Octopus

Device Medtronic Vascular, Inc.
Total Payments
$377,834
Transactions
1,035
Doctors
267
Companies
2

Payment Trends by Year

Year Amount Transactions Doctors
2021 $42,463 84 40
2020 $52,624 32 18
2019 $60,954 208 89
2018 $113,467 342 95
2017 $108,325 369 114

Payments by Nature

Nature of Payment Amount Transactions Share
Compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program $244,045 58 64.6%
Travel and Lodging $94,699 183 25.1%
Food and Beverage $37,894 785 10.0%
Consulting Fee $1,196 9 0.3%

Top Doctors Receiving Payments for Octopus — Page 6

Doctor Specialty Location Total Records
, DO Vascular Surgery Cleveland, OH $128.72 1
Xun Luo Surgery Cleveland, OH $128.72 1
, M.D Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program Cleveland, OH $128.72 1
, M.D Urology Los Angeles, CA $125.52 1
, MD Vascular Surgery Chicago, IL $122.36 2
, MD Anesthesiology Asheville, NC $119.58 1
, M.D Anesthesiology Bangor, ME $116.45 1
John Johnkoski Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) Wausau, WI $113.17 2
, MD Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) Wausau, WI $113.17 2
, M.D Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) Chagrin Falls, OH $107.89 11
, MD Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) Cincinnati, OH $106.54 1
, MD Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) Tucson, AZ $106.54 1
, DO Cardiovascular Disease Sewell, NJ $105.64 1
, MD, MPH Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology Cherry Hill, NJ $105.64 1
, DO Surgery Scranton, PA $105.64 1
, MD Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) Reading, PA $105.64 1
, MD Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) Waukesha, WI $103.13 1
, M.D Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) Louisville, KY $101.71 4
, MD Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) Birmingham, AL $100.30 1
James Davies Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) Birmingham, AL $90.12 2
, MD Anesthesiology Winchester, VA $87.22 1
, M.D Anesthesiology Winchester, VA $87.22 1
, MD Internal Medicine Southampton, PA $87.22 1
, MD Anesthesiology Hattiesburg, MS $81.07 2
, M.D Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) Charleston, WV $77.34 1

About Octopus

Octopus is a device associated with $377,834 in payments to 267 healthcare providers, recorded across 1,035 transactions in the CMS Open Payments database. The primary manufacturer is Medtronic Vascular, Inc..

Payment data is available from 2017 to 2021. In 2021, $42,463 was paid across 84 transactions to 40 doctors.

The most common payment nature for Octopus is "Compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program" ($244,045, 64.6% of total).