RxDoctor Payments Data

Farshad Bagheri, MD

Infectious Disease · Jamaica, NYNPI 1669431029

Payments from drug & device makers

What this record shows

Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 51 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 Viiv Healthcare Company at 51.9% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $578 and has fallen 80.5% since, to $113 in 2025.

$2,122in general payments, 2019–2025

Across 51 payments — averaging $41.61 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.

  • Viiv Healthcare Company$1K
  • Gilead$548
  • AbbVie$144
  • Merck$125
  • GSK$108
  • Accelerate Diagnostics Inc.$52
  • plus $43 from 1 others
$1,134,894in research payments, 2019–2025

Across 10 payments — averaging $113,489 each. Payments tied to a research study. These frequently flow through the physician to a hospital or research institution rather than to the physician personally.

  • Gilead$1.1M

What the payments were for

  • Food & beverage$2,122100%

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
Viiv Healthcare Company35$1,102
Gilead9$548
AbbVie2$144
Merck1$125
GSK1$108
Accelerate Diagnostics Inc.1$52
Pfizer2$43

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

$2,122 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 799 infectious disease providers in New York.

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Medicare billing

Part B allowed, 2024
$81,241
Medicare patients
189
Services billed
875

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
BiktarvyBictegrav/Emtricit/Tenofov Ala356$1,434,958
OdefseyEmtricitab/Rilpiviri/Tenof Ala62$257,762
JulucaDolutegravir/Rilpivirine59$197,734
PrezcobixDarunavir/Cobicistat74$175,799
TivicayDolutegravir Sodium27$95,112
SymtuzaDarunavir/Cob/Emtri/Tenof Alaf13$57,277
VemlidyTenofovir Alafenamide28$37,778
IsentressRaltegravir Potassium19$35,911
EdurantRilpivirine Hcl25$34,520
DovatoDolutegravir Sodium/Lamivudine13$34,223
DescovyEmtricitabine/Tenofov Alafenam15$29,435
Isentress HdRaltegravir Potassium12$22,426
PifeltroDoravirine11$19,473
Etravirine18$12,256
ErtapenemErtapenem Sodium14$9,362

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
GileadBiktarvy, Vemlidy, Descovy$548$1,502,170399 claims
Viiv Healthcare CompanyJuluca, Tivicay, Dovato$1,102$327,06999 claims
MerckIsentress, Isentress Hd, Pifeltro$125$77,81042 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 80th percentile of 799 infectious disease providers in New York.

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