Murugesen Dhandapani, MD
Family Medicine · la Follette, TNNPI 1306876537
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 232 payments — averaging $18.20 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AstraZeneca$749
- GSK$618
- ITI, Inc. (d/b/a Intra-cellular Therapies, Inc.)$385
- Novartis$238
- Boehringer Ingelheim$206
- Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc.$183
- plus $2K from 27 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$4,222100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AstraZeneca | 42 | $749 |
| GSK | 34 | $618 |
| ITI, Inc. (d/b/a Intra-cellular Therapies, Inc.) | 15 | $385 |
| Novartis | 15 | $238 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 13 | $206 |
| Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 10 | $183 |
| Pfizer | 12 | $175 |
| Bayer | 9 | $171 |
| Novo Nordisk | 7 | $156 |
| AbbVie | 5 | $121 |
| Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 6 | $120 |
| Amgen | 7 | $117 |
| Amarin Pharma, Inc. | 8 | $116 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 8 | $111 |
| Inogen, Inc. | 5 | $111 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 7 | $106 |
| Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc. | 4 | $84 |
| Merck | 5 | $83 |
| Phathom Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 3 | $53 |
| Lundbeck LLC | 2 | $45 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 2 | $41 |
| Mylan Specialty L.p. | 2 | $28 |
| Axsome Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $27 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 1 | $24 |
| Abbott | 1 | $21 |
| Esperion Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 1 | $20 |
| Xeris Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Exact Sciences | 1 | $17 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company Ltd. | 1 | $17 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 1 | $17 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $13 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 1 | $12 |
How this compares
$4,222 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 2,087 family medicine providers in Tennessee.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| EliquisApixaban | 489 | $157,237 |
| OzempicSemaglutide | 92 | $93,503 |
| Trelegy ElliptaFluticasone/Umeclidin/Vilanter | 115 | $88,405 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 145 | $74,001 |
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 62 | $39,590 |
| XifaxanRifaximin | 11 | $33,006 |
| TrulicityDulaglutide | 26 | $24,846 |
| TradjentaLinagliptin | 36 | $23,373 |
| JanuviaSitagliptin Phosphate | 23 | $22,159 |
| FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol | 31 | $22,154 |
| Anoro ElliptaUmeclidinium Brm/Vilanterol Tr | 47 | $21,421 |
| Breztri AerosphereBudesonide/Glycopyr/Formoterol | 32 | $19,760 |
| VraylarCariprazine Hcl | 13 | $19,746 |
| LantusInsulin Glargine,hum.Rec.Anlog | 159 | $15,662 |
| NuedextaDextromethorphan Hbr/Quinidine | 18 | $13,918 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| PfizerEliquis, Abrysvo | $175 | $163,725511 claims |
| GSKTrelegy Ellipta, Anoro Ellipta | $618 | $109,826162 claims |
| Novo NordiskOzempic | $156 | $93,50392 claims |
| Johnson & JohnsonXarelto | $111 | $74,001145 claims |
| Boehringer IngelheimJardiance, Tradjenta | $206 | $62,96398 claims |
| AstraZenecaFarxiga, Breztri Aerosphere | $749 | $41,91463 claims |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLCXifaxan | $24 | $33,00611 claims |
| AbbVieVraylar, Linzess | $121 | $32,63936 claims |
| Lilly USA, LLCTrulicity, Humalog | $17 | $29,37286 claims |
| MerckJanuvia | $83 | $22,15923 claims |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLCLantus | $106 | $15,662159 claims |
| Astellas Pharma US IncMyrbetriq | $20 | $5,58436 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 2,087 family medicine providers in Tennessee.
Other family medicine in la Follette
- Rickey ManningKnoxville$8.1M
- Kymberly MoyerGallatin$5.9M
- Natasha BallardChattanooga$5.7M
- Hina BudhwaniNashville$4.7M
- Paul WakefieldKnoxville$4.3M
- Emily HubbsKingsport$2.8M
- Jerry PunchKnoxville$2.1M
- Bridgette FraneyNashville$2M
- Andrew BrockmyreBristol$1.8M
- Marcus LeeTullahoma$1.5M
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.