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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.

FREDDY M ABI-SAMRA
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FREDDY M ABI-SAMRA

Listed Specialty: Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology
1514 JEFFERSON HWY, NEW ORLEANS, LA, 70121-2429
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FREDDY ABI-SAMRA,
Yearly Payment Breakdown:

2018 Payments At a Glance

17

payments

$9,787

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
 2 $7,200
Travel and Lodging
 3 $1,936
Food and Beverage
 11 $644
Education
 1 $7

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†
PLATINIUM

device

 $9,346
AMPLIA MRI

device

 $150
BAROSTIM NEO SYSTEM

device

 $122
REPATHA

drug

 $97
MERLIN CONNECTIVITY AND REMOTE

device

 $28
CLARIA MRI

device

 $19
QUADRA ASSURA CRT DEFIBRILLATOR

device

 $15
Payments with no listed product

N/A

 $7
CORLANOR

drug

 $2
† 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
May 2, 2018 $4,800 PLATINIUM Consulting LIVANOVA USA, INC.
Oct 31, 2018 $2,400 PLATINIUM Consulting LIVANOVA USA, INC.
May 2, 2018 $1,856 PLATINIUM Travel and Lodging LIVANOVA USA, INC.
May 11, 2018 $150 AMPLIA MRI Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
May 2, 2018 $140 PLATINIUM Food and Beverage LIVANOVA USA, INC.
Feb 27, 2018 $97 REPATHA Food and Beverage AMGEN INC.
Mar 5, 2018 $81 BAROSTIM NEO SYSTEM Food and Beverage CVRX, INC.
May 2, 2018 $50 PLATINIUM Food and Beverage LIVANOVA USA, INC.
May 11, 2018 $41 BAROSTIM NEO SYSTEM Food and Beverage CVRX, INC.
May 2, 2018 $40 PLATINIUM Travel and Lodging LIVANOVA USA, INC.
May 2, 2018 $40 PLATINIUM Travel and Lodging LIVANOVA USA, INC.
Aug 13, 2018 $28 MERLIN CONNECTIVITY AND REMOTE Food and Beverage ABBOTT LABORATORIES
May 2, 2018 $20 PLATINIUM Food and Beverage LIVANOVA USA, INC.
Sep 26, 2018 $19 CLARIA MRI Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Aug 15, 2018 $15 QUADRA ASSURA CRT DEFIBRILLATOR Food and Beverage ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Feb 1, 2018 $7 No Listed Product Education AMGEN INC.
Oct 17, 2018 $2 CORLANOR Food and Beverage AMGEN 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.