Sameer Desai, MD
Emergency Medicine · Lexington, KYNPI 1083639454
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — speaking fees (45.8%), consulting fees and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Biofire Diagnostics, LLC accounts for 95.6% of it on its own, with 4 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $10,859 and has fallen 99.5% since, to $54 in 2024. Among emergency medicine clinicians in KY 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 45 payments — averaging $538.50 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Biofire Diagnostics, LLC$23K
- AstraZeneca$836
- AbbVie$119
- Pfizer$80
- Verastem, Inc.$24
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$9,10038%
- Speaking & faculty fees$11,09046%
- Travel & lodging$2,54611%
- Food & beverage$1,3986%
- Education$990%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Biofire Diagnostics, LLC | 25 | $23,173 |
| AstraZeneca | 17 | $836 |
| AbbVie | 1 | $119 |
| Pfizer | 1 | $80 |
| Verastem, Inc. | 1 | $24 |
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.
- BIOFIRE RESPIRATORY PANEL 2.1$6,104
- FilmArray$4,000
- Film Array System$3,848
- BioFire FilmArray$2,250
- LOKELMA$333
- DALVANCE$119
How this compares
$24,233 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 717 emergency medicine providers in Kentucky.
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 emergency medicine in Lexington
- James MooreLexington$184K
- Ryan StantonLexington$83K
- Andrew WilsonLexington$16K
- Ryan PowellLexington$12K
- Douglas SmithLexington$11K
- Jordan BrunswickLexington$6K
- Amal AgarwalLexington$5K
- Peter Damian AkpunonuLexington$4K
- Evan VincentLexington$4K
- Robert RogersLexington$3K
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.