RxDoctor Payments Data

Satya Chelamkuri

Hospice and Palliative Medicine · Mountain View, CANPI 1063672244

Payments from drug & device makers

What this record shows

Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 5 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 4 manufacturers reported payments, led by Johnson & Johnson at 45.7% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $178 and has fallen 88.0% since, to $21 in 2025.

$313in general payments, 2019–2025

Across 5 payments — averaging $62.68 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.

  • Johnson & Johnson$143
  • Bayer$125
  • Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.$24
  • Pfizer$21

What the payments were for

  • Food & beverage$313100%

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

19
20
25

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.

CompanyPaymentsTotal
Johnson & Johnson(2 entities)2$143
Bayer1$125
Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.1$24
Pfizer1$21

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

$313 in reported general payments places this provider in the 75th percentile of 195 hospice and palliative medicine providers in California.

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Medicare billing

Part B allowed, 2024
$1,342,329
Medicare patients
1,555
Services billed
12,215

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
Basaglar Kwikpen U-100Insulin Glargine,hum.Rec.Anlog13$1,488

Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.

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