Harmohinder Kochar, MD
Pulmonary Disease · Houston, TXNPI 1720086002
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 570 payments — averaging $18.24 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Electromed, Inc.$2K
- Philips North America LLC$2K
- GSK$1K
- AstraZeneca$1K
- Sanofi$529
- Boehringer Ingelheim$478
- plus $4K from 23 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$10,29799%
- Education$1001%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Electromed, Inc. | 131 | $1,664 |
| Philips North America LLC | 112 | $1,585 |
| GSK | 76 | $1,316 |
| AstraZeneca | 46 | $1,045 |
| Sanofi | 24 | $529 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 25 | $478 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 19 | $476 |
| Verona Pharma, Inc. | 23 | $444 |
| Mylan Specialty L.p. | 20 | $431 |
| Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc. | 12 | $283 |
| Viatris Specialty LLC | 9 | $217 |
| Pulmonx Corporation | 5 | $214 |
| Harmony Biosciences LLC | 6 | $202 |
| Inspire Medical Systems, Inc. | 10 | $178 |
| Amgen | 7 | $169 |
| Fisher & Paykel Healthcare Inc | 1 | $160 |
| Insmed, Inc. | 6 | $150 |
| Shionogi Inc | 7 | $144 |
| Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 10 | $142 |
| AbbVie | 1 | $124 |
| Inogen, Inc. | 5 | $88 |
| Tactile Systems Technology Inc | 3 | $84 |
| Johnson & Johnson(2 entities) | 3 | $65 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 2 | $50 |
| Resmed Corp | 2 | $50 |
| Avadel CNS Pharmaceuticals, LLC | 1 | $34 |
| ZOLL Respicardia, Inc. | 2 | $32 |
| Phadia US Inc. | 1 | $23 |
| Merck | 1 | $20 |
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
$10,397 in reported general payments places this provider in the 70th percentile of 904 pulmonary disease providers in Texas.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Trelegy ElliptaFluticasone/Umeclidin/Vilanter | 775 | $598,460 |
| Breztri AerosphereBudesonide/Glycopyr/Formoterol | 273 | $185,327 |
| Dupixent PenDupilumab | 28 | $108,375 |
| Spiriva RespimatTiotropium Bromide | 115 | $86,824 |
| Breo ElliptaFluticasone/Vilanterol | 144 | $61,161 |
| NucalaMepolizumab | 13 | $55,738 |
| Combivent RespimatIpratropium/Albuterol Sulfate | 80 | $43,763 |
| Anoro ElliptaUmeclidinium Brm/Vilanterol Tr | 75 | $37,373 |
| Incruse ElliptaUmeclidinium Bromide | 78 | $35,757 |
| SymbicortBudesonide/Formoterol Fumarate | 89 | $31,545 |
| Roflumilast | 402 | $24,134 |
| Albuterol Sulfate HfaAlbuterol Sulfate | 753 | $19,632 |
| BreynaBudesonide/Formoterol Fumarate | 53 | $8,538 |
| Montelukast Sodium | 928 | $7,878 |
| Azithromycin | 498 | $6,627 |
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.
| Company | Paid to this provider | Part D cost of their drugs |
|---|---|---|
| GSKTrelegy Ellipta, Breo Ellipta, Nucala, Anoro Ellipta, Incruse Ellipta | $1,316 | $788,4891,085 claims |
| AstraZenecaBreztri Aerosphere, Symbicort | $1,045 | $216,872362 claims |
| Boehringer IngelheimSpiriva Respimat, Combivent Respimat, Stiolto Respimat | $478 | $137,096208 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 70th percentile of 904 pulmonary disease providers in Texas.
Other pulmonary disease in Houston
- Ivan RosasHouston$13.8M
- Nicola HananiaHouston$2.2M
- Sandeep SahayHouston$2.1M
- Zeenat SafdarHouston$1.7M
- Howard HuangHouston$1.3M
- Dileep PuppalaHouston$1.1M
- Sandeep GuptaHouston$1.1M
- Joseph VaronHouston$1.1M
- Bela PatelHouston$974K
- Roberto CasalHouston$865K
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.