Matthew Skelton, MD
Hematology & Oncology · Roanoke, VANPI 1689614919
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 23 payments — averaging $22.15 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Novartis$95
- Tactile Systems Technology Inc$73
- Daiichi Sankyo Inc.$64
- Astellas Pharma US Inc$45
- Merck$38
- Beone Medicines USA, Inc.$27
- plus $167 from 9 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$48695%
- Education$235%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Novartis | 4 | $95 |
| Tactile Systems Technology Inc | 2 | $73 |
| Daiichi Sankyo Inc. | 3 | $64 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 2 | $45 |
| Merck | 2 | $38 |
| Beone Medicines USA, Inc. | 1 | $27 |
| Mirati Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $27 |
| AstraZeneca | 1 | $22 |
| Eisai Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Array Biopharma Inc | 1 | $20 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 1 | $19 |
| Beigene USA, Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Puma Biotechnology, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Gilead | 1 | $12 |
| Pfizer | 1 | $12 |
How this compares
$509 in reported general payments places this provider in the 25th percentile of 293 hematology & oncology providers in Virginia.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| TasignaNilotinib Hcl | 14 | $267,761 |
| VonjoPacritinib Citrate | 11 | $267,614 |
| BrukinsaZanubrutinib | 17 | $258,905 |
| NubeqaDarolutamide | 18 | $251,125 |
| ErleadaApalutamide | 16 | $244,135 |
| XtandiEnzalutamide | 18 | $240,989 |
| IbrancePalbociclib | 14 | $218,905 |
| LonsurfTrifluridine/Tipiracil Hcl | 11 | $179,865 |
| VenclextaVenetoclax | 30 | $162,691 |
| Abiraterone Acetate | 114 | $155,411 |
| Sandostatin Lar DepotOctreotide Acetate,mi-Spheres | 13 | $88,822 |
| EliquisApixaban | 65 | $52,379 |
| OrgovyxRelugolix | 13 | $33,508 |
| Anastrozole | 91 | $2,126 |
| Prednisone | 139 | $608 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| NovartisTasigna, Sandostatin Lar Depot | $95 | $356,58227 claims |
| PfizerIbrance, Eliquis | $12 | $271,28479 claims |
| Beigene USA, Inc.Brukinsa | $18 | $258,90517 claims |
| Astellas Pharma US IncXtandi | $45 | $240,98918 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 25th percentile of 293 hematology & oncology providers in Virginia.
Other hematology & oncology in Roanoke
- Amanda Gillespie-TwardyRoanoke$12.2M
- Mark KochenderferRoanoke$8.6M
- Donald VileRoanoke$1.2M
- Craig PortellCharlottesville$12.9M
- Sekwon JangFairfax$11.8M
- Mark FlemingHampton$10M
- Mitul GandhiManassas$6.9M
- Michael DansoNorfolk$6.9M
- Jerome GoldschmidtChristiansburg$6.5M
- William IrvinMidlothian$4.3M
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.