Charles Okoro, MD
Emergency Medicine · Indianapolis, INNPI 1427073980
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 27 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. It is spread thinly across 14 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 14.1% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $270 and has fallen 81.7% since, to $49 in 2025. Among emergency medicine clinicians in IN 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.
Across 27 payments — averaging $32.95 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Johnson & Johnson$125
- Novartis$120
- Abbott$120
- Boehringer Ingelheim$93
- Biosense Webster, Inc.$87
- Abiomed$62
- plus $281 from 8 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$890100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Johnson & Johnson(2 entities) | 5 | $125 |
| Novartis | 1 | $120 |
| Abbott | 2 | $120 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 5 | $93 |
| Biosense Webster, Inc. | 1 | $87 |
| Abiomed | 2 | $62 |
| Getinge USA Sales, LLC | 1 | $54 |
| Endologix LLC | 1 | $49 |
| Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals International, PLC | 2 | $45 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $40 |
| Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc. | 2 | $39 |
| Chiesi USA, Inc. | 2 | $24 |
| Kerecis Limited | 1 | $18 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 1 | $13 |
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.
- ENTRESTO$120
How this compares
$890 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 1,073 emergency medicine providers in Indiana.
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.
Other emergency medicine in Indianapolis
- Dustin HollandIndianapolis$39K
- Peter PangIndianapolis$23K
- Robinson FerreIndianapolis$16K
- Daren BeamIndianapolis$13K
- Jeffrey KlineIndianapolis$12K
- Kristen ErnstingIndianapolis$11K
- Darlene HouseIndianapolis$6K
- Christopher WeaverIndianapolis$3K
- Elizabeth WeinsteinIndianapolis$2K
- Eashwar ChandrasekaranIndianapolis$2K
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.