Thomandram Sekar, MD
Hospitalist · Decatur, INNPI 1295838464
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 96.0% of the total across 80 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 23 manufacturers reported payments, led by GSK at 31.1% of the total. Among hospitalist clinicians in IN 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.
Across 80 payments — averaging $31.16 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- GSK$776
- AstraZeneca$205
- Johnson & Johnson$186
- Boehringer Ingelheim$183
- Grifols USA, LLC$174
- Mylan Specialty L.p.$165
- plus $803 from 17 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$2,39296%
- Education$1004%
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 | 20 | $776 |
| AstraZeneca | 7 | $205 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 2 | $186 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 6 | $183 |
| Grifols USA, LLC | 8 | $174 |
| Mylan Specialty L.p. | 5 | $165 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 2 | $140 |
| Inspire Medical Systems, Inc. | 2 | $121 |
| Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc. | 2 | $114 |
| Philips North America LLC | 7 | $101 |
| Sanofi | 3 | $52 |
| Acadia Pharmaceuticals Inc | 2 | $40 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 2 | $38 |
| Resmed Corp | 2 | $31 |
| Harmony Biosciences LLC | 2 | $29 |
| Advanced Respiratory, Inc | 1 | $20 |
| Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Shire North American Group Inc | 1 | $18 |
| Merck | 1 | $18 |
| EUSA Pharma (US) LLC | 1 | $18 |
| SK Life Science, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Argenx US, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Abbott | 1 | $14 |
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
$2,493 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 423 hospitalist providers in Indiana.
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 | 224 | $191,003 |
| OfevNintedanib Esylate | 13 | $170,459 |
| Spiriva RespimatTiotropium Bromide | 17 | $11,757 |
| EliquisApixaban | 17 | $10,549 |
| Breo ElliptaFluticasone/Vilanterol | 25 | $9,530 |
| Incruse ElliptaUmeclidinium Bromide | 13 | $4,491 |
| Arnuity ElliptaFluticasone Furoate | 11 | $3,563 |
| Albuterol Sulfate HfaAlbuterol Sulfate | 44 | $1,432 |
| Ipratropium Bromide | 23 | $1,037 |
| Montelukast Sodium | 78 | $650 |
| Prednisone | 37 | $62 |
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, Incruse Ellipta, Arnuity Ellipta | $776 | $208,587273 claims |
| Boehringer IngelheimOfev, Spiriva Respimat | $183 | $182,21630 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 423 hospitalist providers in Indiana.
Other hospitalist in Decatur
- Yu LiuDecatur$6K
- Joseph AbdayemTerre Haute$13K
- James KruegerEvansville$11K
- Laarni MorenoElkhart$5K
- Harold RahmingDyer$5K
- Jai Kumar KhatriIndianapolis$4K
- Sanjay RaikarMichigan City$3K
- Chadi SaifanColumbus$3K
- Chao GongDyer$3K
- Sarfaraz HyderTerre Haute$3K
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.