Sankalp Puri, MD
Emergency Medicine · Charlotte, NCNPI 1194762419
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 36 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. It is spread thinly across 14 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 15.7% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. 2025 is the largest year on record at $164, 2.4 times the $67 reported in 2019. Among emergency medicine clinicians in NC with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 10% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 36 payments — averaging $20.56 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- CSL Behring$116
- E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C.$72
- Melinta Therapeutics, LLC$64
- Gilead$59
- AbbVie$58
- Vertex$57
- plus $316 from 8 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$740100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| CSL Behring | 5 | $116 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 4 | $72 |
| Melinta Therapeutics, LLC | 4 | $64 |
| Gilead | 3 | $59 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 4 | $58 |
| Vertex | 2 | $57 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 3 | $54 |
| Portola Pharmaceuticals, LLC | 2 | $54 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 2 | $49 |
| Pfizer | 3 | $47 |
| Stryker | 1 | $40 |
| Inari Medical, Inc. | 1 | $34 |
| Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc. | 1 | $23 |
| Grifols USA, LLC | 1 | $14 |
How this compares
$740 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 1,657 emergency medicine providers in North Carolina.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Doxycycline Hyclate | 12 | $120 |
| Cephalexin | 16 | $75 |
| Ondansetron OdtOndansetron | 11 | $41 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 18 | $41 |
| Ibuprofen | 17 | $34 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 15 | $16 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other emergency medicine in Charlotte
- Boyd WashingtonCharlotte$369K
- Vivek TayalCharlotte$79K
- Bijal ShahCharlotte$45K
- Erik FisherCharlotte$31K
- David SullivanCharlotte$21K
- Sanjay IyerCharlotte$18K
- Elizabeth DunbarCharlotte$12K
- Josie BowenCharlotte$7K
- Andrew AsimosCharlotte$5K
- Harvey MeyersCharlotte$2K
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.