Jay Mason
Cardiovascular Disease · Reno, NVNPI 1225358666
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $226,548 of the $226,778 with a category attached, or 99.9%. 12 manufacturers reported payments, led by Taiho Oncology, Inc. at 51.3% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $61,638 and has fallen 83.4% since, to $10,238 in 2025. Among cardiovascular disease clinicians in NV 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 46 payments — averaging $4929.96 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Taiho Oncology, Inc.$116K
- Almirall LLC$24K
- UCB SA$21K
- Daiichi Sankyo Inc.$15K
- Immunomedics, Inc.$14K
- Alkermes, Inc.$12K
- plus $25K from 6 others
Across 10 payments — averaging $3068.67 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.
- Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc.$25K
- Novartis$6K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$226,548100%
- Speaking & faculty fees$2300%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Taiho Oncology, Inc. | 9 | $116,315 |
| Almirall LLC | 6 | $24,429 |
| UCB SA | 1 | $20,792 |
| Daiichi Sankyo Inc. | 11 | $14,709 |
| Immunomedics, Inc. | 2 | $14,168 |
| Alkermes, Inc. | 2 | $11,538 |
| Sentynl Therapeutics, Inc. | 4 | $7,675 |
| Evoke Pharma, Inc. | 1 | $7,638 |
| Harmony Biosciences LLC | 6 | $6,736 |
| Emergent Biosolutions Inc. | 2 | $2,174 |
| Gilead | 1 | $375 |
| Shionogi Inc | 1 | $230 |
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
$226,778 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 165 cardiovascular disease providers in Nevada.
Other cardiovascular disease in Reno
- Thomas-Duythuc ToReno$339K
- Joseph StevensonReno$222K
- Devang DesaiReno$206K
- Christopher RowanReno$48K
- Ram ChallapalliReno$18K
- Anita KediaReno$9K
- Sridevi ChallapalliReno$8K
- Christopher WilsonReno$7K
- Arjun GururajLas Vegas$399K
- Branavan UmakanthanLas Vegas$109K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.