Sharad Kothari, MD
Geriatric Medicine · Queens Village, NYNPI 1245462621
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 98.8% of the total across 87 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 25 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 15.4% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. Among geriatric medicine clinicians in NY 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 87 payments — averaging $28.32 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- GSK$379
- Novo Nordisk$373
- Amgen$273
- Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc.$266
- AstraZeneca$160
- AbbVie$144
- plus $869 from 19 others
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$291%
- Food & beverage$2,43599%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| GSK | 13 | $379 |
| Novo Nordisk | 9 | $373 |
| Amgen | 17 | $273 |
| Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 2 | $266 |
| AstraZeneca | 3 | $160 |
| AbbVie | 2 | $144 |
| Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. | 5 | $129 |
| Viatris Specialty LLC | 1 | $125 |
| Novartis | 6 | $116 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 5 | $82 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 3 | $55 |
| Pfizer | 3 | $54 |
| Shield Therapeutics Inc | 2 | $43 |
| Azurity Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $35 |
| Acorda Therapeutics, Inc | 2 | $29 |
| Bayer | 1 | $27 |
| Merck | 2 | $26 |
| Corium, LLC | 1 | $24 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 2 | $22 |
| Shire North American Group Inc | 1 | $22 |
| Radius Health, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Exact Sciences | 1 | $17 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $15 |
| Amarin Pharma, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Arbor Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
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
$2,464 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 400 geriatric medicine providers in New York.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| OzempicSemaglutide | 31 | $52,314 |
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 38 | $49,861 |
| EliquisApixaban | 92 | $42,420 |
| Trelegy ElliptaFluticasone/Umeclidin/Vilanter | 38 | $29,272 |
| JanuviaSitagliptin Phosphate | 19 | $19,301 |
| EntrestoSacubitril/Valsartan | 35 | $17,739 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 28 | $8,795 |
| LumiganBimatoprost | 13 | $3,506 |
| Albuterol Sulfate HfaAlbuterol Sulfate | 69 | $1,897 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 178 | $1,896 |
| Amlodipine Besylate | 124 | $1,611 |
| Metoprolol Succinate | 73 | $1,595 |
| Novolin 70-30Insulin Nph Hum/Reg Insulin Hm | 13 | $1,397 |
| Nifedipine ErNifedipine | 44 | $1,369 |
| Gabapentin | 55 | $1,286 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Novo NordiskOzempic | $373 | $52,31431 claims |
| PfizerEliquis | $54 | $42,42092 claims |
| GSKTrelegy Ellipta | $379 | $29,27238 claims |
| MerckJanuvia | $26 | $19,30119 claims |
| NovartisEntresto | $116 | $17,73935 claims |
| Johnson & JohnsonXarelto | $15 | $8,79528 claims |
| AbbVieLumigan | $144 | $3,50613 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 400 geriatric medicine providers in New York.
Other geriatric medicine in Queens Village
- Ebenezer OdoomQueens Village$5K
- Wen DombrowskiBrooklyn$45K
- Sharon BrangmanSyracuse$45K
- Howard FillitNew York$42K
- Adam CohenGreat Neck$27K
- Inna ShifrinBrooklyn$21K
- Amit SaxenaBronx$16K
- Nirmala TummalapentaBronx$16K
- Nasem SayeghElmsford$15K
- Bruce LowellGreat Neck$14K
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.