Joseph Savitt, MD
Neurology · Baltimore, MDNPI 1922030048
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $4,400 of the $6,978 with a category attached, or 63.1%. Tanabe Pharma America, Inc. accounts for 79.8% of it on its own, with 6 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $5,748 and has fallen 98.8% since, to $68 in 2025.
Across 56 payments — averaging $124.61 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Tanabe Pharma America, Inc.$6K
- AbbVie$485
- MDD US Operations, LLC$362
- Amneal Pharmaceuticals LLC$238
- Lilly USA, LLC$217
- Eisai Inc.$88
- plus $20 from 1 others
Across 11 payments — averaging $10,944 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.
- UCB SA$90K
- Biogen$30K
- Roche TCRC, Inc.$542
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$4,40063%
- Travel & lodging$1,11316%
- Food & beverage$1,46521%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Tanabe Pharma America, Inc. | 6 | $5,567 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 23 | $485 |
| MDD US Operations, LLC | 2 | $362 |
| Amneal Pharmaceuticals LLC | 12 | $238 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 9 | $217 |
| Eisai Inc. | 3 | $88 |
| Lundbeck LLC | 1 | $20 |
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.
- GOCOVRI$362
How this compares
$6,978 in reported general payments places this provider in the 70th percentile of 442 neurology providers in Maryland.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| RytaryCarbidopa/Levodopa | 60 | $221,457 |
| NuplazidPimavanserin Tartrate | 23 | $144,120 |
| GocovriAmantadine Hcl | 31 | $132,821 |
| Tetrabenazine | 18 | $119,685 |
| OngentysOpicapone | 15 | $28,626 |
| Entacapone | 79 | $22,688 |
| Carbidopa-LevodopaCarbidopa/Levodopa | 326 | $16,586 |
| Carbidopa-Levodopa-EntacaponeCarbidopa/Levodopa/Entacapone | 19 | $10,259 |
| Rasagiline Mesylate | 26 | $9,240 |
| AmantadineAmantadine Hcl | 64 | $6,094 |
| Carbidopa-Levodopa ErCarbidopa/Levodopa | 47 | $4,850 |
| Donepezil Hcl | 141 | $3,145 |
| Memantine Hcl | 27 | $2,017 |
| Gabapentin | 55 | $1,680 |
| Venlafaxine Hcl ErVenlafaxine Hcl | 15 | $1,290 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Amneal Pharmaceuticals LLCRytary | $238 | $221,45760 claims |
| MDD US Operations, LLCGocovri | $362 | $132,82131 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 70th percentile of 442 neurology providers in Maryland.
Other neurology in Baltimore
- Michael PolydefkisBaltimore$371K
- Shiv SaidhaBaltimore$298K
- Santiago Mazuera MesiaBaltimore$258K
- Thomas CrawfordBaltimore$215K
- Scott NewsomeBaltimore$203K
- Perry ForemanBaltimore$194K
- Samuel MillerBaltimore$179K
- Ted DawsonBaltimore$170K
- Charlene GamaldoBaltimore$131K
- Kathryn WagnerBaltimore$120K
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.