Alok Kumar, MD
Pulmonary Disease · New Port Richey, FLNPI 1689672719
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 93.4% of the total across 96 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. It is spread thinly across 21 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 18.0% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. 2025 is the largest year on record at $1,057, 3.0 times the $351 reported in 2019. That places this record below the midpoint for pulmonary disease clinicians in FL, where the typical reported total is $2,936.
Across 96 payments — averaging $25.91 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Inspire Medical Systems, Inc.$448
- AstraZeneca$392
- GSK$318
- Boehringer Ingelheim$224
- Insmed, Inc.$212
- Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc.$196
- plus $697 from 15 others
Across 16 payments — averaging $1393.12 each. Payments tied to a research study. These frequently flow through the physician to a hospital or research institution rather than to the physician personally.
- Insmed, Inc.$22K
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$2,32393%
- Education$1657%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Inspire Medical Systems, Inc. | 5 | $448 |
| AstraZeneca | 21 | $392 |
| GSK | 16 | $318 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 5 | $224 |
| Insmed, Inc. | 7 | $212 |
| Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc. | 6 | $196 |
| Jazz Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 5 | $94 |
| Vanda Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 3 | $93 |
| Sanofi | 4 | $88 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 4 | $86 |
| Harmony Biosciences LLC | 3 | $60 |
| Electromed, Inc. | 6 | $50 |
| Amgen(2 entities) | 2 | $46 |
| Mylan Specialty L.p. | 2 | $38 |
| Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc. | 1 | $33 |
| Verona Pharma, Inc. | 1 | $23 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $21 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 1 | $20 |
| AbbVie | 1 | $17 |
| Shionogi Inc | 1 | $16 |
| Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
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.
- Inspire$354
How this compares
$2,487 in reported general payments places this provider in the 45th percentile of 953 pulmonary disease providers in Florida.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Trelegy ElliptaFluticasone/Umeclidin/Vilanter | 514 | $416,104 |
| Breztri AerosphereBudesonide/Glycopyr/Formoterol | 122 | $91,377 |
| SymbicortBudesonide/Formoterol Fumarate | 203 | $67,364 |
| Breo ElliptaFluticasone/Vilanterol | 87 | $44,245 |
| Ambrisentan | 13 | $37,050 |
| Spiriva RespimatTiotropium Bromide | 50 | $34,476 |
| Anoro ElliptaUmeclidinium Brm/Vilanterol Tr | 52 | $30,030 |
| Fluticasone-SalmeterolFluticasone Propion/Salmeterol | 148 | $22,647 |
| Albuterol Sulfate HfaAlbuterol Sulfate | 717 | $19,389 |
| Stiolto RespimatTiotropium Br/Olodaterol Hcl | 22 | $18,755 |
| Wixela InhubFluticasone Propion/Salmeterol | 135 | $16,266 |
| Tiotropium Bromide | 16 | $13,646 |
| Spiriva HandihalerTiotropium Bromide | 27 | $13,609 |
| Incruse ElliptaUmeclidinium Bromide | 31 | $13,063 |
| EliquisApixaban | 22 | $12,842 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| GSKTrelegy Ellipta, Breo Ellipta, Anoro Ellipta, Incruse Ellipta | $318 | $503,442684 claims |
| AstraZenecaBreztri Aerosphere, Symbicort | $392 | $158,741325 claims |
| Boehringer IngelheimSpiriva Respimat, Stiolto Respimat | $224 | $53,23272 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 45th percentile of 953 pulmonary disease providers in Florida.
Other pulmonary disease in New Port Richey
- Franck RahaghiWeston$1.2M
- Michael OttEglin Afb$909K
- Ali JiwaniOrlando$859K
- Anas HadehWeston$800K
- Jennifer FultonJacksonville$665K
- Ricardo Restrepo-JaramilloTampa$555K
- Mark RumbakTampa$528K
- Jose Soto SotoJacksonville$504K
- Javier Perez FernandezMiami$496K
- Domenick ReinaTampa$469K
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.