Charu Agrawal
Hospice and Palliative Medicine · Houston, TXNPI 1306280342
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 21 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 9 manufacturers reported payments, led by Novartis at 31.8% of the total.
Across 21 payments — averaging $22.26 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Novartis$149
- AVEO Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$97
- Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc.$68
- Johnson & Johnson$53
- Sanofi$25
- Incyte Corporation$24
- plus $52 from 3 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$467100%
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.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Novartis | 8 | $149 |
| AVEO Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 4 | $97 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 2 | $68 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 2 | $53 |
| Sanofi | 1 | $25 |
| Incyte Corporation | 1 | $24 |
| Merck | 1 | $19 |
| Helsinn Therapeutics (U.S.), Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| AbbVie | 1 | $16 |
How this compares
$467 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 136 hospice and palliative medicine providers in Texas.
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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 |
|---|---|---|
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 60 | $1,770 |
| Morphine Sulfate ErMorphine Sulfate | 31 | $1,108 |
| Olanzapine | 23 | $437 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 15 | $435 |
| Morphine Sulfate | 16 | $394 |
| Gabapentin | 19 | $210 |
| Mirtazapine | 12 | $201 |
| Hydromorphone Hcl | 12 | $148 |
| Paroxetine Hcl | 13 | $73 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other hospice and palliative medicine in Houston
- Joseph ArthurHouston$19K
- Ishwaria SubbiahHouston$10K
- Neeti KothareHouston$1K
- Akshay ReddyHouston$1K
- Andrea Rodriguez KawasHouston$1K
- Paige FarinholtHouston$877
- Glorymar Lopez GarayuaHouston$867
- Ali HaiderHouston$442
- Angelique WongHouston$392
- Santosh Yatam GaneshHouston$310
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.