Ragini Kudchadkar
Medical Oncology · Atlanta, GANPI 1982750667
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $57,217 of the $69,245 with a category attached, or 82.6%. 8 manufacturers reported payments, led by Sanofi at 26.2% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $32,898 and has fallen 68.6% since, to $10,314 in 2022. Among medical oncology clinicians in GA with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 10% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 59 payments — averaging $1173.65 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Sanofi$18K
- Novartis$15K
- Merck$15K
- E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C.$8K
- Array Biopharma Inc$7K
- Regeneron$3K
- plus $4K from 2 others
Across 164 payments — averaging $11,635 each. Payments tied to a research study. These frequently flow through the physician to a hospital or research institution rather than to the physician personally.
- Merck$661K
- E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C.$606K
- Regeneron$327K
- Amgen$232K
- GSK$39K
- Incyte Corporation$24K
- plus $19K from 3 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$57,21783%
- Speaking & faculty fees$6,4759%
- Travel & lodging$3,8806%
- Food & beverage$1,6732%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Sanofi | 10 | $18,147 |
| Novartis | 8 | $14,969 |
| Merck | 23 | $14,542 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 11 | $8,185 |
| Array Biopharma Inc | 4 | $6,600 |
| Regeneron | 1 | $2,948 |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 1 | $1,980 |
| Eisai Inc. | 1 | $1,875 |
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
$69,245 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 68 medical oncology providers in Georgia.
Other medical oncology in Atlanta
- Nabil SabaAtlanta$225K
- Suresh RamalingamAtlanta$75K
- Jonathan KaufmanAtlanta$73K
- Nisha JosephAtlanta$50K
- Eyal MeiriAtlanta$39K
- Erin DunbarAtlanta$35K
- Olumide GbolahanAtlanta$32K
- Bradley CarthonAtlanta$31K
- Joseph MaakaronAtlanta$29K
- Ruth SacksAtlanta$18K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.