Edemekong Bassey, MD
Infectious Disease · Tulsa, OKNPI 1760625032
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 34 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 7 manufacturers reported payments, led by AbbVie at 23.5% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2024 at $233 and has fallen 54.0% since, to $107 in 2025.
Across 34 payments — averaging $20.23 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$161
- Melinta Therapeutics, LLC$161
- Merck$154
- Shionogi Inc$85
- Paratek Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$51
- Gilead$46
- plus $30 from 1 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$688100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AbbVie | 9 | $161 |
| Melinta Therapeutics, LLC | 5 | $161 |
| Merck | 10 | $154 |
| Shionogi Inc | 4 | $85 |
| Paratek Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 3 | $51 |
| Gilead | 2 | $46 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 1 | $30 |
How this compares
$688 in reported general payments places this provider in the 55th percentile of 51 infectious disease providers in Oklahoma.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| ErtapenemErtapenem Sodium | 17 | $4,343 |
| Daptomycin | 17 | $4,019 |
| Meropenem | 14 | $1,740 |
| Doxycycline Hyclate | 20 | $878 |
| Vancomycin Hcl | 19 | $712 |
| CeftriaxoneCeftriaxone Sodium | 14 | $547 |
| Cefazolin Sodium | 14 | $502 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other infectious disease in Tulsa
- Peter OkwuasabaTulsa$15K
- David ScheckTulsa$5K
- Heather BellTulsa$2K
- Sristi BhattaraiTulsa$2K
- Hosam MousselliTulsa$1K
- Stephan HambazTulsa$729
- Yasir AhmedTulsa$448
- Anuj MalikTulsa$434
- Ashley JenkinsTulsa$379
- Janice TeTulsa$114
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.