Plakyil Joseph, MD
Hematology & Oncology · Cranston, RINPI 1821070418
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (47.5%), food and beverage and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Novartis accounts for 61.3% of it on its own, with 41 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $7,541 and has fallen 99.0% since, to $75 in 2025.
Across 161 payments — averaging $56.13 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Novartis$6K
- Johnson & Johnson$485
- AstraZeneca$432
- Eisai Inc.$248
- Merck$240
- Bristol Myers Squibb$218
- plus $2K from 36 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$4,29047%
- Travel & lodging$8169%
- Food & beverage$3,62840%
- Education$3043%
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.
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
$9,038 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 68 hematology & oncology providers in Rhode Island.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| CalquenceAcalabrutinib Maleate | 47 | $623,545 |
| TagrissoOsimertinib Mesylate | 33 | $540,167 |
| IbrancePalbociclib | 27 | $380,873 |
| Lenalidomide | 26 | $281,100 |
| LonsurfTrifluridine/Tipiracil Hcl | 20 | $267,731 |
| XtandiEnzalutamide | 22 | $231,198 |
| RevlimidLenalidomide | 12 | $205,556 |
| KisqaliRibociclib Succinate | 22 | $193,081 |
| Abiraterone Acetate | 87 | $141,306 |
| EliquisApixaban | 75 | $45,853 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 25 | $14,544 |
| TrelstarTriptorelin Pamoate | 12 | $10,356 |
| Hydroxyurea | 53 | $1,424 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 41 | $1,001 |
| Gabapentin | 44 | $937 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AstraZenecaCalquence, Tagrisso | $432 | $1,163,71280 claims |
| PfizerIbrance, Eliquis | $174 | $426,726102 claims |
| Taiho Oncology, Inc.Lonsurf | $86 | $267,73120 claims |
| Astellas Pharma US IncXtandi | $29 | $231,19822 claims |
| Bristol Myers SquibbRevlimid | $218 | $205,55612 claims |
| NovartisKisqali | $5,537 | $193,08122 claims |
| Johnson & JohnsonXarelto | $485 | $14,54425 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 68 hematology & oncology providers in Rhode Island.
Other hematology & oncology in Cranston
- Mark RobbinsCranston$7K
- Sundaresan SambandamCranston$3K
- Ayesha HassanCranston$444
- Susan HobinCranston$219
- Fatima RazaCranston$36
- Gerald ColvinWakefield$233K
- William SikovProvidence$156K
- Ritesh RathoreProvidence$148K
- Anthony MegaProvidence$65K
- Adam OlszewskiProvidence$63K
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.