RxDoctor Payments Data

Richard Kasdan, MD

Neurology · Pittsburgh, PANPI 1598761025

Payments from drug & device makers

$172,020in general payments, 2019–2025

Across 1,283 payments — averaging $134.08 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.

  • Sanofi$66K
  • EMD Serono, Inc.$40K
  • Acorda Therapeutics, Inc$34K
  • Biogen$15K
  • Novartis$2K
  • AbbVie$2K
  • plus $14K from 50 others

What the payments were for

  • Consulting fees$8,8295%
  • Speaking & faculty fees$132,29977%
  • Travel & lodging$6,4094%
  • Food & beverage$24,26114%
  • Education$2220%

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
Sanofi131$66,244
EMD Serono, Inc.122$39,615
Acorda Therapeutics, Inc57$34,243
Biogen76$15,369
Novartis93$1,511
AbbVie(2 entities)92$1,508
Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc.77$1,150
Acadia Pharmaceuticals Inc57$933
UCB, Inc.50$917
AstraZeneca(2 entities)22$809
Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc.25$740
Avanir Pharmaceuticals, Inc.24$614
Neurelis, Inc.28$608
MDD US Operations, LLC34$579
Genentech USA, Inc.30$557
Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc.26$449
SK Life Science, Inc.17$414
Eisai Inc.21$388
Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc.22$384
Kyowa Kirin, Inc.19$362
Bristol Myers Squibb27$310
Johnson & Johnson15$310
Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc.29$296
Mallinckrodt Enterprises LLC9$264
Pfizer17$247
Lundbeck LLC13$242
Banner Life Sciences, LLC14$232
Lilly USA, LLC12$225
Grifols USA, LLC10$206
Tanabe Pharma America, Inc.8$200
Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC3$192
Adamas Pharmaceuticals, Inc.11$173
Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company Ltd.16$168
Argenx US, Inc.6$154
Biohaven Pharmaceuticals, Inc.15$150
TG Therapeutics, Inc.3$132
Livanova USA, Inc.5$114
E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C.5$111
Abbott5$97
Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc.4$94
CSL Behring5$91
Vertical Pharmaceuticals, LLC4$77
Harmony Biosciences LLC1$77
Jazz Pharmaceuticals Inc.3$62
Greenwich Biosciences, Inc.3$62
Avadel CNS Pharmaceuticals, LLC2$54
Avion Pharmaceuticals2$48
Amgen2$45
Impel Pharmaceuticals Inc.2$42
Bausch Health US, LLC2$39
Axsome Therapeutics, Inc.2$37
Amneal Pharmaceuticals LLC1$21
ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp)1$18
Azurity Pharmaceuticals, Inc.1$14
Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc.1$12
Currax Pharmaceuticals LLC1$12

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

$172,020 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 941 neurology providers in Pennsylvania.

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Medicare billing

Part B allowed, 2024
$677,321
Medicare patients
132
Services billed
28,278

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
Gamunex-CImmune Globul G/Gly/Iga Avg 4690$1,266,500
TysabriNatalizumab39$336,698
PrivigenImmun Glob G(Igg)/Pro/Iga 0-5011$306,448
TecfideraDimethyl Fumarate23$250,251
Gammagard LiquidImmun Glob G(Igg)/Gly/Iga Ov5011$223,643
BriviactBrivaracetam28$38,505
Teriflunomide12$35,104
Lacosamide70$8,384
Dalfampridine ErDalfampridine11$7,809
Pregabalin205$4,734
Modafinil91$4,133
Misoprostol12$1,676
Carbamazepine ErCarbamazepine11$1,508
Pyridostigmine Bromide12$1,304
Lamotrigine25$1,001

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
Grifols USA, LLCGamunex-C$206$1,266,50090 claims
BiogenTysabri, Tecfidera$15,369$586,94962 claims
CSL BehringPrivigen$91$306,44811 claims
UCB, Inc.Briviact$917$38,50528 claims
Amneal Pharmaceuticals LLCPyridostigmine Bromide$21$1,30412 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 90th percentile of 941 neurology providers in Pennsylvania.

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