Liang Cheng, MD
Anatomic Pathology & Clinical Pathology · Providence, RINPI 1528025301
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $14,035 of the $16,106 with a category attached, or 87.1%. 8 manufacturers reported payments, led by Daiichi Sankyo Inc. at 53.4% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $12,373, more than ten times the $123 reported in 2019.
Across 24 payments — averaging $671.10 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Daiichi Sankyo Inc.$9K
- Janssen Global Services, LLC$5K
- AstraZeneca$2K
- Bayer$842
- Caris MPI, Inc.$187
- Genentech USA, Inc.$142
- plus $205 from 2 others
Across 1 payment — averaging $10,791 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.
- Merck$11K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$14,03587%
- Travel & lodging$1,2538%
- Food & beverage$8195%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Daiichi Sankyo Inc. | 4 | $8,595 |
| Janssen Global Services, LLC | 10 | $4,615 |
| AstraZeneca | 2 | $1,521 |
| Bayer | 1 | $842 |
| Caris MPI, Inc. | 4 | $187 |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 1 | $142 |
| Gilead | 1 | $123 |
| Foundation Medicine, Inc. | 1 | $82 |
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.
- Enhertu$8,595
- Truqap$1,460
- Vitrakvi$842
- TECENTRIQ$142
- MI CANCER SEEK$102
How this compares
Too few anatomic pathology & clinical pathology providers in Rhode Islandto place this figure against a meaningful peer group, so we don't.
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.
Other anatomic pathology & clinical pathology in Providence
- Yihong WangProvidence$6K
- Robert BarnoProvidence$3K
- Mehran Najibi KohnehshahriProvidence$400
- Mirela StancuProvidence$227
- Amit KumarProvidence$221
- Jila KhorsandProvidence$219
- Clyde BelgraveProvidence$145
- Arlen BrickmanProvidence$135
- Christian NixonProvidence$133
- Natalia BelovaProvidence$131
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.