RxDoctor Payments Data

Harshdeep Babbar, MD

Infectious Disease · Albuquerque, NMNPI 1447573191

Payments from drug & device makers

What this record shows

Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 49 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 11 manufacturers reported payments, led by Merck at 27.1% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $695, 6.3 times the $110 reported in 2023.

$1,000in general payments, 2019–2025

Across 49 payments — averaging $20.41 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.

  • Merck$271
  • Gilead$258
  • Viiv Healthcare Company$108
  • Astellas Pharma US Inc$74
  • Melinta Therapeutics, LLC$72
  • Aimmune Therapeutics, Inc.$66
  • plus $151 from 5 others

What the payments were for

  • Food & beverage$1,000100%

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.

How this compares

$1,000 in reported general payments places this provider in the 60th percentile of 31 infectious disease providers in New Mexico.

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Medicare billing

Part B allowed, 2024
$176,021
Medicare patients
248
Services billed
1,473

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 Ala19$73,716
DovatoDolutegravir Sodium/Lamivudine12$35,005
ErtapenemErtapenem Sodium75$25,670
Daptomycin59$24,732
Fosfomycin Tromethamine33$8,670
Voriconazole13$4,101
Fluconazole93$3,902
Vancomycin Hcl25$2,736
Piperacillin-TazobactamPiperacillin Sodium/Tazobactam18$2,482
Amoxicillin-Clavulanate PotassAmoxicillin/Potassium Clav144$2,116
Doxycycline Hyclate62$1,584
CeftriaxoneCeftriaxone Sodium23$1,235
Meropenem11$1,206
Cefepime Hcl12$1,087
Clarithromycin15$945

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$258$73,71619 claims
Viiv Healthcare CompanyDovato$108$35,00512 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 60th percentile of 31 infectious disease providers in New Mexico.

Other infectious disease in Albuquerque

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