Richard Novak
Infectious Disease · Chicago, ILNPI 1427155837
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $47,306 of the $61,662 with a category attached, or 76.7%. 6 manufacturers reported payments, led by Viiv Healthcare Company at 56.7% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $16,767 and has fallen 99.8% since, to $26 in 2025. Among infectious disease clinicians in IL with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 5% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 103 payments — averaging $598.66 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Viiv Healthcare Company$35K
- Gilead$14K
- Modernatx, Inc.$11K
- Theratechnologies Inc.$2K
- Merck$95
- Johnson & Johnson$20
Across 145 payments — averaging $6195.42 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.
- Janssen Research & Development, LLC$452K
- Gilead$381K
- Merck$39K
- Modernatx, Inc.$16K
- Viiv Healthcare Company$10K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$47,30677%
- Speaking & faculty fees$1,5002%
- Travel & lodging$10,40317%
- Food & beverage$2,4424%
- Education$110%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Viiv Healthcare Company | 39 | $34,958 |
| Gilead | 52 | $14,032 |
| Modernatx, Inc. | 5 | $11,056 |
| Theratechnologies Inc. | 1 | $1,500 |
| Merck | 5 | $95 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $20 |
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
$61,662 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 368 infectious disease providers in Illinois.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| BiktarvyBictegrav/Emtricit/Tenofov Ala | 242 | $1,023,948 |
| DovatoDolutegravir Sodium/Lamivudine | 103 | $340,025 |
| JulucaDolutegravir/Rilpivirine | 36 | $161,852 |
| TriumeqAbacavir/Dolutegravir/Lamivudi | 33 | $131,439 |
| CabenuvaCabotegravir/Rilpivirine | 17 | $107,917 |
| TivicayDolutegravir Sodium | 28 | $63,495 |
| SymtuzaDarunavir/Cob/Emtri/Tenof Alaf | 12 | $54,369 |
| PifeltroDoravirine | 24 | $45,343 |
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 12 | $8,174 |
| ValacyclovirValacyclovir Hcl | 32 | $1,579 |
| Tamsulosin Hcl | 35 | $726 |
| Methenamine Hippurate | 14 | $619 |
| Albuterol Sulfate HfaAlbuterol Sulfate | 21 | $611 |
| Diclofenac Sodium | 12 | $588 |
| Bupropion XlBupropion Hcl | 13 | $386 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| GileadBiktarvy | $14,032 | $1,023,948242 claims |
| Viiv Healthcare CompanyDovato, Juluca, Triumeq, Cabenuva, Tivicay | $34,958 | $804,728217 claims |
| MerckPifeltro | $95 | $45,34324 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 95th percentile of 368 infectious disease providers in Illinois.
Other infectious disease in Chicago
- Frank PalellaChicago$987K
- Catherine CreticosChicago$335K
- Babafemi TaiwoChicago$292K
- Beverly ShaChicago$202K
- Chad ZawitzChicago$193K
- Nancy GlickChicago$186K
- Kamaljit SinghChicago$138K
- James SullivanChicago$100K
- Gregory HuhnChicago$99K
- Maximo BritoChicago$75K
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.