Pooja Bhargava, DO
Internal Medicine · Livingsten, NJNPI 1619403128
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 138 payments — averaging $17.51 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Novo Nordisk$601
- AstraZeneca$288
- Amgen$221
- Lilly USA, LLC$217
- Pfizer$179
- Bayer$177
- plus $734 from 17 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$2,416100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Novo Nordisk | 37 | $601 |
| AstraZeneca | 6 | $288 |
| Amgen | 17 | $221 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 13 | $217 |
| Pfizer | 15 | $179 |
| Bayer | 9 | $177 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 11 | $148 |
| Exact Sciences | 4 | $106 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 5 | $104 |
| Eisai Inc. | 4 | $75 |
| Novartis | 2 | $36 |
| C2n Diagnostics, LLC | 2 | $35 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 2 | $34 |
| Axsome Therapeutics, Inc. | 2 | $34 |
| Viiv Healthcare Company | 1 | $23 |
| Phadia US Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Amphastar Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 1 | $18 |
| Dynavax Technologies Corporation | 1 | $17 |
| Esperion Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Idorsia Pharmaceuticals US Inc | 1 | $17 |
| AbbVie | 1 | $15 |
| Xeris Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $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.
- BREZTRI$228
How this compares
$2,416 in reported general payments places this provider in the 75th percentile of 4,032 internal medicine providers in New Jersey.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| JanuviaSitagliptin Phosphate | 51 | $35,920 |
| OzempicSemaglutide | 17 | $25,255 |
| EliquisApixaban | 20 | $17,829 |
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 17 | $11,535 |
| Breo ElliptaFluticasone/Vilanterol | 14 | $5,447 |
| PaxlovidNirmatrelvir/Ritonavir | 32 | $2,859 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 135 | $1,187 |
| Albuterol Sulfate HfaAlbuterol Sulfate | 26 | $824 |
| Ultra-Fine Original Pen NeedlePen Needle, Diabetic | 12 | $683 |
| Lantus SolostarInsulin Glargine,hum.Rec.Anlog | 14 | $676 |
| SynthroidLevothyroxine Sodium | 16 | $676 |
| Valsartan | 24 | $651 |
| Levothyroxine Sodium | 84 | $622 |
| Losartan-HydrochlorothiazideLosartan/Hydrochlorothiazide | 29 | $550 |
| Gabapentin | 36 | $542 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Novo NordiskOzempic | $601 | $25,25517 claims |
| PfizerEliquis, Paxlovid | $179 | $20,68752 claims |
| Boehringer IngelheimJardiance | $148 | $11,53517 claims |
| AbbVieSynthroid | $15 | $67616 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 75th percentile of 4,032 internal medicine providers in New Jersey.
Other internal medicine in Livingsten
- Sanjiv SharmaToms River$33.9M
- Jeffrey CarsonNew Brunswick$13.8M
- Samer HaddadHamilton$6.8M
- Magdy ShenoudaWall$3.7M
- Samar HameedLivingston$3.6M
- Jane RohlfTrenton$2.7M
- Mohammed NisarEdison$2.6M
- Michael CasserNew Milford$2.2M
- Sumitha ReddyHamilton$2M
- Helio PedroNewark$1.8M
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.