RxDoctor Payments Data

Paresh Shukla, MD

Internal Medicine · Union City, NJNPI 1477618767

Payments from drug & device makers

$31,464in general payments, 2019–2025

Across 1,326 payments — averaging $23.73 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.

  • Amgen$5K
  • GSK$3K
  • AstraZeneca$3K
  • AbbVie$3K
  • Boehringer Ingelheim$2K
  • Johnson & Johnson$2K
  • plus $14K from 52 others

What the payments were for

  • Food & beverage$31,30499%
  • Education$1601%

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
Amgen(2 entities)188$4,772
GSK95$3,127
AstraZeneca80$2,871
AbbVie(2 entities)154$2,810
Boehringer Ingelheim61$2,479
Johnson & Johnson(2 entities)82$1,899
Novo Nordisk77$1,553
Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC70$1,016
Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc.61$1,014
Pfizer40$658
Lilly USA, LLC46$653
Amarin Pharma, Inc.35$588
Bayer18$581
Ardelyx, Inc.13$531
Exact Sciences16$450
ITI, Inc. (d/b/a Intra-cellular Therapies, Inc.)12$429
Medtronic(2 entities)4$416
Phathom Pharmaceuticals, Inc.6$402
E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C.12$389
Novartis17$388
Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc.11$387
Intuity Medical Inc24$367
Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc.26$310
Astellas Pharma US Inc15$303
Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC19$281
Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc.18$262
Abiomed2$260
Merck17$220
Mannkind Corporation9$220
Radius Health, Inc.15$191
Corcept Therapeutics2$158
Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.9$127
Philips North America LLC6$110
Azurity Pharmaceuticals, Inc.7$105
Eisai Inc.7$103
Cardiovascular Systems Inc.1$103
Biogen7$101
ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp)1$99
Lexicon Pharmaceuticals, Inc.1$99
Paratek Pharmaceuticals, Inc.5$72
Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Inc.5$68
Mylan Specialty L.p.5$66
Ironwood Pharmaceuticals, Inc3$52
Lundbeck LLC3$52
Almatica Pharma LLC3$41
Dexcom, Inc.2$39
Althera Pharmaceuticals LLC3$35
Scilex Pharmaceuticals Inc.2$30
Avanir Pharmaceuticals, Inc.2$28
Edwards Lifesciences1$21
Verona Pharma, Inc.1$20
Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc.1$19
Boston Scientific1$19
Esperion Therapeutics, Inc.1$17
Idorsia Pharmaceuticals US Inc1$14
Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company Ltd.1$14
Nevro Corp.1$14
Shield Therapeutics Inc1$14

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.

How this compares

$31,464 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 4,032 internal medicine providers in New Jersey.

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Medicare billing

Part B allowed, 2024
$69,812
Medicare patients
144
Services billed
626

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
JardianceEmpagliflozin226$242,526
ProliaDenosumab108$183,621
FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol133$143,834
OzempicSemaglutide102$127,933
EliquisApixaban145$121,338
VascepaIcosapent Ethyl157$96,216
LinzessLinaclotide116$93,731
VraylarCariprazine Hcl54$89,231
Trelegy ElliptaFluticasone/Umeclidin/Vilanter112$86,344
RybelsusSemaglutide62$84,896
JanumetSitagliptin Phos/Metformin Hcl63$72,074
OtezlaApremilast12$67,882
TradjentaLinagliptin65$61,763
Breztri AerosphereBudesonide/Glycopyr/Formoterol83$57,504
Evenity (2 Syringes)Romosozumab-Aqqg18$47,629

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
Boehringer IngelheimJardiance, Tradjenta, Combivent Respimat, Jentadueto$2,479$337,840344 claims
AmgenProlia, Otezla, Evenity (2 Syringes)$4,772$299,132138 claims
AbbVieLinzess, Vraylar, Restasis, Namzaric, Creon$2,810$229,217225 claims
Novo NordiskOzempic, Rybelsus$1,553$212,829164 claims
AstraZenecaFarxiga, Breztri Aerosphere$2,871$201,338216 claims
MerckJanumet, Januvia, Janumet Xr$220$128,432113 claims
PfizerEliquis$658$121,338145 claims
GSKTrelegy Ellipta, Breo Ellipta$3,127$99,912143 claims
Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc.Livalo$1,014$41,42748 claims
Johnson & JohnsonXarelto$1,899$39,14658 claims
NovartisEntresto$388$39,13430 claims
Lilly USA, LLCTrulicity$653$38,81834 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 95th percentile of 4,032 internal medicine providers in New Jersey.

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