Stephen Besh
Hematology & Oncology · Memphis, TNNPI 1659375392
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 43 payments — averaging $888.66 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AstraZeneca$27K
- AbbVie$10K
- Seagen Inc.$165
- Pfizer$88
- Novartis$87
- Adaptive Biotechnologies Corporation$62
- plus $471 from 17 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$73881%
- Education$17719%
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 | 4 | $27,360 |
| AbbVie | 4 | $9,980 |
| Seagen Inc. | 2 | $165 |
| Pfizer | 4 | $88 |
| Novartis | 4 | $87 |
| Adaptive Biotechnologies Corporation | 2 | $62 |
| Gilead | 3 | $60 |
| Merck | 2 | $41 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 2 | $39 |
| Puma Biotechnology, Inc. | 2 | $36 |
| Servier Pharmaceuticals LLC | 1 | $30 |
| Caris MPI, Inc. | 2 | $28 |
| Beone Medicines USA, Inc. | 1 | $28 |
| Daiichi Sankyo Inc. | 1 | $27 |
| Bristol Myers Squibb | 1 | $26 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 1 | $26 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 1 | $26 |
| Eisai Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Stemline Therapeutics Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| G1 Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Taiho Oncology, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Sobi, Inc | 1 | $16 |
| Array Biopharma Inc | 1 | $14 |
How this compares
$38,213 in reported general payments places this provider in the 55th percentile of 251 hematology & oncology providers in Tennessee.
Other hematology & oncology in Memphis
- Kenneth AtagaMemphis$1.9M
- Aleksandar JankovMemphis$481K
- Salil GoorhaMemphis$433K
- Raymond OsarogiagbonMemphis$333K
- Ugochi OguMemphis$250K
- Erika HamiltonNashville$45.4M
- Ian FlinnNashville$41.2M
- Johanna BendellNashville$28.5M
- Jesus BerdejaNashville$22.2M
- Meredith McKeanNashville$16M
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.