Paul Sachs, MD
Pulmonary Disease · Stamford, CTNPI 1649232356
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by speaking fees: $16,900 of the $19,014 with a category attached, or 88.9%. GSK accounts for 99.5% of it on its own, with 2 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2020 at $9,451 and has fallen 99.1% since, to $88 in 2024.
Across 33 payments — averaging $576.17 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- GSK$19K
- Baxter Healthcare$53
- Ceribell, Inc.$35
Across 15 payments — averaging $2075.63 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.
- AstraZeneca$15K
- Novartis$9K
- GSK$7K
- Boehringer Ingelheim$287
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$16,90089%
- Travel & lodging$1,2567%
- Food & beverage$8585%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| GSK | 29 | $18,926 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 3 | $53 |
| Ceribell, Inc. | 1 | $35 |
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.
- TRELEGY ELLIPTA$18,297
How this compares
$19,014 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 255 pulmonary disease providers in Connecticut.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Trelegy ElliptaFluticasone/Umeclidin/Vilanter | 246 | $224,705 |
| Anoro ElliptaUmeclidinium Brm/Vilanterol Tr | 109 | $70,859 |
| Breo ElliptaFluticasone/Vilanterol | 120 | $59,290 |
| Stiolto RespimatTiotropium Br/Olodaterol Hcl | 22 | $15,158 |
| Spiriva RespimatTiotropium Bromide | 13 | $10,770 |
| Arnuity ElliptaFluticasone Furoate | 13 | $4,857 |
| SymbicortBudesonide/Formoterol Fumarate | 11 | $3,721 |
| Wixela InhubFluticasone Propion/Salmeterol | 39 | $3,618 |
| Albuterol Sulfate HfaAlbuterol Sulfate | 105 | $2,633 |
| Fluticasone-SalmeterolFluticasone Propion/Salmeterol | 13 | $1,471 |
| Ventolin HfaAlbuterol Sulfate | 21 | $1,372 |
| Levalbuterol Tartrate HfaLevalbuterol Tartrate | 22 | $1,182 |
| Montelukast Sodium | 39 | $355 |
| Prednisone | 31 | $283 |
| Azithromycin | 14 | $207 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| GSKTrelegy Ellipta, Anoro Ellipta, Breo Ellipta, Arnuity Ellipta | $18,926 | $359,711488 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 85th percentile of 255 pulmonary disease providers in Connecticut.
Other pulmonary disease in Stamford
- Joseph CasinoStamford$90K
- James KrinsleyStamford$19K
- Anna MoniodisStamford$8K
- Michael BernsteinStamford$7K
- Geoffrey ChuppNew Haven$1.2M
- Tapas BandyopadhyayWest Hartford$483K
- Raj ParikhHartford$386K
- Patrick TroyHartford$385K
- Michael ImevboreNew Haven$323K
- Jeffrey NascimentoHartford$213K
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.