RxDoctor Payments Data

Ramesh Bharadwaj, MD

Infectious Disease · Florence, SCNPI 1467634030

Payments from drug & device makers

What this record shows

Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 91.9% of the total across 81 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 9 manufacturers reported payments, led by Gilead at 57.5% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $381 and has fallen 51.1% since, to $186 in 2025.

$1,437in general payments, 2019–2025

Across 81 payments — averaging $17.74 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.

  • Gilead$826
  • Viiv Healthcare Company$307
  • Shionogi Inc$117
  • GSK$78
  • Dexcom, Inc.$31
  • Hologic Sales And Service, LLC$26
  • plus $52 from 3 others

What the payments were for

  • Food & beverage$1,32092%
  • Education$1178%

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

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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.

CompanyPaymentsTotal
Gilead51$826
Viiv Healthcare Company20$307
Shionogi Inc2$117
GSK1$78
Dexcom, Inc.2$31
Hologic Sales And Service, LLC1$26
Johnson & Johnson2$24
AbbVie1$14
Vyera Pharmaceuticals, LLC1$13

How this compares

$1,437 in reported general payments places this provider in the 55th percentile of 102 infectious disease providers in South Carolina.

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Medicare billing

Part B allowed, 2024
$137,593
Medicare patients
422
Services billed
1,351

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

DrugClaimsCost to plans & patients
BiktarvyBictegrav/Emtricit/Tenofov Ala367$1,418,846
TriumeqAbacavir/Dolutegravir/Lamivudi82$289,082
DovatoDolutegravir Sodium/Lamivudine65$194,726
OdefseyEmtricitab/Rilpiviri/Tenof Ala39$138,579
SymtuzaDarunavir/Cob/Emtri/Tenof Alaf29$131,861
CabenuvaCabotegravir/Rilpivirine19$111,016
GenvoyaElviteg/Cob/Emtri/Tenof Alafen27$104,676
JulucaDolutegravir/Rilpivirine28$92,056
TivicayDolutegravir Sodium19$45,505
PrezcobixDarunavir/Cobicistat19$43,933
DescovyEmtricitabine/Tenofov Alafenam16$38,192
Daptomycin59$24,173
Etravirine11$11,609
ErtapenemErtapenem Sodium30$10,570
Vancomycin Hcl46$6,065

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.

CompanyPaid to this providerPart D cost of their drugs
GileadBiktarvy, Genvoya, Descovy$826$1,561,715410 claims
Viiv Healthcare CompanyTriumeq, Dovato, Cabenuva, Juluca, Tivicay$307$732,385213 claims
Johnson & JohnsonPrezcobix$24$43,93319 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 55th percentile of 102 infectious disease providers in South Carolina.

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