Ruchi Sharma, MD
Pain Medicine · New Haven, CTNPI 1396900668
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 22 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 11 manufacturers reported payments, led by Lilly USA, LLC at 29.6% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2024 at $260 and has fallen 64.6% since, to $92 in 2025. That places this record below the midpoint for pain medicine clinicians in CT, where the typical reported total is $2,061.
Across 22 payments — averaging $40.45 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Lilly USA, LLC$263
- SPR Therapeutics, Inc$161
- Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC$125
- Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc.$93
- Vertos Medical, Inc.$85
- GRT US Holding, Inc.$52
- plus $112 from 5 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$890100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Lilly USA, LLC | 11 | $263 |
| SPR Therapeutics, Inc | 2 | $161 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 1 | $125 |
| Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc. | 1 | $93 |
| Vertos Medical, Inc. | 1 | $85 |
| GRT US Holding, Inc. | 1 | $52 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 1 | $37 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 1 | $25 |
| GSK | 1 | $19 |
| Amneal Pharmaceuticals LLC | 1 | $17 |
| Almatica Pharma LLC | 1 | $13 |
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.
- SPRINT PNS System$137
- LUCEMYRA$125
How this compares
$890 in reported general payments places this provider in the 30th percentile of 69 pain medicine providers in Connecticut.
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.
Other pain medicine in New Haven
- David GutierrezNew Haven$151K
- Yili HuangNew Haven$18K
- Daniel HaddadNew Haven$10K
- Robert ChowNew Haven$5K
- Clarisse Melinda San JuanNew Haven$4K
- Kanishka RajputNew Haven$1K
- Lloyd SaberskiNew Haven$700
- Donna Ann ThomasNew Haven$524
- Colin Beals-ReidNew Haven$193
- Sandeep JoharWaterbury$329K
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.