Suman Yadam, DO
Pulmonary Disease · Pittsburgh, PANPI 1508181710
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $519 of the $740 with a category attached, or 70.1%. 7 manufacturers reported payments, led by GSK at 38.4% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $340 and has fallen 56.6% since, to $148 in 2024. That places this record below the midpoint for pulmonary disease clinicians in PA, where the typical reported total is $988.
Across 16 payments — averaging $46.27 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- GSK$284
- Sanofi$184
- Genentech USA, Inc.$100
- Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc.$83
- Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC$59
- Seagen Inc.$17
- plus $13 from 1 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$51970%
- Education$22130%
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 | 6 | $284 |
| Sanofi | 4 | $184 |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 1 | $100 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 2 | $83 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 1 | $59 |
| Seagen Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Merck | 1 | $13 |
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.
- TRELEGY ELLIPTA$121
- DUPIXENT$114
How this compares
$740 in reported general payments places this provider in the 45th percentile of 703 pulmonary disease providers in Pennsylvania.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Trelegy ElliptaFluticasone/Umeclidin/Vilanter | 125 | $93,374 |
| Breztri AerosphereBudesonide/Glycopyr/Formoterol | 23 | $14,178 |
| Breo ElliptaFluticasone/Vilanterol | 33 | $13,586 |
| Anoro ElliptaUmeclidinium Brm/Vilanterol Tr | 17 | $12,059 |
| Fluticasone-SalmeterolFluticasone Propion/Salmeterol | 26 | $4,349 |
| Budesonide-Formoterol FumarateBudesonide/Formoterol Fumarate | 22 | $3,876 |
| Albuterol Sulfate HfaAlbuterol Sulfate | 39 | $1,419 |
| Ventolin HfaAlbuterol Sulfate | 19 | $1,233 |
| Famotidine | 30 | $165 |
| Fluticasone Propionate | 13 | $140 |
| Montelukast Sodium | 14 | $137 |
| Azithromycin | 12 | $103 |
| Prednisone | 28 | $93 |
| Levocetirizine Dihydrochloride | 11 | $89 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| GSKTrelegy Ellipta, Breo Ellipta, Anoro Ellipta | $284 | $119,019175 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 45th percentile of 703 pulmonary disease providers in Pennsylvania.
Other pulmonary disease in Pittsburgh
- Tariq CheemaPittsburgh$549K
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- Khalid MalikPittsburgh$144K
- Patrick StrolloPittsburgh$124K
- Frank SciurbaPittsburgh$119K
- Sohini GhoshPittsburgh$112K
- Brian CarlinPittsburgh$102K
- Lewis KlinePittsburgh$99K
- Sally WenzelPittsburgh$70K
- Michael ApostolisPittsburgh$61K
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.