James Yao, MD
Medical Oncology · Houston, TXNPI 1962593376
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $67,155 of the $79,227 with a category attached, or 84.8%. 15 manufacturers reported payments, led by Ipsen Biopharmaceuticals, Inc at 31.2% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $23,583 and has fallen 51.4% since, to $11,450 in 2025.
Across 72 payments — averaging $1100.38 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Ipsen Biopharmaceuticals, Inc$25K
- Ipsen Innovation$14K
- Acrotech Biopharma Inc.$9K
- Merck$9K
- Chiasma, Inc.$7K
- Ipsen Bioscience Inc.$5K
- plus $11K from 9 others
Across 7 payments — averaging $4465.91 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.
- Novartis$21K
- Advanced Accelerator Applications$10K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$67,15585%
- Speaking & faculty fees$5,1136%
- Travel & lodging$5,0516%
- Food & beverage$1,9092%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Ipsen Biopharmaceuticals, Inc | 22 | $24,709 |
| Ipsen Innovation | 10 | $13,761 |
| Acrotech Biopharma Inc. | 1 | $9,000 |
| Merck | 9 | $8,571 |
| Chiasma, Inc. | 2 | $6,600 |
| Ipsen Bioscience Inc. | 1 | $5,400 |
| Sanofi | 4 | $4,717 |
| Amgen | 2 | $2,596 |
| Exelixis Inc. | 2 | $2,511 |
| Curium US LLC | 1 | $488 |
| Medtronic | 11 | $409 |
| Genentech, Inc. | 4 | $237 |
| Aerin Medical Inc. | 1 | $123 |
| Novartis | 1 | $81 |
| Abbott | 1 | $25 |
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.
- SOMATULINE DEPOT$18,713
- Beleodaq$9,000
- MYCAPSSA$6,600
- Cabometyx$2,511
- Cu64 Dotatate$488
- ONIVYDE$151
- VIVAER STYLUS$123
- RHINAER STYLUS$123
- TECENTRIQ$123
How this compares
$79,227 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 495 medical oncology 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Everolimus | 22 | $126,026 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other medical oncology in Houston
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- Putao CenHouston$720K
- Hagop KantarjianHouston$559K
- Ricardo AlvarezHouston$553K
- Eleni EfstathiouHouston$519K
- Srdan VerstovsekHouston$464K
- Guillermo Garcia-ManeroHouston$454K
- Jason WestinHouston$407K
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.