Shakti Bakshi, MD
Internal Medicine · Melbourne, FLNPI 1548249535
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 248 payments — averaging $27.62 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AstraZeneca$3K
- AbbVie$587
- Boehringer Ingelheim$472
- Novo Nordisk$458
- Pfizer$439
- Exact Sciences$377
- plus $2K from 15 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$6,81499%
- Education$371%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AstraZeneca | 68 | $2,604 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 21 | $587 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 20 | $472 |
| Novo Nordisk | 16 | $458 |
| Pfizer | 20 | $439 |
| Exact Sciences | 14 | $377 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 20 | $368 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 15 | $325 |
| Bayer | 10 | $241 |
| Amgen | 7 | $231 |
| GSK | 12 | $224 |
| Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc. | 8 | $161 |
| Abbott | 4 | $86 |
| Merck | 3 | $64 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 2 | $48 |
| Novartis | 2 | $40 |
| Eisai Inc. | 2 | $39 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company Ltd. | 1 | $26 |
| Amarin Pharma, Inc. | 1 | $24 |
| Shire North American Group Inc | 1 | $22 |
| Tactile Systems Technology Inc | 1 | $16 |
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
$6,851 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 8,530 internal medicine providers in Florida.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol | 167 | $121,194 |
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 99 | $85,376 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 88 | $78,828 |
| EliquisApixaban | 77 | $70,511 |
| OzempicSemaglutide | 33 | $42,522 |
| Breztri AerosphereBudesonide/Glycopyr/Formoterol | 22 | $18,592 |
| Trelegy ElliptaFluticasone/Umeclidin/Vilanter | 28 | $17,916 |
| Tresiba Flextouch U-100Insulin Degludec | 19 | $15,286 |
| TradjentaLinagliptin | 17 | $9,467 |
| Anoro ElliptaUmeclidinium Brm/Vilanterol Tr | 14 | $9,438 |
| LinzessLinaclotide | 12 | $8,599 |
| Breo ElliptaFluticasone/Vilanterol | 17 | $6,664 |
| Tresiba Flextouch U-200Insulin Degludec | 13 | $5,416 |
| Metoprolol Succinate | 268 | $4,576 |
| DuleraMometasone/Formoterol | 13 | $4,486 |
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.
| Company | Paid to this provider | Part D cost of their drugs |
|---|---|---|
| AstraZenecaFarxiga, Breztri Aerosphere | $2,604 | $139,786189 claims |
| Boehringer IngelheimJardiance, Tradjenta | $472 | $94,843116 claims |
| Johnson & JohnsonXarelto | $368 | $78,82888 claims |
| PfizerEliquis, Premarin | $439 | $74,52990 claims |
| Novo NordiskOzempic | $458 | $42,52233 claims |
| GSKTrelegy Ellipta, Anoro Ellipta, Breo Ellipta | $224 | $34,01859 claims |
| AbbVieLinzess | $587 | $8,59912 claims |
| MerckDulera | $64 | $4,48613 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 90th percentile of 8,530 internal medicine providers in Florida.
Other internal medicine in Melbourne
- Yaneicy Gonzalez RojasCoral Gables$93.5M
- Juan Carlos RondonHollywood$66.8M
- Jaynier MoyaPembroke Pines$45.4M
- Mark KutnerMiami$35.7M
- Gilberto JimenezHialeah$35.6M
- Mira BaronWest Palm Beach$29.6M
- William SanchezHialeah$28.9M
- Nelia Sanchez-CrespoHollywood$28.8M
- Kwabena AyesuOrlando$27.6M
- Michael DeverWindermere$24M
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.