Pekkakuzhiyil Mathew, MD
Internal Medicine · Bluffton, INNPI 1578507539
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 373 payments — averaging $16.21 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$786
- Lilly USA, LLC$715
- AstraZeneca$715
- Novo Nordisk$483
- Bayer$391
- Novartis$278
- plus $3K from 35 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$6,041100%
- Education$60%
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.
How this compares
$6,047 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 1,747 internal medicine providers in Indiana.
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 | 741 | $404,757 |
| OzempicSemaglutide | 131 | $173,788 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 238 | $139,466 |
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 148 | $138,953 |
| GemtesaVibegron | 310 | $132,047 |
| TrulicityDulaglutide | 84 | $95,197 |
| JanuviaSitagliptin Phosphate | 97 | $82,690 |
| Trelegy ElliptaFluticasone/Umeclidin/Vilanter | 77 | $77,890 |
| TradjentaLinagliptin | 146 | $71,150 |
| FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol | 42 | $59,004 |
| LinzessLinaclotide | 82 | $56,728 |
| Toujeo Max SolostarInsulin Glargine,hum.Rec.Anlog | 58 | $47,174 |
| Tresiba Flextouch U-100Insulin Degludec | 63 | $46,012 |
| MyrbetriqMirabegron | 57 | $41,632 |
| Janumet XrSitagliptin Phos/Metformin Hcl | 24 | $32,001 |
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, Premarin | $169 | $416,627761 claims |
| Boehringer IngelheimJardiance, Tradjenta | $174 | $210,103294 claims |
| Novo NordiskOzempic | $483 | $173,788131 claims |
| Johnson & JohnsonXarelto | $150 | $139,466238 claims |
| Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc.Gemtesa | $145 | $132,047310 claims |
| Lilly USA, LLCTrulicity, Mounjaro | $715 | $121,326108 claims |
| GSKTrelegy Ellipta, Breo Ellipta, Incruse Ellipta | $259 | $116,620156 claims |
| MerckJanuvia, Janumet Xr | $106 | $114,690121 claims |
| AbbVieLinzess, Namzaric, Restasis | $786 | $81,078135 claims |
| AstraZenecaFarxiga, Breztri Aerosphere | $715 | $75,02356 claims |
| Astellas Pharma US IncMyrbetriq | $63 | $41,63257 claims |
| Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc.Rexulti | $185 | $19,22013 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 90th percentile of 1,747 internal medicine providers in Indiana.
Other internal medicine in Bluffton
- Robert BuynakValparaiso$24.2M
- Mohammed AllawNewburgh$3.6M
- Raj VuppalanchiIndianapolis$3.4M
- Phillip TothIndianapolis$3.2M
- George CornettFranklin$1.3M
- Ajita NarayanLafayette$951K
- Abhinav SinghGreenwood$738K
- Georgiann LinnemeierIndianapolis$692K
- Wa'el BakdashAnderson$625K
- Rita SchmidSouth Bend$599K
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.