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ERIC ACHESON
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ERIC ACHESON

Listed Specialty: Surgery
3705 MEDICAL PKWY, SUITE 250, AUSTIN, TX, 78705-1019
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DR. ERIC ACHESON,
Yearly Payment Breakdown:

2018 Payments At a Glance

36

payments

$30,852

payment total

8

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
Education
 11 $29,000
Food and Beverage
 24 $1,377
Travel and Lodging
 1 $475

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†
DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM

device

 $29,991
SEAMGUARD BIOABSORBABLE STAPLE LINE REINFORCEMENT

device

 $496
EVIS EXERA

device

 $149
NASCOBAL

drug

 $73
TRI-STAPLE

device

 $54
IDRIVE ULTRA

device

 $27
PHASIX

device

 $22
SYNECOR BIOMATERIAL

device

 $17
CAIMAN VESSEL SEALERS

device

 $12
FLEXITOUCH

device

 $12
ACTITOUCH

device

 $12
ENTRE

device

 $12
† 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
Jul 25, 2018 $4,000 DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM Education INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.
Mar 28, 2018 $4,000 DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM Education INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.
Feb 27, 2018 $4,000 DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM Education INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.
May 2, 2018 $4,000 DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM Education INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.
Aug 8, 2018 $4,000 DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM Education INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.
Jan 17, 2018 $4,000 DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM Education INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.
May 30, 2018 $1,000 DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM Education INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.
May 16, 2018 $1,000 DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM Education INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.
Mar 28, 2018 $1,000 DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM Education INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.
Aug 22, 2018 $1,000 DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM Education INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.
Nov 28, 2018 $1,000 DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM Education INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.
Feb 2, 2018 $475 SEAMGUARD BIOABSORBABLE STAPLE LINE REINFORCEMENT Travel and Lodging W. L. GORE & ASSOCIATES, INC.
Jan 17, 2018 $150 DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM Food and Beverage INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.
May 2, 2018 $150 DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM Food and Beverage INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.
Aug 8, 2018 $150 DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM Food and Beverage INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.
Jul 25, 2018 $150 DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM Food and Beverage INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.
Feb 27, 2018 $150 DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM Food and Beverage INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.
Mar 28, 2018 $150 DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM Food and Beverage INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.
Apr 26, 2018 $149 EVIS EXERA Food and Beverage OLYMPUS AMERICA INC.
Dec 10, 2018 $54 TRI-STAPLE Food and Beverage COVIDIEN LP
Sep 21, 2018 $27 IDRIVE ULTRA Food and Beverage COVIDIEN LP
Oct 26, 2018 $23 DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM Food and Beverage INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.
Sep 12, 2018 $22 PHASIX Food and Beverage DAVOL INC.
Aug 16, 2018 $21 DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM Food and Beverage INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.
Oct 18, 2018 $21 SEAMGUARD BIOABSORBABLE STAPLE LINE REINFORCEMENT Food and Beverage W. L. GORE & ASSOCIATES, INC.
Sep 4, 2018 $21 DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM Food and Beverage INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.
Mar 8, 2018 $18 NASCOBAL Food and Beverage ENDO PHARMACEUTICALS INC.
May 23, 2018 $17 NASCOBAL Food and Beverage ENDO PHARMACEUTICALS INC.
Feb 1, 2018 $17 SYNECOR BIOMATERIAL Food and Beverage W. L. GORE & ASSOCIATES, INC.
Jun 26, 2018 $14 DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM Food and Beverage INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.
Dec 5, 2018 $13 NASCOBAL Food and Beverage ENDO PHARMACEUTICALS INC.
Jul 31, 2018 $12 DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM Food and Beverage INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.
Nov 29, 2018 $12 CAIMAN VESSEL SEALERS Food and Beverage AESCULAP, INC.
Oct 9, 2018 $12 NASCOBAL Food and Beverage ENDO PHARMACEUTICALS INC.
Jul 24, 2018 $12 FLEXITOUCH ACTITOUCH ENTRE Food and Beverage TACTILE SYSTEMS TECHNOLOGY INC
Sep 13, 2018 $11 NASCOBAL Food and Beverage ENDO PHARMACEUTICALS 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.