Joevasanth Devasahayam, MD
Pulmonary Disease · Sioux Falls, SDNPI 1649434804
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by education: $6,000 of the $8,127 with a category attached, or 73.8%. Intuitive Surgical accounts for 83.6% of it on its own, with 11 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $7,365 and has fallen 98.2% since, to $134 in 2025.
Across 38 payments — averaging $213.87 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Intuitive Surgical$7K
- AstraZeneca$438
- GSK$357
- Abiomed$146
- Boston Scientific$142
- Avadel CNS Pharmaceuticals, LLC$101
- plus $152 from 6 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$7479%
- Food & beverage$1,38017%
- Education$6,00074%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Intuitive Surgical | 8 | $6,790 |
| AstraZeneca | 9 | $438 |
| GSK | 10 | $357 |
| Abiomed | 1 | $146 |
| Boston Scientific | 3 | $142 |
| Avadel CNS Pharmaceuticals, LLC | 1 | $101 |
| Inspire Medical Systems, Inc. | 1 | $74 |
| Insmed, Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Electromed, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Gilead | 1 | $14 |
| Philips North America LLC | 1 | $12 |
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.
- ION$6,000
- Da Vinci Surgical System$747
- Impella$146
- AREXVY$130
- GENERAL PULMONARY$126
- TRELEGY ELLIPTA$125
- LUMRYZ$101
How this compares
$8,127 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 35 pulmonary disease providers in South Dakota.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Trelegy ElliptaFluticasone/Umeclidin/Vilanter | 21 | $17,041 |
| Albuterol Sulfate HfaAlbuterol Sulfate | 17 | $235 |
| Montelukast Sodium | 11 | $108 |
| Azithromycin | 28 | $48 |
| Prednisone | 12 | $27 |
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.
| Company | Paid to this provider | Part D cost of their drugs |
|---|---|---|
| GSKTrelegy Ellipta | $357 | $17,04121 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 85th percentile of 35 pulmonary disease providers in South Dakota.
Other pulmonary disease in Sioux Falls
- Matthew TaylorSioux Falls$8K
- Fady JamousSioux Falls$6K
- Rizan HajalSioux Falls$5K
- Kaitlin BranickSioux Falls$5K
- Anna PlemmonsSioux Falls$3K
- Mohammed AwadSioux Falls$2K
- Ashraf ElshamiSioux Falls$2K
- John YuSioux Falls$2K
- Rajaganesh RajagopalanSioux Falls$964
- Ross BaconSioux Falls$599
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.