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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.

ERNESTO RUIZ-RODRIGUEZ
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ERNESTO RUIZ-RODRIGUEZ

Listed Specialty: Interventional Cardiology
9501 BAPTIST HEALTH DR, SUITE 600, LITTLE ROCK, AR, 72205-6225
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ERNESTO RUIZ-RODRIGUEZ,
Yearly Payment Breakdown:

2018 Payments At a Glance

94

payments

$8,622

payment total

10

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
 87 $4,997
Travel and Lodging
 6 $3,325
Promotional Speaking/Other
 1 $300

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

 $3,461
HANCOCK

device

 $1,652
COREVALVE EVOLUT

device

 $1,054
EDWARDS SAPIEN 3 TRANSCATHETER HEART VALVE

device

 $364
IMPELLA

device

 $352
MITRA CLIP SYSTEM

device

 $307
VASCULAR CLOSURE DEVICE

device

 $300
3F

device

 $246
WATCHMAN

device

 $172
CARDIOFORM SEPTAL OCCLUDER

device

 $119
XARELTO

drug

 $88
GENERAL THERAPIES

device

 $85
SYNERGY

device

 $74
CORONARY ORBITAL ATHERECTOMY SYSTEM

device

 $67
PERIPHERAL ORBITAL ATHERECTOMY SYSTEM

device

 $67
CROSSBOSS

device

 $65
GENERAL VASCULAR ACCESS

device

 $56
ROTABLATOR

device

 $40
GENERAL STRUCTURAL HEART

device

 $33
LIFEVEST

device

 $26
INNOVA

device

 $18
JETSTREAM

device

 $12
GENERAL ATHERECTOMY

device

 $11
FIGHTER

device

 $10
LEGACY

device

 $8
† 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
Nov 17, 2018 $1,096 No Listed Product Travel and Lodging ANGIODYNAMICS, INC.
Dec 4, 2018 $746 No Listed Product Food and Beverage ANGIODYNAMICS, INC.
Sep 25, 2018 $692 No Listed Product Travel and Lodging EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORPORATION
Apr 5, 2018 $585 HANCOCK Travel and Lodging MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Apr 5, 2018 $407 HANCOCK Travel and Lodging MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Sep 22, 2018 $300 VASCULAR CLOSURE DEVICE Promotional Speaking/Other ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Apr 5, 2018 $285 HANCOCK Travel and Lodging MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Nov 21, 2018 $260 No Listed Product Travel and Lodging EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORPORATION
Apr 5, 2018 $187 COREVALVE EVOLUT Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Oct 4, 2018 $175 No Listed Product Food and Beverage EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORPORATION
Apr 18, 2018 $159 COREVALVE EVOLUT Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Oct 5, 2018 $158 No Listed Product Food and Beverage EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORPORATION
Apr 5, 2018 $145 HANCOCK Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Jan 23, 2018 $130 COREVALVE EVOLUT Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Mar 30, 2018 $128 MITRA CLIP SYSTEM Food and Beverage ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Apr 19, 2018 $127 COREVALVE EVOLUT Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Sep 22, 2018 $124 COREVALVE EVOLUT Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Nov 29, 2018 $123 IMPELLA Food and Beverage ABIOMED
Feb 22, 2018 $119 CARDIOFORM SEPTAL OCCLUDER Food and Beverage W. L. GORE & ASSOCIATES, INC.
Aug 21, 2018 $112 3F Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Sep 22, 2018 $95 No Listed Product Food and Beverage EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORPORATION
Feb 12, 2018 $92 COREVALVE EVOLUT Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Apr 6, 2018 $91 HANCOCK Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Jul 11, 2018 $89 No Listed Product Food and Beverage EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORPORATION
Jan 25, 2018 $88 XARELTO Food and Beverage JANSSEN PHARMACEUTICALS, INC
May 2, 2018 $85 GENERAL THERAPIES Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Apr 6, 2018 $77 HANCOCK Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Jan 16, 2018 $74 SYNERGY Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Mar 15, 2018 $73 3F Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Sep 22, 2018 $71 WATCHMAN Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Jul 24, 2018 $63 EDWARDS SAPIEN 3 TRANSCATHETER HEART VALVE Food and Beverage EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORPORATION
May 2, 2018 $63 WATCHMAN Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
May 15, 2018 $62 COREVALVE EVOLUT Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Feb 14, 2018 $62 No Listed Product Food and Beverage EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORPORATION
Apr 6, 2018 $62 HANCOCK Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Aug 15, 2018 $61 No Listed Product Food and Beverage EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORPORATION
Feb 13, 2018 $58 MITRA CLIP SYSTEM Food and Beverage ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Sep 12, 2018 $58 IMPELLA Food and Beverage ABIOMED
May 15, 2018 $56 GENERAL VASCULAR ACCESS Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Mar 14, 2018 $53 EDWARDS SAPIEN 3 TRANSCATHETER HEART VALVE Food and Beverage EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORPORATION
Apr 25, 2018 $47 PERIPHERAL ORBITAL ATHERECTOMY SYSTEM CORONARY ORBITAL ATHERECTOMY SYSTEM Food and Beverage CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEMS INC.
May 18, 2018 $45 CROSSBOSS Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Oct 17, 2018 $42 IMPELLA Food and Beverage ABIOMED
Apr 23, 2018 $38 3F Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Apr 6, 2018 $37 COREVALVE EVOLUT Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Feb 1, 2018 $35 EDWARDS SAPIEN 3 TRANSCATHETER HEART VALVE Food and Beverage EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORPORATION
Sep 24, 2018 $35 EDWARDS SAPIEN 3 TRANSCATHETER HEART VALVE Food and Beverage EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORPORATION
Mar 28, 2018 $34 EDWARDS SAPIEN 3 TRANSCATHETER HEART VALVE Food and Beverage EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORPORATION
Mar 8, 2018 $33 IMPELLA Food and Beverage ABIOMED
Jan 29, 2018 $31 EDWARDS SAPIEN 3 TRANSCATHETER HEART VALVE Food and Beverage EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORPORATION
Apr 6, 2018 $30 COREVALVE EVOLUT Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Mar 30, 2018 $30 MITRA CLIP SYSTEM Food and Beverage ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Mar 30, 2018 $27 MITRA CLIP SYSTEM Food and Beverage ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Aug 15, 2018 $27 No Listed Product Food and Beverage EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORPORATION
Sep 21, 2018 $27 EDWARDS SAPIEN 3 TRANSCATHETER HEART VALVE Food and Beverage EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORPORATION
Nov 16, 2018 $26 IMPELLA Food and Beverage ABIOMED
Apr 21, 2018 $26 COREVALVE EVOLUT Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Sep 23, 2018 $23 EDWARDS SAPIEN 3 TRANSCATHETER HEART VALVE Food and Beverage EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORPORATION
Apr 5, 2018 $23 COREVALVE EVOLUT Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Apr 5, 2018 $23 COREVALVE EVOLUT Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Nov 29, 2018 $23 IMPELLA Food and Beverage ABIOMED
Nov 7, 2018 $23 ROTABLATOR Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Sep 18, 2018 $23 MITRA CLIP SYSTEM Food and Beverage ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Feb 13, 2018 $23 MITRA CLIP SYSTEM Food and Beverage ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Sep 23, 2018 $22 EDWARDS SAPIEN 3 TRANSCATHETER HEART VALVE Food and Beverage EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORPORATION
Jun 7, 2018 $22 GENERAL STRUCTURAL HEART Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Feb 7, 2018 $21 WATCHMAN Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Nov 16, 2018 $20 CROSSBOSS Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Jul 24, 2018 $20 PERIPHERAL ORBITAL ATHERECTOMY SYSTEM CORONARY ORBITAL ATHERECTOMY SYSTEM Food and Beverage CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEMS INC.
Apr 5, 2018 $19 COREVALVE EVOLUT Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Mar 30, 2018 $19 MITRA CLIP SYSTEM Food and Beverage ABBOTT LABORATORIES
May 14, 2018 $18 3F Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Feb 2, 2018 $17 WATCHMAN Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Sep 21, 2018 $17 EDWARDS SAPIEN 3 TRANSCATHETER HEART VALVE Food and Beverage EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORPORATION
Jul 12, 2018 $15 IMPELLA Food and Beverage ABIOMED
Sep 22, 2018 $14 COREVALVE EVOLUT Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Dec 28, 2018 $13 IMPELLA Food and Beverage ABIOMED
Feb 20, 2018 $13 LIFEVEST Food and Beverage ZOLL SERVICES LLC (A/K/A ZOLL LIFECOR CORP)
Mar 19, 2018 $13 LIFEVEST Food and Beverage ZOLL SERVICES LLC (A/K/A ZOLL LIFECOR CORP)
Feb 21, 2018 $13 EDWARDS SAPIEN 3 TRANSCATHETER HEART VALVE Food and Beverage EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORPORATION
Jun 29, 2018 $12 JETSTREAM Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Jan 4, 2018 $12 GENERAL STRUCTURAL HEART Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Jan 16, 2018 $11 ROTABLATOR Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
May 10, 2018 $11 GENERAL ATHERECTOMY Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Nov 5, 2018 $10 INNOVA Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Apr 13, 2018 $10 FIGHTER Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Jun 13, 2018 $10 IMPELLA Food and Beverage ABIOMED
Jan 23, 2018 $10 IMPELLA Food and Beverage ABIOMED
Mar 14, 2018 $9 EDWARDS SAPIEN 3 TRANSCATHETER HEART VALVE Food and Beverage EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORPORATION
Apr 3, 2018 $8 LEGACY Food and Beverage ABIOMED
Dec 10, 2018 $8 INNOVA Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
May 4, 2018 $6 3F Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Jan 30, 2018 $6 ROTABLATOR Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Apr 19, 2018 $4 EDWARDS SAPIEN 3 TRANSCATHETER HEART VALVE Food and Beverage EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORPORATION
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This site includes data published by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services on June 28, 2019.