Meera Subash, MD
Rheumatology · Austin, TXNPI 1144648288
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 15 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 4 manufacturers reported payments, led by AbbVie at 43.8% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2024 at $252 and has fallen 92.1% since, to $20 in 2025. That places this record below the midpoint for rheumatology clinicians in TX, where the typical reported total is $3,779.
Across 15 payments — averaging $32.21 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$211
- GSK$132
- Aurinia Pharma U.S., Inc.$121
- Johnson & Johnson$18
Across 11 payments — averaging $10,268 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.
- Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.$113K
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$483100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AbbVie | 11 | $211 |
| GSK | 2 | $132 |
| Aurinia Pharma U.S., Inc. | 1 | $121 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $18 |
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.
- LUPKYNIS$121
How this compares
$483 in reported general payments places this provider in the 20th percentile of 512 rheumatology providers in Texas.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Orencia ClickjectAbatacept | 25 | $141,665 |
| Humira(Cf) PenAdalimumab | 20 | $134,444 |
| Enbrel SureclickEtanercept | 13 | $95,775 |
| Leflunomide | 49 | $4,087 |
| Celecoxib | 21 | $1,567 |
| Hydroxychloroquine Sulfate | 69 | $1,509 |
| Mycophenolate Mofetil | 16 | $1,428 |
| MethotrexateMethotrexate Sodium | 75 | $1,052 |
| Diclofenac Sodium | 11 | $492 |
| Prednisone | 130 | $489 |
| Sulfasalazine | 41 | $445 |
| Pregabalin | 16 | $306 |
| Gabapentin | 22 | $211 |
| Naproxen | 13 | $163 |
| Allopurinol | 15 | $137 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other rheumatology in Austin
- Robert KovalAustin$150K
- John CushDallas$3.7M
- Sanjay ChabraEl Paso$3.3M
- Dhiman BasuColleyville$1.8M
- Frank WellborneNew Braunfels$1.4M
- Christopher ParkerWest Lake Hills$1.4M
- Pendleton WickershamSan Antonio$954K
- Henry TownsendPlano$738K
- Zoran KurepaDallas$483K
- Giovanni GeslaniDallas$415K
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.