RxDoctor Payments Data

Sampath Wijesinghe, PA

Medical · Sanger, CANPI 1912216581

Payments from drug & device makers

What this record shows

The money is spread across several categories — speaking fees (34.8%), food and beverage and consulting fees — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 35 manufacturers reported payments, led by Gilead at 50.5% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $12,366, more than ten times the $31 reported in 2021. Among medical clinicians in CA 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.

$20,635in general payments, 2019–2025

Across 183 payments — averaging $112.76 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.

  • Gilead$10K
  • Viiv Healthcare Company$6K
  • Modernatx, Inc.$1K
  • AbbVie$503
  • AstraZeneca$442
  • Lilly USA, LLC$281
  • plus $2K from 29 others

What the payments were for

  • Consulting fees$4,89524%
  • Speaking & faculty fees$7,17835%
  • Travel & lodging$3,47417%
  • Food & beverage$5,08925%

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.

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

$20,635 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 2,087 medical providers in California.

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Medicare billing

Part B allowed, 2024
$38,061
Medicare patients
127
Services billed
378

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
JardianceEmpagliflozin23$31,651
SynjardyEmpagliflozin/Metformin Hcl26$25,910
JanuviaSitagliptin Phosphate11$10,697
EliquisApixaban14$9,919
Anagrelide Hcl12$4,694
Atorvastatin Calcium177$1,749
Gabapentin62$1,223
Metoprolol Succinate54$1,096
Levothyroxine Sodium75$1,062
Losartan Potassium77$914
Amlodipine Besylate112$839
Albuterol Sulfate HfaAlbuterol Sulfate26$774
Lisinopril96$732
Sertraline Hcl63$722
Tamsulosin Hcl40$721

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
Boehringer IngelheimJardiance, Synjardy$53$57,56149 claims
MerckJanuvia$46$10,69711 claims
PfizerEliquis$74$9,91914 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 2,087 medical providers in California.

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