Lukose Vadakara, MD
Internal Medicine · Hamilton, NJNPI 1255340345
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 294 payments — averaging $14.53 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AstraZeneca$408
- Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC$349
- GSK$323
- Lilly USA, LLC$323
- Novo Nordisk$286
- AbbVie$249
- plus $2K from 31 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$4,271100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AstraZeneca | 30 | $408 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 25 | $349 |
| GSK | 22 | $323 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 23 | $323 |
| Novo Nordisk | 20 | $286 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 17 | $249 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 17 | $241 |
| Bayer | 13 | $235 |
| Merck | 16 | $217 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 13 | $178 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 12 | $171 |
| Vanda Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 12 | $166 |
| Novartis | 8 | $118 |
| Amarin Pharma, Inc. | 7 | $95 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 6 | $92 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 5 | $77 |
| Nestle Healthcare Nutrition Inc. | 5 | $74 |
| Abbott | 4 | $72 |
| Avanir Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 5 | $65 |
| Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 3 | $59 |
| Pfizer | 3 | $51 |
| Philips North America LLC | 3 | $51 |
| Exact Sciences | 3 | $48 |
| Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc. | 3 | $44 |
| Amgen | 3 | $41 |
| Mylan Specialty L.p. | 2 | $37 |
| Lundbeck LLC | 2 | $30 |
| Sanofi Pasteur Inc. | 2 | $29 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 2 | $29 |
| Ironwood Pharmaceuticals, Inc | 1 | $17 |
| Strongbridge US Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Vifor Pharma, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Xeris Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $14 |
| Phathom Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $12 |
| Seqirus USA Inc | 1 | $12 |
How this compares
$4,271 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 4,032 internal medicine providers in New Jersey.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| EliquisApixaban | 224 | $126,353 |
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 98 | $82,035 |
| JanuviaSitagliptin Phosphate | 88 | $73,592 |
| OzempicSemaglutide | 57 | $57,736 |
| LinzessLinaclotide | 63 | $52,388 |
| Trelegy ElliptaFluticasone/Umeclidin/Vilanter | 68 | $50,015 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 48 | $41,603 |
| MounjaroTirzepatide | 37 | $41,327 |
| NucalaMepolizumab | 11 | $40,610 |
| FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol | 65 | $35,417 |
| XifaxanRifaximin | 30 | $31,956 |
| Toujeo Max SolostarInsulin Glargine,hum.Rec.Anlog | 23 | $28,538 |
| JanumetSitagliptin Phos/Metformin Hcl | 14 | $22,390 |
| EntrestoSacubitril/Valsartan | 18 | $22,097 |
| Janumet XrSitagliptin Phos/Metformin Hcl | 25 | $18,059 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| PfizerEliquis | $51 | $126,353224 claims |
| MerckJanuvia, Janumet, Janumet Xr, Verquvo | $217 | $121,005138 claims |
| GSKTrelegy Ellipta, Nucala, Breo Ellipta | $323 | $106,131103 claims |
| Boehringer IngelheimJardiance, Tradjenta | $171 | $93,461114 claims |
| Novo NordiskOzempic, Rybelsus | $286 | $74,42472 claims |
| Lilly USA, LLCMounjaro, Trulicity | $323 | $54,71651 claims |
| AbbVieLinzess | $249 | $52,38863 claims |
| Johnson & JohnsonXarelto | $92 | $41,60348 claims |
| AstraZenecaFarxiga | $408 | $35,41765 claims |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLCXifaxan | $241 | $31,95630 claims |
| NovartisEntresto | $118 | $22,09718 claims |
| BayerKerendia | $235 | $10,56813 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 4,032 internal medicine providers in New Jersey.
Other internal medicine in Hamilton
- Samer HaddadHamilton$6.8M
- Sumitha ReddyHamilton$2M
- Matthew AdasofunjoHamilton$1.3M
- Sanjiv SharmaToms River$33.9M
- Jeffrey CarsonNew Brunswick$13.8M
- Magdy ShenoudaWall$3.7M
- Samar HameedLivingston$3.6M
- Jane RohlfTrenton$2.7M
- Mohammed NisarEdison$2.6M
- Michael CasserNew Milford$2.2M
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.