Cherian Verghese, MD
Hematology & Oncology · Columbia, MONPI 1568548824
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — speaking fees (58.4%), consulting fees and food and beverage — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. ADC Therapeutics America, Inc. accounts for 73.1% of it on its own, with 18 other manufacturers making up the rest. 2025 is the largest year on record at $15,284, more than ten times the $18 reported in 2019.
Across 30 payments — averaging $679.72 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- ADC Therapeutics America, Inc.$15K
- Stemline Therapeutics Inc.$2K
- Seagen Inc.$1K
- National Marrow Donor Program$772
- Gilead$264
- Astellas Pharma US Inc$225
- plus $684 from 13 others
Across 9 payments — averaging $2982.29 each. Payments tied to a research study. These frequently flow through the physician to a hospital or research institution rather than to the physician personally.
- Regeneron$18K
- Bristol Myers Squibb$9K
- Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.$349
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$5,94529%
- Speaking & faculty fees$11,90058%
- Travel & lodging$2841%
- Food & beverage$1,9249%
- Education$3392%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| ADC Therapeutics America, Inc. | 9 | $14,901 |
| Stemline Therapeutics Inc. | 1 | $2,170 |
| Seagen Inc. | 1 | $1,375 |
| National Marrow Donor Program | 1 | $772 |
| Gilead(2 entities) | 2 | $264 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 3 | $225 |
| Abbott | 1 | $118 |
| Jazz Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $106 |
| Gamida Cell Inc. | 1 | $102 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 1 | $100 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $92 |
| Genmab U.S., Inc. | 1 | $55 |
| Servier Pharmaceuticals LLC | 1 | $20 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 1 | $20 |
| Novartis | 1 | $18 |
| Legend Biotech USA Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Acrotech Biopharma Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Beigene USA, Inc. | 1 | $12 |
| GSK | 1 | $11 |
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
$20,392 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 211 hematology & oncology providers in Missouri.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Lenalidomide | 35 | $414,558 |
| RevlimidLenalidomide | 21 | $304,080 |
| VenclextaVenetoclax | 20 | $223,652 |
| CalquenceAcalabrutinib Maleate | 15 | $220,838 |
| SprycelDasatinib | 11 | $201,722 |
| InqoviDecitabine/Cedazuridine | 12 | $94,703 |
| Deferasirox | 14 | $46,922 |
| OxycontinOxycodone Hcl | 35 | $34,323 |
| EliquisApixaban | 11 | $8,266 |
| Fentanyl | 23 | $2,424 |
| Morphine Sulfate ErMorphine Sulfate | 106 | $2,262 |
| Morphine Sulfate | 82 | $2,238 |
| Hydroxyurea | 56 | $1,807 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 97 | $1,756 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 13 | $287 |
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.
| Company | Paid to this provider | Part D cost of their drugs |
|---|---|---|
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C.Sprycel | $20 | $201,72211 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 211 hematology & oncology providers in Missouri.
Other hematology & oncology in Columbia
- David SchlossmanColumbia$1.2M
- Gerhard HildebrandtColumbia$58K
- Umasankar RamadossColumbia$45K
- Liana MakarianColumbia$27K
- Andrew IliffColumbia$25K
- Mark TungesvikColumbia$14K
- Vipul BhanderiColumbia$11K
- Elangovan BalakrishnanColumbia$10K
- Ruo Bing XueColumbia$8K
- Alexandre TungesvikColumbia$5K
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.