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MATTHEW D FORRESTER
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MATTHEW D FORRESTER

Listed Specialty: Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery)
122 W 7TH AVE, STE 110, SPOKANE, WA, 99204-2349
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MATTHEW FORRESTER,
Yearly Payment Breakdown:

2018 Payments At a Glance

26

payments

$1,726

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
 18 $1,001
Travel and Lodging
 8 $725

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†
HEARTMATE 3 LEFT VENTRICULAR DEV

device

 $1,025
EDWARDS INTUITY ELITE VALVE SYSTEM

device

 $244
Payments with no listed product

N/A

 $147
COREVALVE EVOLUT

device

 $123
CARPENTIER-EDWARDS PHYSIO II ANNULOPLASTY RING

device

 $119
ATRICURE ATRICLIP LAA EXCLUSION SYSTEM

device

 $28
HEARTMATE

device

 $16
MOSAIC

device

 $13
PREVELEAK

device

 $11
† 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 31, 2018 $250 HEARTMATE 3 LEFT VENTRICULAR DEV Travel and Lodging ABBOTT LABORATORIES
May 31, 2018 $237 HEARTMATE 3 LEFT VENTRICULAR DEV Travel and Lodging ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Apr 28, 2018 $133 EDWARDS INTUITY ELITE VALVE SYSTEM Food and Beverage EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORPORATION
Apr 30, 2018 $119 No Listed Product Food and Beverage EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORPORATION
Apr 30, 2018 $119 CARPENTIER-EDWARDS PHYSIO II ANNULOPLASTY RING Food and Beverage EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORPORATION
May 31, 2018 $117 HEARTMATE 3 LEFT VENTRICULAR DEV Food and Beverage ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Sep 4, 2018 $96 COREVALVE EVOLUT Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
May 31, 2018 $89 HEARTMATE 3 LEFT VENTRICULAR DEV Travel and Lodging ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Jun 1, 2018 $64 HEARTMATE 3 LEFT VENTRICULAR DEV Food and Beverage ABBOTT LABORATORIES
May 31, 2018 $57 HEARTMATE 3 LEFT VENTRICULAR DEV Food and Beverage ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Jun 1, 2018 $54 HEARTMATE 3 LEFT VENTRICULAR DEV Travel and Lodging ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Oct 17, 2018 $52 EDWARDS INTUITY ELITE VALVE SYSTEM Food and Beverage EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORPORATION
Jun 1, 2018 $50 HEARTMATE 3 LEFT VENTRICULAR DEV Food and Beverage ABBOTT LABORATORIES
May 1, 2018 $36 EDWARDS INTUITY ELITE VALVE SYSTEM Food and Beverage EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORPORATION
May 31, 2018 $31 HEARTMATE 3 LEFT VENTRICULAR DEV Travel and Lodging ABBOTT LABORATORIES
May 31, 2018 $28 HEARTMATE 3 LEFT VENTRICULAR DEV Travel and Lodging ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Jun 1, 2018 $28 HEARTMATE 3 LEFT VENTRICULAR DEV Travel and Lodging ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Feb 8, 2018 $28 ATRICURE ATRICLIP LAA EXCLUSION SYSTEM Food and Beverage ATRICURE, INC.
Apr 30, 2018 $28 No Listed Product Food and Beverage EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORPORATION
Aug 7, 2018 $27 COREVALVE EVOLUT Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Apr 29, 2018 $22 EDWARDS INTUITY ELITE VALVE SYSTEM Food and Beverage EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORPORATION
Jul 12, 2018 $16 HEARTMATE Food and Beverage ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Oct 11, 2018 $13 MOSAIC Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Jun 22, 2018 $13 HEARTMATE 3 LEFT VENTRICULAR DEV Food and Beverage ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Aug 2, 2018 $11 PREVELEAK Food and Beverage BAXTER HEALTHCARE
May 31, 2018 $8 HEARTMATE 3 LEFT VENTRICULAR DEV Travel and Lodging 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.