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RICHARD E HULTS
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RICHARD E HULTS

Listed Specialty: Optometrist, Corneal and Contact Management
3265 W. MARKET ST., AKRON, OH, 44333
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DR. RICHARD HULTS,
Yearly Payment Breakdown:

2018 Payments At a Glance

34

payments

$9,790

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
Promotional Speaking/Other
 5 $5,425
Travel and Lodging
 2 $2,751
Food and Beverage
 27 $1,615

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†
DAILIES

device

 $4,286
MULTIPLE BRANDS CONTACT LENS

device

 $3,123
MYDAY CONTACT LENS

device

 $1,550
CLARITI CONTACT LENS

device

 $252
ACUVUE

device

 $198
CONTACT LENS

device

 $195
AIR OPTIX

device

 $180
BIOTRUE

device

 $98
BIOTRUE ONE DAY

device

 $98
ULTRA

device

 $98
BTOD

device

 $89
† 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
Mar 8, 2018 $1,718 MULTIPLE BRANDS CONTACT LENS Travel and Lodging COOPERVISION INC.
Oct 8, 2018 $1,400 MYDAY CONTACT LENS Promotional Speaking/Other COOPERVISION INC.
Dec 10, 2018 $1,050 DAILIES Promotional Speaking/Other ALCON LABORATORIES INC
Feb 21, 2018 $1,050 DAILIES Promotional Speaking/Other ALCON LABORATORIES INC
Dec 10, 2018 $1,050 DAILIES Promotional Speaking/Other ALCON LABORATORIES INC
Jun 2, 2018 $1,033 MULTIPLE BRANDS CONTACT LENS Travel and Lodging COOPERVISION INC.
May 8, 2018 $875 DAILIES Promotional Speaking/Other ALCON LABORATORIES INC
Jun 1, 2018 $132 MULTIPLE BRANDS CONTACT LENS Food and Beverage COOPERVISION INC.
Mar 15, 2018 $129 MULTIPLE BRANDS CONTACT LENS Food and Beverage COOPERVISION INC.
Jun 28, 2018 $117 DAILIES AIR OPTIX Food and Beverage ALCON LABORATORIES INC
Dec 19, 2018 $115 CONTACT LENS Food and Beverage ABB CON-CISE OPTICAL GROUP LLC
Feb 21, 2018 $111 MULTIPLE BRANDS CONTACT LENS Food and Beverage COOPERVISION INC.
Dec 5, 2018 $102 ACUVUE Food and Beverage JOHNSON & JOHNSON VISION CARE, INC.
May 23, 2018 $98 BIOTRUE ULTRA BIOTRUE ONE DAY Food and Beverage BAUSCH & LOMB, A DIVISION OF BAUSCH HEALTH US, LLC
Mar 14, 2018 $96 ACUVUE Food and Beverage JOHNSON & JOHNSON VISION CARE, INC.
Jan 11, 2018 $89 BTOD Food and Beverage BAUSCH & LOMB, A DIVISION OF BAUSCH HEALTH US, LLC
Nov 30, 2018 $87 CLARITI CONTACT LENS Food and Beverage COOPERVISION INC.
Oct 30, 2018 $86 CLARITI CONTACT LENS Food and Beverage COOPERVISION INC.
Feb 7, 2018 $67 MYDAY CONTACT LENS Food and Beverage COOPERVISION INC.
Jun 27, 2018 $53 DAILIES Food and Beverage ALCON LABORATORIES INC
Aug 26, 2018 $49 CLARITI CONTACT LENS Food and Beverage COOPERVISION INC.
Mar 16, 2018 $42 DAILIES AIR OPTIX Food and Beverage ALCON LABORATORIES INC
Jan 10, 2018 $40 MYDAY CONTACT LENS Food and Beverage COOPERVISION INC.
Jan 7, 2018 $37 MYDAY CONTACT LENS Food and Beverage COOPERVISION INC.
Nov 3, 2018 $30 CONTACT LENS Food and Beverage ABB CON-CISE OPTICAL GROUP LLC
Oct 1, 2018 $25 CLARITI CONTACT LENS Food and Beverage COOPERVISION INC.
Dec 19, 2018 $23 CONTACT LENS Food and Beverage ABB CON-CISE OPTICAL GROUP LLC
Jun 28, 2018 $21 DAILIES AIR OPTIX Food and Beverage ALCON LABORATORIES INC
Jun 28, 2018 $17 DAILIES Food and Beverage ALCON LABORATORIES INC
Dec 3, 2018 $16 CONTACT LENS Food and Beverage ABB CON-CISE OPTICAL GROUP LLC
Aug 20, 2018 $12 DAILIES Food and Beverage ALCON LABORATORIES INC
Dec 3, 2018 $11 CONTACT LENS Food and Beverage ABB CON-CISE OPTICAL GROUP LLC
Apr 4, 2018 $7 MYDAY CONTACT LENS Food and Beverage COOPERVISION INC.
Oct 16, 2018 $4 CLARITI CONTACT LENS Food and Beverage COOPERVISION INC.
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This site includes data published by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services on June 28, 2019.