Latha Rao
Pediatric Hematology-Oncology · Madera, CANPI 1740447267
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $1,372 of the $2,122 with a category attached, or 64.7%. 27 manufacturers reported payments, led by Agios Pharmaceuticals, Inc. at 36.4% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $984 and has fallen 77.9% since, to $218 in 2025.
Across 52 payments — averaging $40.80 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Agios Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$773
- Novartis$224
- Novo Nordisk$136
- Sobi, Inc$123
- Shire North American Group Inc$122
- Pfizer$72
- plus $673 from 21 others
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$75035%
- Food & beverage$1,37265%
Most of this is food and beverage — typically meals provided during product presentations at a clinic or hospital. Nationally that is the single largest category of reported payments by count.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Agios Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $773 |
| Novartis | 6 | $224 |
| Novo Nordisk | 6 | $136 |
| Sobi, Inc | 1 | $123 |
| Shire North American Group Inc | 1 | $122 |
| Pfizer | 3 | $72 |
| Chiesi USA, Inc. | 4 | $71 |
| AstraZeneca | 3 | $59 |
| Greenwich Biosciences, Inc. | 3 | $57 |
| Pharming Healthcare, Inc. | 2 | $50 |
| RARE Disease Therapeutics, Inc. | 2 | $49 |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 2 | $40 |
| HEMA Biologics, LLC | 2 | $39 |
| Sanofi | 2 | $35 |
| Genentech, Inc. | 1 | $32 |
| Bayer | 1 | $28 |
| Medunik USA Inc. | 1 | $25 |
| Global Blood Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $24 |
| Biomarin Pharmaceutical Inc. | 1 | $24 |
| Apellis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 1 | $21 |
| Jazz Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Genetix Biotherapeutics Inc | 1 | $19 |
| CSL Behring | 1 | $18 |
| Emmaus Medical, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Servier Pharmaceuticals LLC | 1 | $14 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 1 | $13 |
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
$2,122 in reported general payments places this provider in the 60th percentile of 307 pediatric hematology-oncology providers in California.
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Other pediatric hematology-oncology in Madera
- Vinod BalasaMadera$508K
- Faisal RazzaqiMadera$77K
- Audrey Green-MurphyMadera$77K
- Philip PizzoPalo Alto$2.6M
- Akshat JainRedlands$447K
- Noah FedermanLos Angeles$399K
- Vanessa Salinas-LunaOrange$344K
- Daniel KraftStanford$294K
- Arash MahajerinOrange$249K
- Elysia AlvarezPalo Alto$200K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.