Anita Varma, MD
Psychiatry · Memphis, TNNPI 1760498182
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 98.1% of the total across 626 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 24 manufacturers reported payments, led by AbbVie at 25.4% of the total. Among psychiatry clinicians in TN with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 10% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 626 payments — averaging $17.35 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$3K
- Johnson & Johnson$1K
- Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc.$987
- Alkermes, Inc.$746
- Lundbeck LLC$710
- ITI, Inc. (d/b/a Intra-cellular Therapies, Inc.)$701
- plus $4K from 18 others
Across 182 payments — averaging $7009.91 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.
- AbbVie$454K
- Otsuka Pharmaceutical Development & Commercialization, Inc.$380K
- Acadia Pharmaceuticals Inc$245K
- Avanir Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$58K
- Sage Therapeutics, LLC$39K
- Arbor Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$32K
- plus $68K from 3 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$10,65898%
- Education$2032%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 174 | $2,763 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 60 | $1,118 |
| Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 76 | $987 |
| Alkermes, Inc. | 37 | $746 |
| Lundbeck LLC | 40 | $710 |
| ITI, Inc. (d/b/a Intra-cellular Therapies, Inc.) | 37 | $701 |
| Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc. | 30 | $685 |
| Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 33 | $649 |
| Vanda Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 28 | $501 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 29 | $492 |
| Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. | 22 | $473 |
| Tris Pharma Inc | 15 | $245 |
| Bausch Health US, LLC | 10 | $190 |
| Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 7 | $123 |
| Ironshore Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 8 | $118 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 3 | $68 |
| Eisai Inc. | 3 | $59 |
| Merck | 3 | $50 |
| Corium, LLC | 3 | $50 |
| Axsome Therapeutics, Inc. | 2 | $38 |
| Indivior Inc. | 2 | $33 |
| Shire North American Group Inc | 2 | $26 |
| Acadia Pharmaceuticals Inc | 1 | $22 |
| Idorsia Pharmaceuticals US Inc | 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.
How this compares
$10,861 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 503 psychiatry providers in Tennessee.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| IngrezzaValbenazine Tosylate | 25 | $201,678 |
| AustedoDeutetrabenazine | 14 | $80,069 |
| Abilify MaintenaAripiprazole | 22 | $56,590 |
| RexultiBrexpiprazole | 37 | $53,270 |
| VraylarCariprazine Hcl | 22 | $43,450 |
| Lurasidone Hcl | 87 | $21,222 |
| TrintellixVortioxetine Hydrobromide | 42 | $20,326 |
| ClozarilClozapine | 11 | $15,231 |
| LamictalLamotrigine | 13 | $9,089 |
| Paliperidone ErPaliperidone | 24 | $5,643 |
| Aripiprazole | 88 | $5,129 |
| Asenapine Maleate | 16 | $3,342 |
| Clozapine | 35 | $3,088 |
| Carbamazepine ErCarbamazepine | 24 | $2,417 |
| Sertraline Hcl | 77 | $2,399 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc.Ingrezza | $685 | $201,67825 claims |
| Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc.Abilify Maintena, Rexulti | $987 | $109,86059 claims |
| Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc.Austedo | $473 | $80,06914 claims |
| AbbVieVraylar | $2,763 | $43,45022 claims |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.Trintellix | $492 | $20,32642 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 90th percentile of 503 psychiatry providers in Tennessee.
Other psychiatry in Memphis
- Daniel BoydMemphis$69K
- Melissa ShelbyMemphis$14K
- Kenny TerryMemphis$14K
- Robert HoehnMemphis$12K
- Rakesh AminNashville$3M
- Brian BonfardinJohnson City$2.6M
- John FenleyJohnson City$1.4M
- David SnowMaryville$605K
- Karthi NamasivayamKnoxville$225K
- Robert JamiesonNashville$141K
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.