RxDoctor Payments Data

Tariq Gheith, MD

Neurology · East Lansing, MINPI 1609213909

Payments from drug & device makers

What this record shows

This record is dominated by speaking fees: $286,865 of the $346,777 with a category attached, or 82.7%. 10 manufacturers reported payments, led by SK Life Science, Inc. at 54.1% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $129,607, more than ten times the $33 reported in 2019. Among neurology clinicians in MI with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 5% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.

$346,777in general payments, 2019–2025

Across 555 payments — averaging $624.82 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.

  • SK Life Science, Inc.$188K
  • UCB, Inc.$134K
  • Livanova USA, Inc.$19K
  • Pfizer$6K
  • AbbVie$129
  • Neuropace, Inc.$107
  • plus $209 from 4 others

What the payments were for

  • Consulting fees$12,0953%
  • Speaking & faculty fees$286,86583%
  • Travel & lodging$38,04711%
  • Food & beverage$9,7693%

General payments by program year

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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.

CompanyPaymentsTotal
SK Life Science, Inc.253$187,635
UCB, Inc.215$133,900
Livanova USA, Inc.68$19,043
Pfizer3$5,754
AbbVie(2 entities)7$129
Neuropace, Inc.1$107
Novartis4$83
Neurelis, Inc.1$60
EMD Serono, Inc.1$33
Amgen2$33

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

$346,777 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 652 neurology providers in Michigan.

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Medicare billing

Part B allowed, 2024
$238,131
Medicare patients
197
Services billed
30,897

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

DrugClaimsCost to plans & patients
BriviactBrivaracetam358$511,705
XcopriCenobamate323$474,634
Aimovig AutoinjectorErenumab-Aooe44$37,357
Nurtec OdtRimegepant Sulfate35$37,239
NayzilamMidazolam52$36,753
Lacosamide244$16,750
Levetiracetam342$10,485
Lamotrigine360$4,350
Lamotrigine ErLamotrigine14$3,519
Carbamazepine ErCarbamazepine21$2,864
Zonisamide22$1,279
Clobazam13$873
Divalproex Sodium16$590
Oxcarbazepine18$508
RizatriptanRizatriptan Benzoate17$422

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.

CompanyPaid to this providerPart D cost of their drugs
UCB, Inc.Briviact, Nayzilam$133,900$548,458410 claims
SK Life Science, Inc.Xcopri$187,635$474,634323 claims
PfizerNurtec Odt$5,754$37,23935 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 95th percentile of 652 neurology providers in Michigan.

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