 $635
Education
 3 $544
Food and Beverage
 6 $291

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†
Payments with no listed product

N/A

 $1,142
ENSITE CARDIAC MAPPING SYSTEM

device

 $267
LIFEVEST

device

 $47
XARELTO

drug

 $13
† 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 2, 2018 $635 No Listed Product Travel and Lodging MEDICAL DEVICE BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.
Nov 10, 2018 $280 No Listed Product Education MEDICAL DEVICE BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.
Dec 15, 2018 $209 ENSITE CARDIAC MAPPING SYSTEM Education ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Dec 2, 2018 $111 No Listed Product Food and Beverage MEDICAL DEVICE BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.
Nov 20, 2018 $59 ENSITE CARDIAC MAPPING SYSTEM Food and Beverage ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Nov 10, 2018 $55 No Listed Product Education MEDICAL DEVICE BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.
Nov 13, 2018 $47 LIFEVEST Food and Beverage ZOLL SERVICES LLC (A/K/A ZOLL LIFECOR CORP)
Dec 2, 2018 $38 No Listed Product Food and Beverage MEDICAL DEVICE BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.
Dec 2, 2018 $23 No Listed Product Food and Beverage MEDICAL DEVICE BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.
Jan 11, 2018 $13 XARELTO Food and Beverage JANSSEN PHARMACEUTICALS, 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.