RxDoctor Payments Data

Helena Sagalovsky, MD

Internal Medicine · Merrillville, INNPI 1154511335

Payments from drug & device makers

$7,445in general payments, 2019–2025

Across 325 payments — averaging $22.91 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.

  • AbbVie$578
  • Novartis$577
  • Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc.$522
  • Jazz Pharmaceuticals Inc.$496
  • AstraZeneca$483
  • Acorda Therapeutics, Inc$395
  • plus $4K from 48 others

What the payments were for

  • Food & beverage$7,445100%

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
AbbVie35$578
Novartis7$577
Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc.14$522
Jazz Pharmaceuticals Inc.19$496
AstraZeneca(2 entities)17$483
Acorda Therapeutics, Inc22$395
Biogen18$388
Boehringer Ingelheim11$344
Lundbeck LLC16$335
Avadel CNS Pharmaceuticals, LLC13$328
UCB, Inc.17$327
Merz Pharmaceuticals, LLC14$309
Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc.10$306
Axsome Therapeutics, Inc.13$272
Lilly USA, LLC13$268
Harmony Biosciences LLC11$190
Acadia Pharmaceuticals Inc7$108
Bristol Myers Squibb1$103
Johnson & Johnson4$70
Neurelis, Inc.3$67
Scilex Pharmaceuticals Inc.4$64
Pfizer4$63
Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc.4$59
Alfasigma USA, Inc.4$56
SK Life Science, Inc.2$49
TG Therapeutics, Inc.3$48
Springworks Therapeutics, Inc.2$44
Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company Ltd.3$43
ITI, Inc. (d/b/a Intra-cellular Therapies, Inc.)2$39
Almatica Pharma LLC2$36
Livanova USA, Inc.2$33
Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc.2$33
Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.2$33
Banner Life Sciences, LLC2$33
CSL Behring2$32
E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C.1$26
Eisai Inc.1$25
Catalyst Pharmaceuticals, Inc.1$25
Otsuka Pharmaceutical Development & Commercialization, Inc.1$23
Ironshore Pharmaceuticals Inc.1$21
MDD US Operations, LLC1$21
Tersera Therapeutics LLC1$18
Aprecia Pharmaceuticals, LLC1$18
Cvrx, Inc.2$17
Octapharma USA, Inc.1$14
Kyowa Kirin, Inc.1$14
Impel Pharmaceuticals Inc.1$13
Ipsen Biopharmaceuticals, Inc1$13
Upsher-smith Laboratories LLC1$13
Amneal Pharmaceuticals LLC1$12
Amgen1$11
Bausch Health US, LLC1$11
Biohaven Pharmaceuticals, Inc.1$11
Impel Pharmaceuticals LLC1$8

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

$7,445 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 1,747 internal medicine providers in Indiana.

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Medicare billing

Part B allowed, 2024
$78,603
Medicare patients
143
Services billed
896

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
JardianceEmpagliflozin41$43,952
JanumetSitagliptin Phos/Metformin Hcl23$31,718
Breo ElliptaFluticasone/Vilanterol13$8,478
SynthroidLevothyroxine Sodium40$3,716
Levothyroxine Sodium130$1,986
Rosuvastatin Calcium132$1,247
Atorvastatin Calcium166$1,204
Pantoprazole Sodium74$984
Nano 2nd Gen Pen NeedlePen Needle, Diabetic11$854
Metoprolol Succinate38$776
Amlodipine Besylate151$719
Losartan Potassium120$706
Metformin Hcl100$685
Montelukast Sodium50$595
Amlodipine Besylate-BenazeprilAmlodipine Besylate/Benazepril18$505

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
Boehringer IngelheimJardiance$344$43,95241 claims
AbbVieSynthroid$578$3,71640 claims
Amneal Pharmaceuticals LLCLevothyroxine Sodium$12$1,986130 claims
Almatica Pharma LLCSertraline Hcl$36$36738 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 90th percentile of 1,747 internal medicine providers in Indiana.

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