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.

ECHELON FLEX STAPLER
device

ECHELON FLEX STAPLER

$1.53M

payments related to this device in 2018

2,399

doctors receiving payments in 2018

7

teaching hospitals receiving payments in 2018

7

companies making payments related to this device in 2018

Companies Making Payments Related to this Device

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Company Payment
MEDICAL DEVICE BUSINESS SERVICES, INC. $1.22M
ETHICON US, LLC $236K
ETHICON INC. $47,365
JOHNSON & JOHNSON MEDICAL DEVICES & DIAGNOSTICS GROUP - LATIN AMERICA, L.L.C. $22,156
JOHNSON AND JOHNSON INTERNATIONAL $6,611
ETHICON ENDO-SURGERY INC. $2,100
JOHNSON & JOHNSON HEALTH CARE SYSTEMS INC. $92

Top Doctors Receiving Payments Related to this Device

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

Doctor Location Money Paid
HIGA
KELVIN HIGA

FRESNO, CA

$109K
KAPLAN
LEE KAPLAN

BOSTON, MA

$87,541
MORTMAN
KEITH MORTMAN

SPRINGFIELD, MA

$64,733
DOVEC
ELIZABETH DOVEC

NASHVILLE, TN

$62,003
WHEATLEY
GRAYSON WHEATLEY

NASHVILLE, TN

$57,672
LONGCOPE
DAVID LONGCOPE

DENVER, CO

$52,209
ZELTSMAN
VADIM ZELTSMAN

GREAT NECK, NY

$44,895
PETERS
WALTER PETERS

DALLAS, TX

$43,581
KIM
KEITH KIM

CELEBRATION, FL

$42,828
DYLEWSKI
MARK DYLEWSKI

SOUTH MIAMI, FL

$39,387

Top Teaching Hospitals Receiving Payments Related to this Device

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.