Subhash Sheth
Medical Oncology · Louisville, KYNPI 1942201652
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 99.2% of the total across 71 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 24 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 13.8% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. That places this record below the midpoint for medical oncology clinicians in KY, where the typical reported total is $3,396.
Across 71 payments — averaging $20.05 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Sanofi$196
- Novartis$168
- Abiomed$146
- Merck$133
- Sirtex Medical Inc$128
- AstraZeneca$111
- plus $542 from 18 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$1,41299%
- Education$121%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Sanofi | 5 | $196 |
| Novartis | 11 | $168 |
| Abiomed | 1 | $146 |
| Merck | 8 | $133 |
| Sirtex Medical Inc | 1 | $128 |
| AstraZeneca | 8 | $111 |
| Amgen | 5 | $73 |
| Beigene USA, Inc. | 4 | $57 |
| Pfizer | 4 | $51 |
| Gilead | 3 | $48 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 2 | $38 |
| Seagen Inc. | 2 | $36 |
| Eisai Inc. | 2 | $31 |
| Array Biopharma Inc | 2 | $28 |
| Daiichi Sankyo Inc. | 2 | $28 |
| Rigel Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $27 |
| Kyowa Kirin, Inc. | 2 | $25 |
| Bristol Myers Squibb | 1 | $18 |
| Ipsen Biopharmaceuticals, Inc | 1 | $18 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $14 |
| Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Acceleron Pharma, Inc. | 1 | $13 |
| GSK | 1 | $12 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 1 | $11 |
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
$1,424 in reported general payments places this provider in the 40th percentile of 53 medical oncology providers in Kentucky.
Other medical oncology in Louisville
- Emmanuel NidhiryLouisville$34K
- John HammLouisville$26K
- Renato la RoccaLouisville$24K
- Vijay RaghavanLouisville$17K
- Don StevensLouisville$16K
- Douglas NelsonLouisville$8K
- Michael DriscollLouisville$2K
- Thomas WoodcockLouisville$57
- Janell SeegerLouisville$12
- Joseph FlynnLouisville$0
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.