RxDoctor Payments Data

Shanker Rao Polsani, MD

Hematology & Oncology · Covington, GANPI 1184853178

Payments from drug & device makers

$9,535in general payments, 2019–2025

Across 478 payments — averaging $19.95 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.

  • Merck$592
  • Daiichi Sankyo Inc.$585
  • AstraZeneca$567
  • Eisai Inc.$565
  • Pfizer$477
  • Novartis$467
  • plus $6K from 54 others

What the payments were for

  • Food & beverage$9,35798%
  • Education$1782%

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

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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.

CompanyPaymentsTotal
Merck28$592
Daiichi Sankyo Inc.32$585
AstraZeneca(2 entities)28$567
Eisai Inc.24$565
Pfizer25$477
Novartis22$467
Genentech USA, Inc.21$413
Johnson & Johnson(2 entities)23$407
E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C.28$370
Pharmacyclics LLC, An Abbvie Company11$326
Astellas Pharma US Inc14$318
Bristol Myers Squibb15$287
Exelixis Inc.2$284
Lilly USA, LLC18$254
Seagen Inc.12$214
Amgen13$194
Gilead(2 entities)9$191
Incyte Corporation9$184
Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.10$175
Sanofi8$172
Sirtex Medical Inc6$161
GSK8$149
Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc.7$144
Jazz Pharmaceuticals Inc.6$134
Bayer7$128
Stemline Therapeutics Inc.5$126
Array Biopharma Inc10$107
Servier Pharmaceuticals LLC5$90
AbbVie4$82
Agios Pharmaceuticals, Inc.4$82
Coherus Oncology, Inc.4$80
Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc.4$73
Sobi, Inc3$71
Mirati Therapeutics, Inc.3$70
Puma Biotechnology, Inc.2$47
Ipsen Biopharmaceuticals, Inc2$47
Pharmacosmos Therapeutics Inc.2$44
Shire North American Group Inc3$44
Myovant Sciences Inc.2$43
Foundation Medicine, Inc.2$43
ADC Therapeutics America, Inc.2$39
Kyowa Kirin, Inc.2$38
Tempus AI, Inc2$36
Taiho Oncology, Inc.1$34
Karyopharm Therapeutics Inc.2$34
Springworks Therapeutics, Inc.1$33
Dendreon Pharmaceuticals LLC2$32
Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc.1$31
Beone Medicines USA, Inc.1$30
Epizyme, Inc.1$30
Deciphera Pharmaceuticals Inc.1$29
BTG International Inc.2$28
Caris MPI, Inc.1$28
Iovance Biotherapeutics, Inc.1$28
Lexicon Pharmaceuticals, Inc.2$25
Blueprint Medicines Corporation1$25
Pharmaessentia USA Corporation1$24
Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Inc.1$24
Secura Bio, Inc.2$22
G1 Therapeutics, Inc.1$20

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

$9,535 in reported general payments places this provider in the 55th percentile of 370 hematology & oncology providers in Georgia.

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Medicare billing

Part B allowed, 2024
$103,747
Medicare patients
253
Services billed
1,164

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
Lenalidomide24$408,004
KisqaliRibociclib Succinate16$277,873
MekinistTrametinib Dimethyl Sulfoxide11$209,718
VerzenioAbemaciclib13$196,055
LynparzaOlaparib12$195,803
TafinlarDabrafenib Mesylate11$193,159
TagrissoOsimertinib Mesylate11$176,196
Abiraterone Acetate40$88,706
EliquisApixaban32$31,229
XareltoRivaroxaban38$29,895
Letrozole129$2,012
Tamoxifen Citrate44$1,211
Ondansetron Hcl65$555
Anastrozole24$541
Prochlorperazine Maleate64$488

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
NovartisKisqali, Mekinist, Tafinlar$467$680,74938 claims
AstraZenecaLynparza, Tagrisso$567$371,99923 claims
Lilly USA, LLCVerzenio$254$196,05513 claims
PfizerEliquis$477$31,22932 claims
Johnson & JohnsonXarelto$407$29,89538 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 55th percentile of 370 hematology & oncology providers in Georgia.

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