Paul Varughese
Pediatrics · Durant, OKNPI 1497800064
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 62 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. It is spread thinly across 21 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 19.2% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations.
Across 62 payments — averaging $16.66 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Amgen$199
- Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC$154
- Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc.$111
- Abbott$65
- Exact Sciences$58
- Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.$50
- plus $396 from 15 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$1,033100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Amgen | 12 | $199 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 11 | $154 |
| Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc. | 5 | $111 |
| Abbott | 3 | $65 |
| Exact Sciences | 4 | $58 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 3 | $50 |
| Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 2 | $47 |
| Merck | 3 | $47 |
| AstraZeneca | 3 | $45 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 3 | $42 |
| Xeris Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $41 |
| Medtronic | 2 | $29 |
| Vertex | 1 | $22 |
| Vanda Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Sobi, Inc | 1 | $16 |
| GRT US Holding, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Convatec Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Dexcom, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 1 | $14 |
| Mylan Specialty L.p. | 1 | $14 |
| Phathom Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $12 |
How this compares
$1,033 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 568 pediatrics providers in Oklahoma.
Other pediatrics in Durant
- Stanley GroggTulsa$24K
- Scott MelsonOklahoma City$11K
- Angela ConradTulsa$6K
- Todd ColemanTulsa$5K
- Julie MayOklahoma City$5K
- Patrick DaleyTulsa$5K
- Laurie OrmeEdmond$5K
- Rachel SpragueOklahoma City$4K
- Sabrina OlayEdmond$4K
- Chelsea GalutiaCollinsville$4K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.