Premkumar Raja, MD
Radiation Oncology · Charleston, WVNPI 1689631442
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $226 of the $295 with a category attached, or 76.8%. 8 manufacturers reported payments, led by Novartis at 26.8% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $125, 3.6 times the $35 reported in 2019. That places this record below the midpoint for radiation oncology clinicians in WV, where the typical reported total is $295.
Across 12 payments — averaging $24.57 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Novartis$79
- AstraZeneca$68
- Novocure Inc.$40
- Bioprotect Medical, Inc.$29
- Bayer$22
- Reflexion Medical, Inc.$22
- plus $34 from 2 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$22677%
- Education$6823%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Novartis | 4 | $79 |
| AstraZeneca | 1 | $68 |
| Novocure Inc. | 2 | $40 |
| Bioprotect Medical, Inc. | 1 | $29 |
| Bayer | 1 | $22 |
| Reflexion Medical, Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Varian Medical Systems, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Palette Life Sciences, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
How this compares
$295 in reported general payments places this provider in the 50th percentile of 29 radiation oncology providers in West Virginia.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 40 | $657 |
| Gabapentin | 24 | $622 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 12 | $191 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 15 | $109 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other radiation oncology in Charleston
- Hayley StoweCharleston$698
- Lloyd FarinashCharleston$213
- Mark KenamondCharleston$26
- John VarlottoHuntington$120K
- Gregory MerrickWheeling$21K
- David ShimmBeckley$5K
- Paul AdedoyinHuntington$3K
- Benjamin YanMorgantown$2K
- Michael GallowayElkins$1K
- Jondavid PollockWheeling$1K
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.