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Aron Kefela, MD

Hematology & Oncology · Hiram, GANPI 1932374980

Payments from drug & device makers

$591,488in general payments, 2019–2025

Across 1,303 payments — averaging $453.94 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.

  • Johnson & Johnson$155K
  • Rigel Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$134K
  • E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C.$100K
  • Coherus Oncology, Inc.$66K
  • Amgen$65K
  • Pfizer$22K
  • plus $48K from 54 others

What the payments were for

  • Consulting fees$115,06319%
  • Speaking & faculty fees$380,91564%
  • Travel & lodging$61,55210%
  • Food & beverage$32,9586%
  • Education$1,0020%

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.

CompanyPaymentsTotal
Johnson & Johnson(2 entities)193$155,469
Rigel Pharmaceuticals, Inc.159$133,738
E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C.105$99,993
Coherus Oncology, Inc.73$65,991
Amgen100$65,471
Pfizer80$22,302
Array Biopharma Inc24$12,946
AstraZeneca(2 entities)60$6,415
Ipsen Biopharmaceuticals, Inc3$4,054
Genentech USA, Inc.39$3,761
Sanofi18$3,700
Janssen Scientific Affairs, LLC2$1,864
R-pharm US LLC2$1,323
Secura Bio, Inc.10$1,063
Novartis48$1,011
Bristol Myers Squibb15$970
Astellas Pharma US Inc4$882
AbbVie23$833
Seagen Inc.34$825
Merck26$624
Daiichi Sankyo Inc.24$566
Eisai Inc.24$513
Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc.13$446
ADC Therapeutics America, Inc.7$409
Stemline Therapeutics Inc.10$398
GSK13$368
Legend Biotech USA Inc.6$368
Exelixis Inc.15$361
Celltrion USA Inc.2$329
Sobi, Inc14$302
Incyte Corporation14$290
Jazz Pharmaceuticals Inc.9$279
Gilead(2 entities)14$277
Bayer11$261
Beone Medicines USA, Inc.6$212
Karyopharm Therapeutics Inc.9$212
Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.7$211
Genmab U.S., Inc.2$205
Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC2$178
Adaptive Biotechnologies Corporation4$164
Pharmacyclics LLC, An Abbvie Company6$156
Deciphera Pharmaceuticals Inc.6$139
Epizyme, Inc.3$134
Puma Biotechnology, Inc.6$125
Lilly USA, LLC6$112
Blueprint Medicines Corporation4$111
Varian Medical Systems, Inc.1$105
Pharmaessentia USA Corporation5$92
EMD Serono, Inc.4$89
Tersera Therapeutics LLC3$82
Beigene USA, Inc.4$65
Boehringer Ingelheim2$64
Springworks Therapeutics, Inc.3$62
Foundation Medicine, Inc.3$57
Caris MPI, Inc.1$53
Tesaro, Inc.2$49
Agios Pharmaceuticals, Inc.2$44
Pharmacosmos Therapeutics Inc.2$44
Clovis Oncology, Inc.2$35
Taiho Oncology, Inc.1$35

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

$591,488 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 370 hematology & oncology providers in Georgia.

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Medicare billing

Part B allowed, 2024
$83,638
Medicare patients
406
Services billed
1,008

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
RevlimidLenalidomide47$797,770
PomalystPomalidomide12$273,630
Lenalidomide14$197,256
BrukinsaZanubrutinib12$179,847
EliquisApixaban225$167,371
XareltoRivaroxaban143$119,762
OxycontinOxycodone Hcl19$16,675
Anastrozole251$4,305
Exemestane20$2,442
Ondansetron Hcl133$2,320
Hydroxyurea68$1,934
Oxycodone Hcl84$1,773
ValacyclovirValacyclovir Hcl42$1,493
Prochlorperazine Maleate124$1,414
Morphine Sulfate ErMorphine Sulfate46$1,175

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
Bristol Myers SquibbRevlimid$970$797,77047 claims
E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C.Pomalyst$99,993$273,63012 claims
Beigene USA, Inc.Brukinsa$65$179,84712 claims
PfizerEliquis$22,302$167,371225 claims
Johnson & JohnsonXarelto$155,469$119,762143 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 85th percentile of 370 hematology & oncology providers in Georgia.

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