Edward Tackey, MD
Rheumatology · Salem, VANPI 1669488110
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — travel and lodging (43.6%), consulting fees and food and beverage — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Cardinal Health 108 LLC accounts for 90.5% of it on its own, with 6 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $3,404 and has fallen 99.4% since, to $20 in 2022.
Across 31 payments — averaging $111.42 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Cardinal Health 108 LLC$3K
- Amgen$131
- UCB, Inc.$71
- Pfizer$59
- Johnson & Johnson$36
- Sanofi$18
- plus $13 from 1 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$1,46342%
- Travel & lodging$1,50844%
- Food & beverage$46413%
- Education$201%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Cardinal Health 108 LLC | 13 | $3,125 |
| Amgen | 7 | $131 |
| UCB, Inc. | 3 | $71 |
| Pfizer | 4 | $59 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 2 | $36 |
| Sanofi | 1 | $18 |
| Avanir Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $13 |
How this compares
$3,454 in reported general payments places this provider in the 55th percentile of 159 rheumatology providers in Virginia.
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.
Other rheumatology in Salem
- Peter LipskyCharlottesville$1.3M
- Kristi MizelleNewport News$1.1M
- Phillip KempfArlington$321K
- Sharukh ShroffDanville$216K
- Michael StrachanRichmond$158K
- Karim MasriRichmond$147K
- Michael CannonVirginia Beach$145K
- Phong NguyenReston$127K
- Chase CorreiaHampton$70K
- Alexia GospodinoffReston$27K
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.