James Levin
Infectious Disease · Madison, WINPI 1164469466
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by speaking fees: $148,490 of the $167,124 with a category attached, or 88.9%. 3 manufacturers reported payments, led by AbbVie at 59.4% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $130,046 and has fallen 95.7% since, to $5,566 in 2021. Among infectious disease clinicians in WI with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 5% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 180 payments — averaging $928.47 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$99K
- Gilead$63K
- Viiv Healthcare Company$5K
Across 8 payments — averaging $2768.68 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.
- AbbVie$20K
- Merck$3K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$4,5153%
- Speaking & faculty fees$148,49089%
- Travel & lodging$10,0366%
- Food & beverage$4,0492%
- Education$350%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AbbVie | 90 | $99,318 |
| Gilead | 78 | $62,732 |
| Viiv Healthcare Company | 12 | $5,073 |
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
$167,124 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 133 infectious disease providers in Wisconsin.
Other infectious disease in Madison
- Robert StrikerMadison$80K
- Shravan KethireddyMadison$22K
- Nasia SafdarMadison$22K
- David AndesMadison$20K
- Barry FoxMadison$541
- Dawd SirajMadison$364
- Bradley SmithMadison$310
- John CherianMadison$259
- Amanda CarlsonMadison$146
- Mark MounajjedMadison$134
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.