Dollars for Docs

How Industry Dollars Reach Your Doctors

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.

SEAMGUARD BIOABSORBABLE STAPLE LINE REINFORCEMENT
device

SEAMGUARD BIOABSORBABLE STAPLE LINE REINFORCEMENT

$435K

payments related to this device in 2018

413

doctors receiving payments in 2018

2

teaching hospitals receiving payments in 2018

1

company making payments related to this device in 2018

Companies Making Payments Related to this Device

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Company Payment
W. L. GORE & ASSOCIATES, INC. $435K

Top Doctors Receiving Payments Related to this Device

Totals listed account for all payments during the 2018 calendar year.

Doctor Location Money Paid
WILSON
ERIK WILSON

HOUSTON, TX

$34,486
JISER
MICHAEL JISER

NORTH CHELMSFORD, MA

$14,625
KEMMETER
PAUL KEMMETER

GRAND RAPIDS, MI

$13,679
POMP
ALFONS POMP

NEW YORK, NY

$12,819
KIM
KEITH KIM

CELEBRATION, FL

$11,914
MORTON
JOHN MORTON

STANFORD, CA

$11,783
KOTHARI
SHANU KOTHARI

LA CROSSE, WI

$9,878
GERSIN
KEITH GERSIN

CHARLOTTE, NC

$9,355
LUTFI
RAMI LUTFI

CHICAGO, IL

$9,151
KUWADA
TIMOTHY KUWADA

CHARLOTTE, NC

$8,929

Top Teaching Hospitals Receiving Payments Related to this Device

Hospital Location Money Paid
DUKE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL
DUKE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL

FAYETTEVILLE, NC

$50,000
UCI MEDICAL CENTER
UCI MEDICAL CENTER

ORANGE, CA

$2,500

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.