RxDoctor Payments Data

Farhan Sheikh, MD

Neurology · Ottawa, KSNPI 1265551873

Payments from drug & device makers

What this record shows

Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 97.7% of the total across 811 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 60 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 10.5% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations.

$12,432in general payments, 2019–2025

Across 811 payments — averaging $15.33 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.

  • UCB, Inc.$1K
  • AbbVie$1K
  • Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc.$926
  • Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc.$653
  • Biogen$562
  • EMD Serono, Inc.$499
  • plus $7K from 54 others

What the payments were for

  • Speaking & faculty fees$1151%
  • Food & beverage$12,14598%
  • Education$1721%

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
UCB, Inc.85$1,307
AbbVie(2 entities)135$1,243
Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc.83$926
Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc.36$653
Biogen35$562
EMD Serono, Inc.32$499
MDD US Operations, LLC26$420
SK Life Science, Inc.21$400
Eisai Inc.20$354
Amgen21$340
Lundbeck LLC16$291
Abbott15$274
Amneal Pharmaceuticals LLC23$259
Adamas Pharmaceuticals, Inc.18$252
AstraZeneca(2 entities)11$249
Acadia Pharmaceuticals Inc14$247
Bristol Myers Squibb12$236
Jazz Pharmaceuticals Inc.12$233
Sanofi12$231
Avion Pharmaceuticals4$217
Argenx US, Inc.10$212
Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc.12$197
Genentech USA, Inc.10$195
Kyowa Kirin, Inc.10$188
Upsher-smith Laboratories LLC10$185
Nevro Corp.3$181
Novartis9$172
Biohaven Pharmaceuticals, Inc.13$158
Lilly USA, LLC9$158
Johnson & Johnson7$136
Pfizer8$134
Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company Ltd.14$117
Acorda Therapeutics, Inc8$115
Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc.5$108
Neurelis, Inc.5$104
Livanova USA, Inc.4$82
Axsome Therapeutics, Inc.4$69
Novo Nordisk3$62
Aucta Pharmaceuticals, Inc.3$56
Catalyst Pharmaceuticals, Inc.3$56
Harmony Biosciences LLC2$46
Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc.2$46
Cycle Pharmaceuticals Inc2$42
Corium, LLC2$40
ANI Pharmaceuticals, Inc.2$38
Avanir Pharmaceuticals, Inc.3$37
Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc.2$36
Grifols USA, LLC1$33
ITI, Inc. (d/b/a Intra-cellular Therapies, Inc.)2$30
Zyla Life Sciences, Inc.2$29
Azurity Pharmaceuticals, Inc.1$24
ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp)1$23
Xeris Pharmaceuticals, Inc.1$23
GSK1$21
Aprecia Pharmaceuticals, LLC1$16
GE HealthCare1$15
Exact Sciences1$14
Electronic Waveform Lab, Inc.1$13
Mallinckrodt Enterprises LLC1$13
Nestle Healthcare Nutrition Inc.1$13

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

$12,432 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 131 neurology providers in Kansas.

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Medicare billing

Part B allowed, 2024
$18,612
Medicare patients
116
Services billed
180

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 Tosylate34$272,996
NuplazidPimavanserin Tartrate36$161,972
AustedoDeutetrabenazine14$151,394
Kesimpta PenOfatumumab12$105,360
Aimovig AutoinjectorErenumab-Aooe127$104,108
AptiomEslicarbazepine Acetate36$60,987
BriviactBrivaracetam55$60,678
XcopriCenobamate43$50,257
QuliptaAtogepant32$39,302
Memantine Hcl944$28,652
Carbidopa-LevodopaCarbidopa/Levodopa1,054$28,074
FycompaPerampanel20$27,068
NayzilamMidazolam30$24,568
Oxcarbazepine347$24,297
Tetrabenazine18$23,055

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$653$272,99634 claims
Acadia Pharmaceuticals IncNuplazid$247$161,97236 claims
Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc.Austedo$926$151,39414 claims
UCB, Inc.Briviact, Nayzilam$1,307$85,24685 claims
SK Life Science, Inc.Xcopri$400$50,25743 claims
AbbVieQulipta$1,243$39,30232 claims
Eisai Inc.Fycompa$354$27,06820 claims
Amneal Pharmaceuticals LLCRytary$259$13,24312 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 131 neurology providers in Kansas.

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