Bikash Sharma, MD
Addiction Psychiatry · Ellicott City, MDNPI 1841454964
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 16 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 8 manufacturers reported payments, led by Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. at 27.9% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2024 at $151 and has fallen 63.9% since, to $55 in 2025.
Across 16 payments — averaging $20.36 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$91
- ITI, Inc. (d/b/a Intra-cellular Therapies, Inc.)$78
- Alkermes, Inc.$43
- Axsome Therapeutics, Inc.$30
- Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc.$29
- Indivior Inc.$23
- plus $33 from 2 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$326100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 5 | $91 |
| ITI, Inc. (d/b/a Intra-cellular Therapies, Inc.) | 4 | $78 |
| Alkermes, Inc. | 2 | $43 |
| Axsome Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $30 |
| Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 1 | $29 |
| Indivior Inc. | 1 | $23 |
| AbbVie | 1 | $19 |
| Vanda Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $14 |
How this compares
Too few addiction psychiatry providers in Marylandto place this figure against a meaningful peer group, so we don't.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Desvenlafaxine Succinate ErDesvenlafaxine Succinate | 13 | $866 |
| Clonazepam | 13 | $392 |
| Bupropion XlBupropion Hcl | 29 | $291 |
| Mirtazapine | 18 | $250 |
| Quetiapine Fumarate | 15 | $210 |
| Escitalopram Oxalate | 14 | $149 |
| Sertraline Hcl | 14 | $61 |
| Trazodone Hcl | 17 | $57 |
| Aripiprazole | 12 | $49 |
| Lorazepam | 12 | $45 |
| Methylphenidate Hcl | 12 | $30 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other addiction psychiatry in Ellicott City
- Elizabeth StullerBaltimore$41K
- Christopher HoltBaltimore$962
- Nicholas ScottoBaltimore$827
- Allison MalcolmSykesville$561
- Brian LernerHavre de Grace$351
- Moira BogrovBaltimore$321
- Linda FullerRockville$231
- Mona ThapaEmmitsburg$197
- John CarrSilver Spring$172
- Joy ChangBaltimore$154
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.