RxDoctor Payments Data

Anthony Suchoski, MD

Sleep Medicine · Cincinnati, OHNPI 1285838201

Payments from drug & device makers

What this record shows

The money is spread across several categories — speaking fees (53.3%), consulting fees and food and beverage — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 20 manufacturers reported payments, led by Idorsia Pharmaceuticals US Inc at 37.1% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $39,063 and has fallen 88.2% since, to $4,625 in 2025. Among sleep medicine clinicians in OH with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 5% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.

$89,298in general payments, 2019–2025

Across 611 payments — averaging $146.15 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.

  • Idorsia Pharmaceuticals US Inc$33K
  • Axsome Therapeutics, Inc.$23K
  • Harmony Biosciences LLC$16K
  • Jazz Pharmaceuticals Inc.$11K
  • ZOLL Respicardia, Inc.$2K
  • Inspire Medical Systems, Inc.$864
  • plus $3K from 14 others

What the payments were for

  • Consulting fees$21,32724%
  • Speaking & faculty fees$47,63853%
  • Travel & lodging$5,9027%
  • Food & beverage$14,15116%
  • Education$2800%

General payments by program year

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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.

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

$89,298 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 94 sleep medicine providers in Ohio.

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Medicare billing

Part B allowed, 2024
$80,254
Medicare patients
369
Services billed
648

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

DrugClaimsCost to plans & patients
Sodium Oxybate11$210,175
WakixPitolisant Hcl27$176,554
BelsomraSuvorexant46$27,983
SunosiSolriamfetol Hcl18$18,847
NuvigilArmodafinil11$11,482
Modafinil45$5,516
Armodafinil18$2,367
Zaleplon40$1,045
Dextroamphetamine-AmphetamineDextroamphetamine/Amphetamine24$822
Ropinirole Hcl29$678
Methylphenidate Hcl36$518
Zolpidem Tartrate55$357
Pramipexole DihydrochloridePramipexole Di-Hcl22$295
Trazodone Hcl39$220
Eszopiclone11$200

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.

CompanyPaid to this providerPart D cost of their drugs
Harmony Biosciences LLCWakix$15,985$176,55427 claims
MerckBelsomra$405$27,98346 claims
Axsome Therapeutics, Inc.Sunosi$23,163$18,84718 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 95th percentile of 94 sleep medicine providers in Ohio.

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