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Harmeet Sachdev, MD

Neurology · San Jose, CANPI 1023076361

Payments from drug & device makers

$24,621in general payments, 2019–2025

Across 927 payments — averaging $26.56 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.

  • Medtronic$3K
  • AstraZeneca$2K
  • Biogen$2K
  • Novartis$1K
  • Eisai Inc.$1K
  • AbbVie$1K
  • plus $14K from 54 others

What the payments were for

  • Speaking & faculty fees$110%
  • Travel & lodging$3,04312%
  • Food & beverage$21,43387%
  • Education$1341%

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
Medtronic8$3,285
AstraZeneca(2 entities)65$2,045
Biogen88$1,857
Novartis49$1,460
Eisai Inc.72$1,170
AbbVie(2 entities)49$1,165
Catalyst Pharmaceuticals, Inc.60$1,045
EMD Serono, Inc.35$928
SK Life Science, Inc.41$872
UCB, Inc.36$841
Johnson & Johnson(2 entities)34$741
Amgen(2 entities)19$601
Lundbeck LLC23$566
Sanofi24$480
Bristol Myers Squibb24$444
Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc.20$435
Portola Pharmaceuticals, LLC8$425
Lilly USA, LLC21$415
Neurelis, Inc.13$402
Harmony Biosciences LLC12$397
Kyowa Kirin, Inc.15$365
MDD US Operations, LLC15$344
Genentech USA, Inc.16$343
Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc.8$272
Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc.8$256
Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc.10$224
Acorda Therapeutics, Inc14$201
Amneal Pharmaceuticals LLC10$193
Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc.19$188
Microtransponder, Inc.1$164
Chiesi USA, Inc.4$163
Biohaven Pharmaceuticals, Inc.8$161
CSL Behring6$157
Avanir Pharmaceuticals, Inc.8$155
Acadia Pharmaceuticals Inc7$142
Banner Life Sciences, LLC7$138
Biotronik Inc.1$125
ANI Pharmaceuticals, Inc.5$119
TG Therapeutics, Inc.4$115
Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc.11$111
Pfizer5$109
Adamas Pharmaceuticals, Inc.5$105
Akcea Therapeutics, Inc.2$95
Alfasigma USA, Inc.2$62
Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc.3$62
Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc.2$59
GE HealthCare2$58
Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC3$55
Vertical Pharmaceuticals, LLC3$53
Boston Scientific2$45
Octapharma USA, Inc.2$38
Merz Pharmaceuticals, LLC1$36
Vanda Pharmaceuticals Inc.1$33
Merz North America, Inc.1$33
Bausch Health US, LLC2$29
Livanova USA, Inc.1$28
Argenx US, Inc.1$26
Axsome Therapeutics, Inc.1$25
Mallinckrodt Enterprises LLC1$24
Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical Inc.1$21

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

$24,621 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 1,996 neurology providers in California.

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Medicare billing

Part B allowed, 2024
$438,072
Medicare patients
445
Services billed
1,622

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
CopaxoneGlatiramer Acetate17$139,407
RebifInterferon Beta-1a/Albumin13$134,517
Teriflunomide31$76,970
Glatiramer Acetate40$66,993
FycompaPerampanel15$22,391
Dalfampridine ErDalfampridine18$10,355
BrilintaTicagrelor22$10,235
Rivastigmine33$10,044
Lacosamide71$9,377
Memantine Hcl149$5,798
Lamotrigine79$2,501
Gabapentin119$2,181
ClopidogrelClopidogrel Bisulfate140$2,113
Oxcarbazepine23$1,867
Levetiracetam74$1,799

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
Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc.Copaxone$272$139,40717 claims
EMD Serono, Inc.Rebif$928$134,51713 claims
Eisai Inc.Fycompa$1,170$22,39115 claims
AstraZenecaBrilinta$2,045$10,23522 claims
Amneal Pharmaceuticals LLCPyridostigmine Bromide$193$1,39212 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 1,996 neurology providers in California.

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