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Meghna Kumar-Pelayo, MD

Neurology · St Petersburg, FLNPI 1629390471

Payments from drug & device makers

$9,753in general payments, 2019–2025

Across 462 payments — averaging $21.11 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.

  • AbbVie$2K
  • UCB, Inc.$716
  • AstraZeneca$632
  • GE HealthCare$527
  • Pfizer$457
  • Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.$407
  • plus $5K from 54 others

What the payments were for

  • Speaking & faculty fees$240%
  • Food & beverage$9,729100%

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.

CompanyPaymentsTotal
AbbVie(2 entities)82$1,563
UCB, Inc.29$716
AstraZeneca(2 entities)24$632
GE HealthCare20$527
Pfizer26$457
Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.14$407
Novartis20$328
Tanabe Pharma America, Inc.10$289
Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc.25$278
Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc.13$255
Amgen(2 entities)11$252
Biogen11$240
SK Life Science, Inc.7$225
Catalyst Pharmaceuticals, Inc.7$211
Argenx US, Inc.6$181
Lilly USA, LLC8$165
Genentech USA, Inc.7$162
Vanda Pharmaceuticals Inc.7$159
Bristol Myers Squibb8$150
Acorda Therapeutics, Inc6$150
Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc.9$147
Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc.8$146
Johnson & Johnson(2 entities)6$136
Lundbeck LLC5$136
Eisai Inc.6$129
CSL Behring5$128
Aucta Pharmaceuticals, Inc.8$100
Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc.4$97
Sanofi5$91
TG Therapeutics, Inc.3$89
Jazz Pharmaceuticals Inc.4$84
Portola Pharmaceuticals, LLC5$84
Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc.6$78
Axsome Therapeutics, Inc.3$71
Merz Pharmaceuticals, LLC3$71
C2n Diagnostics, LLC3$65
Grifols USA, LLC3$64
Banner Life Sciences, LLC2$48
Greenwich Biosciences, Inc.2$45
Xeris Pharmaceuticals, Inc.2$45
Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company Ltd.2$44
Livanova USA, Inc.3$44
Acadia Pharmaceuticals Inc2$43
Upsher-smith Laboratories LLC2$39
Biohaven Pharmaceuticals, Inc.2$38
Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc.1$27
Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc.1$26
Bausch Health US, LLC1$24
Akcea Therapeutics, Inc.1$22
Microtransponder, Inc.1$22
Impel Pharmaceuticals LLC1$22
Neurelis, Inc.1$22
Vertical Pharmaceuticals, LLC1$21
Tonix Medicines, Inc.1$21
Corium, LLC1$19
Cycle Pharmaceuticals Inc1$18
Idorsia Pharmaceuticals US Inc1$16
Nevro Corp.1$16
Zyla Life Sciences, Inc.1$15
EMD Serono, Inc.1$15

How this compares

$9,753 in reported general payments places this provider in the 65th percentile of 1,434 neurology providers in Florida.

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Medicare billing

Part B allowed, 2024
$58,251
Medicare patients
234
Services billed
726

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
AptiomEslicarbazepine Acetate16$40,062
BriviactBrivaracetam16$21,885
Emgality PenGalcanezumab-Gnlm17$11,552
Levetiracetam298$10,006
Carbamazepine ErCarbamazepine35$7,198
Lacosamide130$6,066
DilantinPhenytoin Sodium Extended16$4,934
Lamotrigine ErLamotrigine12$4,082
Memantine Hcl97$2,748
Memantine Hcl ErMemantine Hcl18$2,616
Carbamazepine32$2,071
Carbidopa-LevodopaCarbidopa/Levodopa94$2,038
Lamotrigine99$2,001
Oxcarbazepine23$1,820
Gabapentin109$1,608

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.

CompanyPaid to this providerPart D cost of their drugs
Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc.Aptiom$147$40,06216 claims
UCB, Inc.Briviact$716$21,88516 claims
PfizerDilantin$457$4,93416 claims
Upsher-smith Laboratories LLCTopiramate$39$62053 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 65th percentile of 1,434 neurology providers in Florida.

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