Maheep Birdi, MD
Neurology · Bakersfield, CANPI 1639587868
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 1,480 payments — averaging $44.34 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$44K
- Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc.$1K
- Abbott$1K
- Novartis$1K
- Livanova USA, Inc.$1K
- EMD Serono, Inc.$1K
- plus $15K from 54 others
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$39,35460%
- Travel & lodging$1,2272%
- Food & beverage$24,32337%
- Education$7181%
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.
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.
- QULIPTA$29,979
- UBRELVY$11,944
- INFINITY$866
- VNS Therapy$541
- INTELLIS ADAPTIVESTIM$213
How this compares
$65,621 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 1,996 neurology providers in California.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| OctagamImmun Globg(Igg)/Malt/Iga Ov50 | 64 | $997,443 |
| Gammagard LiquidImmun Glob G(Igg)/Gly/Iga Ov50 | 26 | $433,752 |
| PrivigenImmun Glob G(Igg)/Pro/Iga 0-50 | 38 | $391,686 |
| NuplazidPimavanserin Tartrate | 78 | $381,028 |
| RexultiBrexpiprazole | 199 | $301,212 |
| GammaplexImmun Glob G(Igg)/Gly/Iga 0-50 | 36 | $297,601 |
| Radicava OrsEdaravone | 13 | $175,254 |
| NourianzIstradefylline | 58 | $154,274 |
| AustedoDeutetrabenazine | 19 | $110,644 |
| NamzaricMemantine Hcl/Donepezil Hcl | 78 | $59,448 |
| VraylarCariprazine Hcl | 24 | $56,946 |
| Nurtec OdtRimegepant Sulfate | 36 | $49,954 |
| UbrelvyUbrogepant | 46 | $49,206 |
| Pregabalin | 1,869 | $49,132 |
| Emgality PenGalcanezumab-Gnlm | 72 | $47,521 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| PfizerOctagam, Nurtec Odt, Eliquis | $814 | $1,061,525113 claims |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.Gammagard Liquid | $87 | $433,75226 claims |
| CSL BehringPrivigen | $322 | $391,68638 claims |
| Acadia Pharmaceuticals IncNuplazid | $1,045 | $381,02878 claims |
| Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc.Rexulti | $348 | $301,212199 claims |
| AbbVieNamzaric, Vraylar, Ubrelvy, Qulipta, Botox | $44,405 | $215,819190 claims |
| Kyowa Kirin, Inc.Nourianz | $484 | $154,27458 claims |
| Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc.Austedo | $1,250 | $110,64419 claims |
| SK Life Science, Inc.Xcopri | $478 | $42,83730 claims |
| Eisai Inc.Fycompa | $429 | $23,59113 claims |
| Johnson & JohnsonXarelto | $225 | $20,33723 claims |
| MDD US Operations, LLCGocovri | $38 | $20,23112 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 1,996 neurology providers in California.
Other neurology in Bakersfield
- Timothy CloughesyLos Angeles$33.1M
- Jack FlorinFullerton$13M
- David KudrowSanta Monica$12.8M
- John Ravitsla Jolla$8.4M
- Perminder BhatiaFresno$8.3M
- Perry ShiehLos Angeles$8.2M
- Benjamin FrishbergCarlsbad$8.2M
- Bruce CreeSan Francisco$8M
- Lawrence RechtPalo Alto$6.6M
- Stanley PrusinerSan Francisco$6.5M
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.