Anna Varghese, MD
Internal Medicine · New York, NYNPI 1538327457
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $178 of the $262 with a category attached, or 68.0%. 6 manufacturers reported payments, led by GSK at 41.2% of the total.
Across 6 payments — averaging $43.69 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- GSK$108
- Johnson & Johnson$84
- Aimmune Therapeutics, Inc.$20
- Lilly USA, LLC$19
- AbbVie$16
- Merck$15
Across 29 payments — averaging $57,965 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.
- E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C.$1.1M
- Eli Lilly$214K
- Novartis$172K
- Merck$139K
- GSK$55K
- Verastem, Inc.$5K
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$17868%
- Education$8432%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| GSK | 1 | $108 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $84 |
| Aimmune Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 1 | $19 |
| AbbVie | 1 | $16 |
| Merck | 1 | $15 |
How this compares
$262 in reported general payments places this provider in the 55th percentile of 9,771 internal medicine providers in New York.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| ZenpepLipase/Protease/Amylase | 46 | $107,772 |
| CreonLipase/Protease/Amylase | 31 | $41,898 |
| Enoxaparin Sodium | 16 | $5,068 |
| Opium Tincture | 20 | $4,694 |
| Ondansetron Hcl | 49 | $1,174 |
| Prochlorperazine Maleate | 36 | $1,131 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 41 | $488 |
| Gabapentin | 28 | $336 |
| Diphenoxylate-AtropineDiphenoxylate Hcl/Atropine | 14 | $313 |
| Pantoprazole Sodium | 36 | $301 |
| Lidocaine-PrilocaineLidocaine/Prilocaine | 13 | $122 |
| Lorazepam | 15 | $91 |
| Omeprazole | 13 | $75 |
| Prednisone | 11 | $31 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Aimmune Therapeutics, Inc.Zenpep | $20 | $107,77246 claims |
| AbbVieCreon | $16 | $41,89831 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 55th percentile of 9,771 internal medicine providers in New York.
Other internal medicine in New York
- Stephen SaletanNew York$2.6M
- Ziad AliNew York$2M
- Ricky HsuNew York$1M
- James UnderbergNew York$953K
- Terry PlasseNew York$883K
- Krisczar BungayNew York$554K
- Eytan SteinNew York$496K
- Larry NeumanNew York$457K
- Wuhua JingNew York$338K
- Harvey SchneienNew York$334K
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.