RxDoctor Payments Data

Mahaveer Khemka, MD

Cardiology · Anaheim, CANPI 1568449965

Payments from drug & device makers

What this record shows

Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 96.8% of the total across 263 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. It is spread thinly across 28 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 17.6% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $1,133 and has fallen 72.7% since, to $309 in 2025.

$5,075in general payments, 2019–2025

Across 263 payments — averaging $19.30 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.

  • Johnson & Johnson$895
  • AstraZeneca$734
  • Novartis$623
  • Gilead$370
  • E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C.$370
  • Merck$351
  • plus $2K from 22 others

What the payments were for

  • Food & beverage$4,91597%
  • Education$1603%

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.

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

$5,075 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 156 cardiology providers in California.

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Medicare billing

Part B allowed, 2024
$161,306
Medicare patients
308
Services billed
1,402

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
EntrestoSacubitril/Valsartan188$205,771
EliquisApixaban168$180,210
FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol92$81,858
JardianceEmpagliflozin30$37,729
TrulicityDulaglutide25$31,575
JanuviaSitagliptin Phosphate24$26,922
XareltoRivaroxaban20$25,860
OzempicSemaglutide12$12,229
KerendiaFinerenone14$9,417
Metoprolol Succinate255$3,259
Rosuvastatin Calcium202$3,239
Nifedipine ErNifedipine106$2,728
Amiodarone Hcl53$2,727
Bisoprolol Fumarate117$2,371
ClopidogrelClopidogrel Bisulfate199$2,249

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
NovartisEntresto$623$205,771188 claims
PfizerEliquis$122$180,210168 claims
AstraZenecaFarxiga$734$81,85892 claims
Boehringer IngelheimJardiance$292$37,72930 claims
Lilly USA, LLCTrulicity$65$31,57525 claims
MerckJanuvia$351$26,92224 claims
Johnson & JohnsonXarelto$895$25,86020 claims
BayerKerendia$191$9,41714 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 80th percentile of 156 cardiology providers in California.

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