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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.

KARIM M AL-AZIZI
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KARIM M AL-AZIZI

Listed Specialty: Internal Medicine
100 N ACADEMY AVE, DANVILLE, PA, 17822-9800
* Note: This physician had a Massachusetts practice address when the most recent payments were reported.
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DR. KARIM AL-AZIZI,
Yearly Payment Breakdown:

2018 Payments At a Glance

11

payments

$1,100

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
 10 $759
Travel and Lodging
 1 $341

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

 $354
EDWARDS SAPIEN 3 TRANSCATHETER HEART VALVE

device

 $257
EP TRANSSEPTAL ACCESS

device

 $203
IMPELLA

device

 $132
RESOLUTE

device

 $118
CORONARY ORBITAL ATHERECTOMY SYSTEM

device

 $30
COREVALVE EVOLUT

device

 $6
† 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 17, 2018 $341 No Listed Product Travel and Lodging EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORPORATION
Jan 2, 2018 $203 EP TRANSSEPTAL ACCESS Food and Beverage ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Aug 30, 2018 $145 EDWARDS SAPIEN 3 TRANSCATHETER HEART VALVE Food and Beverage EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORPORATION
May 15, 2018 $132 IMPELLA Food and Beverage ABIOMED
Oct 12, 2018 $118 RESOLUTE Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Sep 24, 2018 $112 EDWARDS SAPIEN 3 TRANSCATHETER HEART VALVE Food and Beverage EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORPORATION
May 25, 2018 $13 CORONARY ORBITAL ATHERECTOMY SYSTEM Food and Beverage CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEMS INC.
Jul 31, 2018 $12 No Listed Product Food and Beverage EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORPORATION
Jun 29, 2018 $9 CORONARY ORBITAL ATHERECTOMY SYSTEM Food and Beverage CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEMS INC.
Apr 19, 2018 $7 CORONARY ORBITAL ATHERECTOMY SYSTEM Food and Beverage CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEMS INC.
Nov 26, 2018 $6 COREVALVE EVOLUT Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
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This site includes data published by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services on June 28, 2019.