Thomas Waits, MD
Hematology & Oncology · Newburgh, INNPI 1396718870
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — gifts (48.4%), food and beverage and other — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 25 manufacturers reported payments, led by Tosoh Bioscience, Inc. at 48.4% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $2,357 and has fallen 98.8% since, to $28 in 2025. That places this record below the midpoint for hematology & oncology clinicians in IN, where the typical reported total is $3,829.
Across 82 payments — averaging $48.31 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Tosoh Bioscience, Inc.$2K
- Novartis$989
- Johnson & Johnson$144
- Merck$138
- E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C.$97
- Pfizer$96
- plus $579 from 19 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$1,18330%
- Education$120%
- Gifts$1,91848%
- Other$84821%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Tosoh Bioscience, Inc. | 2 | $1,918 |
| Novartis | 17 | $989 |
| Johnson & Johnson(2 entities) | 7 | $144 |
| Merck | 9 | $138 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 7 | $97 |
| Pfizer | 6 | $96 |
| Sanofi | 3 | $75 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 3 | $63 |
| Seagen Inc. | 3 | $57 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 3 | $48 |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 3 | $44 |
| Eisai Inc. | 3 | $40 |
| Bristol Myers Squibb | 2 | $32 |
| AbbVie | 2 | $30 |
| Gilead | 2 | $26 |
| Adaptive Biotechnologies Corporation | 1 | $21 |
| Genmab U.S., Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Daiichi Sankyo Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Stemline Therapeutics Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Taiho Oncology, Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Lexicon Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 1 | $15 |
| Tesaro, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Amgen | 1 | $12 |
| AstraZeneca | 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.
- TSH3G, AIA-PACK Calibrator Set$959
- TSH, ST AIA-PACK$959
- PA, AIA-PACK Calibrator Set$959
- 27.29, ST AIA-PACK$959
- CEA, ST, AIA-PACK$959
- 27.29, AIA-Pack Calibrator Set$959
- CEA, AIA-PACK Calibrator Set$959
- PA, ST AIA-PACK$959
How this compares
$3,961 in reported general payments places this provider in the 50th percentile of 224 hematology & oncology 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 |
|---|---|---|
| PromactaEltrombopag Olamine | 16 | $315,177 |
| Abiraterone Acetate | 17 | $31,924 |
| EliquisApixaban | 18 | $14,950 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 14 | $10,944 |
| Letrozole | 60 | $1,728 |
| Hydroxyurea | 30 | $548 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 14 | $328 |
| Acyclovir | 14 | $282 |
| Prochlorperazine Maleate | 20 | $212 |
| Gabapentin | 25 | $199 |
| Mirtazapine | 15 | $115 |
| Prednisone | 23 | $79 |
| Levothyroxine Sodium | 12 | $72 |
| Ondansetron Hcl | 12 | $58 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| NovartisPromacta | $989 | $315,17716 claims |
| PfizerEliquis | $96 | $14,95018 claims |
| Johnson & JohnsonXarelto | $144 | $10,94414 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 50th percentile of 224 hematology & oncology providers in Indiana.
Other hematology & oncology in Newburgh
- Anthony StephensNewburgh$20K
- Richard GaynorIndianapolis$3.7M
- Ruemu BirhirayIndianapolis$3.1M
- Chandler ParkCorydon$661K
- Neel ShahDyer$464K
- Ahad SadiqFort Wayne$430K
- Ajay KandraMadison$408K
- Anand TandraIndianapolis$280K
- Attaya SuvannasankhaIndianapolis$253K
- Michael DuganIndianapolis$236K
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.