Alok Bhagat, MD
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 263 payments — averaging $18.03 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- UCB, Inc.$709
- Biogen$548
- Novartis$373
- Amgen$295
- AstraZeneca$284
- Lundbeck LLC$283
- plus $2K from 33 others
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$170%
- Food & beverage$4,69299%
- Education$331%
Most of this is food and beverage — typically meals provided during product presentations at a clinic or hospital. Nationally that is the single largest category of reported payments by count.
General payments by program year
Who reported the general payments
Companies are grouped under their corporate parent — a single manufacturer often files under several CMS reporting entities. Research and ownership payments are counted separately and are not in this table.
| Company | Payments | Total |
|---|---|---|
| UCB, Inc. | 49 | $709 |
| Biogen | 27 | $548 |
| Novartis | 27 | $373 |
| Amgen(2 entities) | 15 | $295 |
| AstraZeneca | 12 | $284 |
| Lundbeck LLC | 11 | $283 |
| Bristol Myers Squibb | 13 | $196 |
| Eisai Inc. | 7 | $176 |
| SK Life Science, Inc. | 7 | $148 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 2 | $119 |
| Vanda Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 5 | $118 |
| Upsher-smith Laboratories LLC | 5 | $116 |
| Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. | 8 | $112 |
| AbbVie | 5 | $95 |
| Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 6 | $94 |
| Sanofi | 5 | $93 |
| Jazz Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 5 | $87 |
| Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 5 | $83 |
| Kyowa Kirin, Inc. | 4 | $75 |
| EMD Serono, Inc. | 5 | $75 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 5 | $68 |
| Avanir Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 4 | $64 |
| Harmony Biosciences LLC | 4 | $62 |
| Catalyst Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 3 | $61 |
| MDD US Operations, LLC | 4 | $55 |
| Axsome Therapeutics, Inc. | 2 | $49 |
| GE HealthCare | 3 | $39 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 2 | $37 |
| Acadia Pharmaceuticals Inc | 2 | $35 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $25 |
| Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc. | 1 | $25 |
| TG Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $25 |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Xeris Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Acorda Therapeutics, Inc | 1 | $17 |
| Pfizer | 1 | $17 |
| Amneal Pharmaceuticals LLC | 1 | $15 |
| Cycle Pharmaceuticals Inc | 1 | $14 |
| Merz Pharmaceuticals, LLC | 1 | $13 |
What the payments were tied to
Products named in the reported payments. Only payments of $100 or more are attributed here — the typical reported payment nationally is a meal worth about $16, and listing those product-by-product would be noise.
- ZEPOSIA$105
How this compares
$4,743 in reported general payments places this provider in the 60th percentile of 702 neurology providers in Ohio.
Medicare billing
What this is not: this is the amount Original Medicare Part B allowed for services this provider billed in 2024. It is not their income. It excludes Medicare Advantage — now more than half of all Medicare enrollment — along with Medicaid and all commercial insurance, and it is gross practice revenue before staff, rent, supplies and malpractice premiums. CMS also suppresses any figure covering ten or fewer patients, so low-volume providers appear smaller than they are.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| ApokynApomorphine Hcl | 17 | $711,995 |
| AustedoDeutetrabenazine | 14 | $96,036 |
| AptiomEslicarbazepine Acetate | 12 | $31,505 |
| XcopriCenobamate | 23 | $29,040 |
| Glatiramer Acetate | 14 | $27,306 |
| BriviactBrivaracetam | 16 | $26,695 |
| Carbidopa-Levodopa-EntacaponeCarbidopa/Levodopa/Entacapone | 70 | $15,651 |
| FingolimodFingolimod Hcl | 18 | $15,034 |
| Levetiracetam | 616 | $13,100 |
| Carbamazepine ErCarbamazepine | 84 | $12,378 |
| Carbidopa-LevodopaCarbidopa/Levodopa | 493 | $12,215 |
| Aimovig AutoinjectorErenumab-Aooe | 11 | $11,248 |
| UbrelvyUbrogepant | 13 | $10,570 |
| DepakoteDivalproex Sodium | 16 | $6,408 |
| Carbamazepine | 108 | $5,306 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Companies that both paid and supply prescribed drugs
These companies both reported payments to this provider and make drugs the provider prescribed under Medicare Part D in 2024. For most specialties this overlap is expected — a cardiologist who is paid by a cardiology drugmaker also treats heart disease. It is shown so the reader can see it, not because it implies anything on its own.
| Company | Paid to this provider | Part D cost of their drugs |
|---|---|---|
| Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc.Austedo | $112 | $96,03614 claims |
| Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc.Aptiom | $94 | $31,50512 claims |
| SK Life Science, Inc.Xcopri | $148 | $29,04023 claims |
| UCB, Inc.Briviact | $709 | $26,69516 claims |
| AbbVieUbrelvy | $95 | $10,57013 claims |
| Amneal Pharmaceuticals LLCPyridostigmine Bromide | $15 | $2,67454 claims |
| PfizerDilantin | $17 | $2,42126 claims |
| Upsher-smith Laboratories LLCTopiramate | $116 | $1,070112 claims |
Reading this fairly. The Part D column is what drug plans and patients paid pharmacies — this provider received none of it, and it reflects how many patients they treat and what those drugs cost. Against peers, this provider's reported payments sit in the 60th percentile of 702 neurology providers in Ohio.
Other neurology in Dover
- Joel VandersluisDayton$12.3M
- Jerry MendellColumbus$11.5M
- Lawrence GoldstickDayton$6.9M
- Douglas ScharreColumbus$6.8M
- Robert BermelCleveland$6.4M
- Aaron BosterColumbus$6.3M
- Ryan DrakeCanton$5.5M
- Aram ZabetiCincinnati$5.3M
- Mark StillmanIndependence$4.6M
- Deren HuangNewark$4.6M
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Billing: Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners, data year 2024. Original Medicare Part B only.
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.