Saroj Kothari, MD
Family Medicine · Massillon, OHNPI 1275598518
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 597 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 29 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 19.7% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. Among family medicine clinicians in OH 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 597 payments — averaging $16.85 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc.$2K
- Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc.$2K
- Alkermes, Inc.$1K
- Vanda Pharmaceuticals Inc.$1K
- Bausch Health US, LLC$618
- Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.$580
- plus $3K from 23 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$10,059100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 124 | $1,978 |
| Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. | 107 | $1,807 |
| Alkermes, Inc. | 74 | $1,318 |
| Vanda Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 57 | $1,118 |
| Bausch Health US, LLC | 41 | $618 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 32 | $580 |
| Lundbeck LLC | 26 | $463 |
| ITI, Inc. (d/b/a Intra-cellular Therapies, Inc.) | 21 | $363 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 20 | $320 |
| Exact Sciences | 16 | $270 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 14 | $226 |
| Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc. | 12 | $183 |
| Almatica Pharma LLC | 8 | $131 |
| Jazz Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 7 | $114 |
| Adlon Therapeutics L.p. | 6 | $82 |
| Shire North American Group Inc | 5 | $74 |
| AstraZeneca | 5 | $62 |
| Idorsia Pharmaceuticals US Inc | 3 | $54 |
| Eisai Inc. | 3 | $53 |
| Neos Therapeutics, LP | 4 | $50 |
| Axsome Therapeutics, Inc. | 2 | $46 |
| Arbor Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 3 | $45 |
| Merck | 1 | $19 |
| Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Noven Therapeutics, LLC | 1 | $16 |
| Circassia Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Novo Nordisk | 1 | $14 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 1 | $12 |
| Avanir Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $12 |
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.
- ARISTADA$413
- ARISTADA INITIO$103
How this compares
$10,059 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 3,983 family medicine providers in Ohio.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| EliquisApixaban | 19 | $10,893 |
| Anoro ElliptaUmeclidinium Brm/Vilanterol Tr | 12 | $5,598 |
| Novolog Mix 70-30 FlexpenInsulin Aspart Prot/Insuln Asp | 12 | $3,828 |
| Rosuvastatin Calcium | 55 | $1,251 |
| Albuterol Sulfate HfaAlbuterol Sulfate | 52 | $1,053 |
| Glipizide | 53 | $941 |
| Simvastatin | 102 | $881 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 100 | $832 |
| Omeprazole | 78 | $768 |
| Metformin Hcl | 68 | $614 |
| Lisinopril | 108 | $572 |
| Metoprolol Tartrate | 106 | $554 |
| Amlodipine Besylate-BenazeprilAmlodipine Besylate/Benazepril | 12 | $538 |
| Levothyroxine Sodium | 48 | $532 |
| Metoprolol Succinate | 20 | $454 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other family medicine in Massillon
- Kwabena OtengSpringdale$2M
- Brian BeesleyColumbus$1.4M
- Darshana PatelBeachwood$648K
- Thomas GraceFindlay$503K
- Susan RatayAshtabula$379K
- Shannon TrotterSpringfield$348K
- Michael HeileCincinnati$272K
- Bradley EverlyMaumee$266K
- Tricia BedrickCuyahoga Falls$259K
- David NeidhardtLima$248K
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.