Product Program year 2021 Source: CMS Open Payments

VNS - Symmetry

Device Cardiology/Vascular Diseases

PDI 5425025750504

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General payments

$76,802

537 payments

Research payments

$4,015,600

1,005 payments

Through program year 2021, $76,802 in general payments and $4,015,600 in research payments were reported against VNS - Symmetry (Cardiology/Vascular Diseases).

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
2021 General $76,802 537
2021 Research $4,015,600 1,005

Breakdown

Who paid General payments · program year 2021
  1. LivaNova USA, Inc. $76,802 537 payments
Top recipients General payments · program year 2021
  1. Augustus Rush Psychiatry · Dallas, TX $25,891 34% · 9 payments
  2. Scott Aaronson Psychiatry · Baltimore, MD $12,349 16% · 4 payments
  3. Gustavo Alva Psychiatry · Orange, CA $11,175 15% · 26 payments
  4. Michael Ettner Emergency Medicine · Saint Maries, ID $900 1% · 1 payment
  5. Alejandro Alva Psychiatry · Costa Mesa, CA $667 <1% · 16 payments

The top 5 of the 100 largest recipients; each share is of general payments naming this product in 2021.

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Specialties paid General payments · program year 2021
  1. Psychiatry Psychiatry & Neurology $67,034 88% · 170 practitioners
  2. Neurology Psychiatry & Neurology $1,722 2% · 15 practitioners
  3. Physician Assistant $1,197 2% · 22 practitioners
  4. Neurological Surgery $913 1% · 9 practitioners
  5. Emergency Medicine $900 1% · 1 practitioner

The top 5 of 33 specialties; each share is of general payments naming this product to practitioners with a specialty in 2021. Each practitioner is counted under their primary specialty.

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Where the money went General payments · program year 2021
  1. Texas $27,156 35% · 31 recipients
  2. California $17,575 23% · 57 recipients
  3. Maryland $12,349 16% · 1 recipient
  4. Florida $8,712 11% · 95 recipients
  5. South Carolina $1,708 2% · 8 recipients

The top 5 of 28 states; each share is of general payments naming this product in 2021 where a state was reported.

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537 general · 1,005 research

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Provenance

Source: CMS Open Payments · through program year 2021

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