Bhuvaneswari Dandapani, MD
Neurology · Melbourne, FLNPI 1609866136
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 90 payments — averaging $17.59 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$255
- Novartis$233
- Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$125
- UCB, Inc.$97
- Greenwich Biosciences, Inc.$95
- Acorda Therapeutics, Inc$89
- plus $690 from 22 others
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$896%
- Food & beverage$1,49594%
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) | 12 | $255 |
| Novartis | 16 | $233 |
| Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 6 | $125 |
| UCB, Inc. | 6 | $97 |
| Greenwich Biosciences, Inc. | 5 | $95 |
| Acorda Therapeutics, Inc | 5 | $89 |
| Amgen | 4 | $73 |
| Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. | 4 | $71 |
| Avanir Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 3 | $53 |
| EMD Serono, Inc. | 2 | $50 |
| Lundbeck LLC | 2 | $38 |
| MDD US Operations, LLC | 3 | $38 |
| Portola Pharmaceuticals, LLC | 2 | $36 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $35 |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 2 | $34 |
| SK Life Science, Inc. | 1 | $31 |
| Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 3 | $30 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $28 |
| Catalyst Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $23 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $22 |
| Sanofi | 1 | $21 |
| Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Kyowa Kirin, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 1 | $19 |
| Acadia Pharmaceuticals Inc | 1 | $15 |
| Eisai Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $13 |
| Aucta Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $8 |
How this compares
$1,583 in reported general payments places this provider in the 40th percentile of 1,434 neurology 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Rivastigmine | 83 | $26,227 |
| Aimovig AutoinjectorErenumab-Aooe | 23 | $22,392 |
| Nurtec OdtRimegepant Sulfate | 15 | $14,524 |
| Gabapentin | 538 | $11,283 |
| Carbidopa-LevodopaCarbidopa/Levodopa | 205 | $10,524 |
| Memantine Hcl | 311 | $9,302 |
| Levetiracetam | 146 | $4,815 |
| BrilintaTicagrelor | 12 | $4,586 |
| Pyridostigmine Bromide | 21 | $3,310 |
| Primidone | 107 | $3,200 |
| Pregabalin | 85 | $3,124 |
| Donepezil Hcl | 127 | $2,868 |
| Lacosamide | 25 | $2,279 |
| ClopidogrelClopidogrel Bisulfate | 103 | $1,622 |
| Duloxetine Hcl | 46 | $1,551 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other neurology in Melbourne
- Mark GoldsteinAtlantis$36.1M
- Derrick RobertsonTampa$27.6M
- Beth SafirsteinHallandale Beach$25.7M
- Michael PfefferMiami$24.5M
- Mark BrodyDelray Beach$20.5M
- Paayal PatelWest Palm Beach$17.3M
- Wendy BondFort Myers$14.7M
- William HoneycuttMaitland$14.1M
- Julie SchwartzbardAventura$13.6M
- Rekha GandhiWinter Park$13.4M
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.