Donna Persaud
Primary Care · East Orange, NJNPI 1154873453
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 173 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 32 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 13.2% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. Among primary care clinicians in NJ with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 10% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 173 payments — averaging $22.16 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- GSK$505
- Amgen$495
- Novo Nordisk$459
- Lilly USA, LLC$433
- Novartis$342
- AstraZeneca$259
- plus $1K from 26 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$3,834100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| GSK | 14 | $505 |
| Amgen(2 entities) | 12 | $495 |
| Novo Nordisk | 9 | $459 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 30 | $433 |
| Novartis | 19 | $342 |
| AstraZeneca | 10 | $259 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 12 | $174 |
| AbbVie | 9 | $155 |
| Merck | 9 | $130 |
| Heartflow, Inc. | 1 | $101 |
| Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc. | 6 | $89 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 4 | $66 |
| Intra-sana Laboratories | 3 | $64 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 4 | $62 |
| Bayer | 2 | $46 |
| Abbott | 2 | $46 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 3 | $45 |
| Amarin Pharma, Inc. | 3 | $44 |
| Nabriva Therapeutics, PLC | 3 | $42 |
| Xeris Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $33 |
| Vifor Pharma, Inc. | 2 | $33 |
| Mannkind Corporation | 2 | $29 |
| Azurity Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $28 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company Ltd. | 2 | $27 |
| Exact Sciences | 1 | $22 |
| Scpharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Scilex Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Philips North America LLC | 1 | $15 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $14 |
| Pfizer | 1 | $13 |
| Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Inc. | 1 | $12 |
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
$3,834 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 330 primary care providers in New Jersey.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| EliquisApixaban | 49 | $70,585 |
| EntrestoSacubitril/Valsartan | 58 | $70,387 |
| MounjaroTirzepatide | 39 | $54,175 |
| BrilintaTicagrelor | 16 | $21,076 |
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 16 | $19,277 |
| FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol | 18 | $18,795 |
| TradjentaLinagliptin | 19 | $14,315 |
| Repatha SureclickEvolocumab | 19 | $12,529 |
| Basaglar Kwikpen U-100Insulin Glargine,hum.Rec.Anlog | 14 | $8,694 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 182 | $2,619 |
| Valsartan-HydrochlorothiazideValsartan/Hydrochlorothiazide | 19 | $1,944 |
| Nebivolol Hcl | 20 | $1,693 |
| Olmesartan Medoxomil | 31 | $1,435 |
| Rosuvastatin Calcium | 83 | $1,383 |
| Amlodipine Besylate | 170 | $1,363 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| PfizerEliquis | $13 | $70,58549 claims |
| NovartisEntresto | $342 | $70,38758 claims |
| Lilly USA, LLCMounjaro | $433 | $54,17539 claims |
| AstraZenecaBrilinta, Farxiga | $259 | $39,87234 claims |
| Boehringer IngelheimJardiance, Tradjenta | $174 | $33,59235 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 90th percentile of 330 primary care providers in New Jersey.
Other primary care in East Orange
- Marlyn EscalonaEast Orange$5K
- Michael Zito GovertNeptune$61K
- Roseann BenantiEnglewood$24K
- Marcelo MarinEnglewood$17K
- Jennifer EdwardsPrinceton$14K
- Mary Grace TolentinoJersey City$9K
- Kevin Robert ReyladoNorth Arlington$8K
- Carlo SebelloJersey City$8K
- Karam WehbehPaterson$7K
- Shazam BacchusNewark$7K
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.