RxDoctor Payments Data

Lei Zhang, MD

Neurology · Hamilton, NJNPI 1821149659

Payments from drug & device makers

$8,284in general payments, 2019–2025

Across 560 payments — averaging $14.79 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.

  • AbbVie$922
  • Biogen$640
  • Novartis$634
  • Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$590
  • Corium, LLC$559
  • UCB, Inc.$436
  • plus $5K from 54 others

What the payments were for

  • Speaking & faculty fees$350%
  • Food & beverage$8,249100%

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

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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.

CompanyPaymentsTotal
AbbVie(2 entities)71$922
Biogen42$640
Novartis37$634
Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc.37$590
Corium, LLC42$559
UCB, Inc.30$436
Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc.23$389
Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.22$304
Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc.22$270
Tris Pharma Inc16$241
Eisai Inc.16$217
Bristol Myers Squibb13$187
Amgen(2 entities)11$182
Jazz Pharmaceuticals Inc.12$179
SK Life Science, Inc.9$164
AstraZeneca(2 entities)11$153
Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc.10$149
Lilly USA, LLC10$143
Ironshore Pharmaceuticals Inc.10$140
Biohaven Pharmaceuticals, Inc.11$127
Pfizer6$117
Aprecia Pharmaceuticals, LLC7$116
Aquestive Therapeutics, Inc.7$114
Avanir Pharmaceuticals, Inc.7$98
EMD Serono, Inc.6$97
Boston Scientific4$80
Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company Ltd.4$64
Abbott3$62
Arbor Pharmaceuticals, Inc.4$62
Medtronic(2 entities)3$59
Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc.4$55
Impel Pharmaceuticals Inc.3$53
Amneal Pharmaceuticals LLC4$51
Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc.3$49
Neurelis, Inc.3$44
Mallinckrodt Enterprises LLC3$40
Kyowa Kirin, Inc.3$40
Acorda Therapeutics, Inc3$35
Upsher-smith Laboratories LLC2$33
Strongbridge US Inc.2$30
Adamas Pharmaceuticals, Inc.2$29
Shire North American Group Inc2$28
Sanofi2$27
Rhodes Pharmaceuticals L.p.2$25
Biomarin Pharmaceutical Inc.1$22
Springworks Therapeutics, Inc.1$20
Philips North America LLC1$20
Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc.1$17
Bausch Health US, LLC1$17
Johnson & Johnson1$16
Adlon Therapeutics L.p.1$15
Vertical Pharmaceuticals, LLC1$15
Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc.1$15
Currax Pharmaceuticals LLC1$14
Genentech USA, Inc.1$14
Promius Pharma LLC1$14
Grifols USA, LLC1$13
E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C.1$13
Amarin Pharma, Inc.1$12
Neos Therapeutics, LP1$11

How this compares

$8,284 in reported general payments places this provider in the 65th percentile of 521 neurology providers in New Jersey.

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Medicare billing

Part B allowed, 2024
$145,755
Medicare patients
376
Services billed
1,289

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

DrugClaimsCost to plans & patients
Carbamazepine ErCarbamazepine22$3,562
Lacosamide33$2,335
Levetiracetam111$1,950
Gabapentin98$1,380
Memantine Hcl34$1,343
Donepezil Hcl70$881
Topiramate35$861
Duloxetine Hcl25$738
Clonazepam18$619
Carbamazepine13$544
Lamotrigine19$519
Sumatriptan Succinate17$456
Memantine Hcl ErMemantine Hcl14$440
Primidone12$328
Phenobarbital12$265

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.

CompanyPaid to this providerPart D cost of their drugs
Upsher-smith Laboratories LLCTopiramate$33$86135 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 65th percentile of 521 neurology providers in New Jersey.

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