RxDoctor Payments Data

Danny Chachere, MD

Neurology · Bellaire, TXNPI 1982994448

Payments from drug & device makers

$17,461in general payments, 2019–2025

Across 932 payments — averaging $18.74 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.

  • Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc.$2K
  • Biogen$2K
  • AbbVie$1K
  • SK Life Science, Inc.$1K
  • AstraZeneca$982
  • Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc.$900
  • plus $10K from 54 others

What the payments were for

  • Speaking & faculty fees$1581%
  • Food & beverage$17,17398%
  • Education$1311%

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

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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.

CompanyPaymentsTotal
Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc.104$1,711
Biogen97$1,628
AbbVie(2 entities)75$1,243
SK Life Science, Inc.83$1,209
AstraZeneca(2 entities)40$982
Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc.48$900
Sanofi36$729
Lilly USA, LLC42$721
UCB, Inc.24$622
Abbott11$613
CSL Behring24$536
EMD Serono, Inc.26$480
Acadia Pharmaceuticals Inc27$392
Amneal Pharmaceuticals LLC17$361
Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc.20$285
Averitas Pharma Inc.12$270
Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc.13$268
Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc.17$256
Grifols USA, LLC10$255
Biohaven Pharmaceuticals, Inc.14$253
GRT US Holding, Inc.21$228
Novartis15$221
Arbor Pharmaceuticals, Inc.12$215
Lundbeck LLC7$174
Almatica Pharma LLC11$168
Pfizer13$167
Acorda Therapeutics, Inc6$158
Genentech USA, Inc.8$157
Assertio Therapeutics, Inc.8$154
Boston Scientific2$136
Greenwich Biosciences, Inc.2$136
Amgen(2 entities)6$134
Akcea Therapeutics, Inc.3$123
Bausch Health US, LLC6$112
Avanir Pharmaceuticals, Inc.7$110
Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.5$107
Argenx US, Inc.4$107
Promius Pharma LLC5$96
Eisai Inc.4$91
Catalyst Pharmaceuticals, Inc.4$89
Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company Ltd.4$85
Axsome Therapeutics, Inc.3$76
Corium, LLC3$74
Scilex Pharmaceuticals Inc.3$55
Merz Pharmaceuticals, LLC2$52
Medtronic3$52
Adamas Pharmaceuticals, Inc.2$49
Merz North America, Inc.2$49
Azurity Pharmaceuticals, Inc.2$42
Kyowa Kirin, Inc.2$39
Aucta Pharmaceuticals, Inc.5$28
TG Therapeutics, Inc.1$27
Harmony Biosciences LLC1$25
Springworks Therapeutics, Inc.1$24
Johnson & Johnson1$24
Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc.1$23
Upsher-smith Laboratories LLC1$23
Aquestive Therapeutics, Inc.1$22
GE HealthCare1$20
Livanova USA, Inc.1$19

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

$17,461 in reported general payments places this provider in the 70th percentile of 1,246 neurology providers in Texas.

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Medicare billing

Part B allowed, 2024
$249,656
Medicare patients
464
Services billed
11,915

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

DrugClaimsCost to plans & patients
IngrezzaValbenazine Tosylate20$190,179
Nurtec OdtRimegepant Sulfate12$20,003
RexultiBrexpiprazole11$16,127
AptiomEslicarbazepine Acetate12$14,098
DepakoteDivalproex Sodium12$7,818
Rasagiline Mesylate19$3,861
Carbidopa-LevodopaCarbidopa/Levodopa65$2,417
Oxcarbazepine22$2,203
Carbamazepine ErCarbamazepine12$1,412
Memantine Hcl85$1,410
Levetiracetam ErLevetiracetam21$1,255
Gabapentin88$855
Primidone18$685
Donepezil Hcl67$427
Amitriptyline Hcl38$406

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.

CompanyPaid to this providerPart D cost of their drugs
Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc.Ingrezza$900$190,17920 claims
PfizerNurtec Odt$167$20,00312 claims
Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc.Rexulti$268$16,12711 claims
Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc.Aptiom$285$14,09812 claims
Upsher-smith Laboratories LLCTopiramate$23$21612 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 70th percentile of 1,246 neurology providers in Texas.

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