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Product Program year 2020 Source: CMS Open Payments

Oncology

Device Optune

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General payments

$1,482,931

4,191 payments

Research payments

$0

0 payments

Through program year 2020, $1,482,931 in general payments and $0 in research payments were reported against Oncology (Optune).

No combined total These are different kinds of money, reported under different rules. A meal and a clinical trial grant do not add up to anything meaningful, so this site does not add them.

By program year

2 rows
Year Kind Amount Payments
2020 General $519,807 1,266
2019 General $963,123 2,925

Breakdown

Who paid General payments · program years 2019–2020
  1. Novocure Inc. $1,482,931 4,191 payments
Top recipients General payments · program year 2020
  1. Nicholas Avgeropoulos Neurology · Orlando, FL $25,382 5% · 40 payments
  2. Nicholas Blondin Neurology · Fairfield, CT $23,846 5% · 22 payments
  3. Volker Stieber Radiation Oncology · Winston Salem, NC $23,510 5% · 36 payments
  4. Amir Lavaf Radiation Oncology · Palm Springs, CA $21,901 4% · 26 payments
  5. Norleena Poynter Radiation Oncology · Sandusky, OH $19,965 4% · 30 payments

The top 5 of the 100 largest recipients; each share is of general payments naming this product in 2020.

The top 25 recipients, free in the app

Specialties paid General payments · program year 2020
  1. Radiation Oncology Radiology $245,799 50% · 367 practitioners
  2. Neurology Psychiatry & Neurology $128,153 26% · 60 practitioners
  3. Hematology & Oncology Internal Medicine $45,852 9% · 88 practitioners
  4. Medical Oncology Internal Medicine $27,502 6% · 31 practitioners
  5. Neurological Surgery $24,997 5% · 55 practitioners

The top 5 of 30 specialties; each share is of general payments naming this product to practitioners with a specialty in 2020. Each practitioner is counted under their primary specialty.

The top 25 specialties, free in the app

Where the money went General payments · program year 2020
  1. Florida $61,885 12% · 62 recipients
  2. California $48,234 9% · 75 recipients
  3. New York $48,025 9% · 25 recipients
  4. Tennessee $36,556 7% · 15 recipients
  5. Pennsylvania $33,039 6% · 32 recipients

The top 5 of 45 states; each share is of general payments naming this product in 2020 where a state was reported.

The top 25 states, free in the app

Records

4,191 general

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Provenance

Source: CMS Open Payments · through program year 2020

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