Tarek Bakdash, MD
Neurology · Orange City, FLNPI 1871545921
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 210 payments — averaging $19.29 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Lilly USA, LLC$498
- Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc.$403
- AstraZeneca$309
- AbbVie$307
- UCB, Inc.$269
- Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc.$257
- plus $2K from 30 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$4,052100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Lilly USA, LLC | 24 | $498 |
| Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc. | 17 | $403 |
| AstraZeneca | 16 | $309 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 18 | $307 |
| UCB, Inc. | 14 | $269 |
| Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. | 17 | $257 |
| Neurelis, Inc. | 13 | $246 |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 7 | $148 |
| Biogen | 7 | $146 |
| Pfizer | 7 | $145 |
| Kyowa Kirin, Inc. | 8 | $136 |
| Lundbeck LLC | 6 | $108 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 5 | $97 |
| Novartis | 4 | $83 |
| SK Life Science, Inc. | 4 | $77 |
| EMD Serono, Inc. | 3 | $77 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company Ltd. | 4 | $73 |
| Eisai Inc. | 4 | $70 |
| MDD US Operations, LLC | 4 | $70 |
| Amgen | 3 | $63 |
| Grifols USA, LLC | 2 | $50 |
| Avanir Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $48 |
| Acadia Pharmaceuticals Inc | 3 | $47 |
| Argenx US, Inc. | 2 | $43 |
| Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc. | 2 | $39 |
| Sanofi | 2 | $35 |
| Tanabe Pharma America, Inc. | 2 | $31 |
| Adamas Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $28 |
| Amneal Pharmaceuticals LLC | 1 | $27 |
| Scilex Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $23 |
| Livanova USA, Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 1 | $18 |
| Almatica Pharma LLC | 1 | $18 |
| Corium, LLC | 1 | $15 |
| Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $13 |
| CSL Behring | 1 | $12 |
How this compares
$4,052 in reported general payments places this provider in the 55th percentile of 1,434 neurology providers in Florida.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| PanzygaImmun Glob G(Igg)-Ifas/Glycine | 20 | $305,045 |
| Gamunex-CImmune Globul G/Gly/Iga Avg 46 | 23 | $245,752 |
| IngrezzaValbenazine Tosylate | 11 | $89,103 |
| BriviactBrivaracetam | 37 | $52,459 |
| NourianzIstradefylline | 23 | $45,989 |
| Nurtec OdtRimegepant Sulfate | 42 | $45,600 |
| NuedextaDextromethorphan Hbr/Quinidine | 14 | $24,911 |
| Aimovig AutoinjectorErenumab-Aooe | 15 | $11,627 |
| Levetiracetam | 205 | $5,253 |
| Memantine Hcl | 191 | $5,102 |
| Lacosamide | 53 | $5,023 |
| Tegretol XrCarbamazepine | 12 | $4,139 |
| Carbamazepine ErCarbamazepine | 34 | $3,797 |
| Primidone | 112 | $3,146 |
| Gabapentin | 201 | $2,858 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| PfizerPanzyga, Nurtec Odt | $145 | $350,64662 claims |
| Grifols USA, LLCGamunex-C | $50 | $245,75223 claims |
| Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc.Ingrezza | $403 | $89,10311 claims |
| UCB, Inc.Briviact | $269 | $52,45937 claims |
| Kyowa Kirin, Inc.Nourianz | $136 | $45,98923 claims |
| Avanir Pharmaceuticals, Inc.Nuedexta | $48 | $24,91114 claims |
| Amneal Pharmaceuticals LLCPyridostigmine Bromide | $27 | $1,70726 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 1,434 neurology providers in Florida.
Other neurology in Orange City
- Mark GoldsteinAtlantis$36.1M
- Derrick RobertsonTampa$27.6M
- Beth SafirsteinHallandale Beach$25.7M
- Michael PfefferMiami$24.5M
- Mark BrodyDelray Beach$20.5M
- Paayal PatelWest Palm Beach$17.3M
- Wendy BondFort Myers$14.7M
- William HoneycuttMaitland$14.1M
- Julie SchwartzbardAventura$13.6M
- Rekha GandhiWinter Park$13.4M
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.