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FRANK R ARKO
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FRANK R ARKO

Listed Specialty: Surgery
326 W HOBSONWAY, NAVY HOSPITAL, BLYTHE, CA, 92225-1640
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DR. FRANK ARKO,
Yearly Payment Breakdown:

2018 Payments At a Glance

27

payments

$5,517

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
Nonaccredited Training
 1 $2,500
Travel and Lodging
 10 $2,192
Food and Beverage
 16 $826

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†
COOK MEDICAL IAA

device

 $2,500
Payments with no listed product

N/A

 $981
COOK MEDICAL INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY

device

 $827
INDIGO

device

 $522
ENDURANT

device

 $393
COOK MEDICAL STENTS

device

 $169
IGT UNDIVIDED

device

 $122
PENUMBRA RUBY COIL

device

 $4
† 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 6, 2018 $2,500 COOK MEDICAL IAA Nonaccredited Training COOK INCORPORATED
Oct 25, 2018 $689 COOK MEDICAL INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY Travel and Lodging COOK MEDICAL LLC
Oct 22, 2018 $375 No Listed Product Travel and Lodging MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Oct 22, 2018 $213 No Listed Product Travel and Lodging MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Oct 22, 2018 $176 No Listed Product Travel and Lodging MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Sep 30, 2018 $169 COOK MEDICAL STENTS Travel and Lodging COOK MEDICAL LLC
Apr 16, 2018 $157 ENDURANT Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Jan 17, 2018 $156 ENDURANT Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Jun 23, 2018 $139 INDIGO Travel and Lodging PENUMBRA, INC.
Oct 30, 2018 $137 COOK MEDICAL INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY Travel and Lodging COOK MEDICAL LLC
Oct 10, 2018 $122 IGT UNDIVIDED Travel and Lodging PHILIPS ELECTRONICS NORTH AMERICA CORPORATION
Apr 29, 2018 $113 INDIGO Travel and Lodging PENUMBRA, INC.
Apr 26, 2018 $94 INDIGO Food and Beverage PENUMBRA, INC.
Nov 12, 2018 $64 No Listed Product Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Nov 12, 2018 $62 No Listed Product Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
May 24, 2018 $58 INDIGO Travel and Lodging PENUMBRA, INC.
Feb 4, 2018 $50 INDIGO Food and Beverage PENUMBRA, INC.
Apr 27, 2018 $48 INDIGO Food and Beverage PENUMBRA, INC.
Nov 12, 2018 $45 No Listed Product Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Nov 12, 2018 $45 No Listed Product Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Sep 26, 2018 $34 ENDURANT Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Apr 27, 2018 $18 INDIGO Food and Beverage PENUMBRA, INC.
Sep 24, 2018 $18 ENDURANT Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Jan 14, 2018 $17 ENDURANT Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Mar 28, 2018 $11 ENDURANT Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
May 2, 2018 $4 PENUMBRA RUBY COIL Food and Beverage PENUMBRA, INC.
Apr 27, 2018 $3 INDIGO Food and Beverage PENUMBRA, INC.
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This site includes data published by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services on June 28, 2019.