Thulasirman Ravichandran, MD
Neurology · Milwaukee, WINPI 1861447906
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 2,015 payments — averaging $23.37 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- SK Life Science, Inc.$8K
- Livanova USA, Inc.$6K
- UCB, Inc.$3K
- Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc.$3K
- Neurelis, Inc.$2K
- Amneal Pharmaceuticals LLC$2K
- plus $22K from 54 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$4,0509%
- Speaking & faculty fees$2350%
- Travel & lodging$5,22111%
- Food & beverage$37,01979%
- Education$5591%
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.
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.
- XCOPRI$5,543
- VNS Therapy$2,433
- VNS - Sentiva$2,345
- AUSTEDO$752
- Ponvory$485
- SOLIRIS$374
- Mavenclad$358
- VALTOCO$347
- ZEPOSIA$258
- Briviact$250
- Austedo XR$250
- MAYZENT$242
- NURTEC ODT$230
- INBRIJA$214
- Nayzilam$129
- Fycompa$125
- INGREZZA$125
- ZAVZPRET$124
- VNS THERAPY SENTIVA MODEL 1000 GENERATOR$122
- UPLIZNA$122
How this compares
$47,084 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 308 neurology providers in Wisconsin.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| BriviactBrivaracetam | 215 | $332,658 |
| AptiomEslicarbazepine Acetate | 98 | $249,382 |
| XcopriCenobamate | 131 | $196,632 |
| Oxtellar XrOxcarbazepine | 63 | $182,111 |
| AubagioTeriflunomide | 17 | $179,941 |
| NourianzIstradefylline | 47 | $147,303 |
| Trokendi XrTopiramate | 31 | $142,483 |
| Topiramate ErTopiramate | 60 | $140,279 |
| AustedoDeutetrabenazine | 17 | $107,283 |
| ValtocoDiazepam | 47 | $93,842 |
| CopaxoneGlatiramer Acetate | 13 | $72,489 |
| NayzilamMidazolam | 36 | $67,280 |
| FycompaPerampanel | 48 | $65,898 |
| EpidiolexCannabidiol (Cbd) | 13 | $62,550 |
| RytaryCarbidopa/Levodopa | 102 | $61,200 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| UCB, Inc.Briviact, Nayzilam, Neupro | $3,019 | $438,820290 claims |
| Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc.Oxtellar Xr, Trokendi Xr | $1,187 | $324,59494 claims |
| Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc.Aptiom | $478 | $249,38298 claims |
| SK Life Science, Inc.Xcopri | $8,304 | $196,632131 claims |
| SanofiAubagio | $170 | $179,94117 claims |
| Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc.Austedo, Copaxone | $2,895 | $179,77330 claims |
| Kyowa Kirin, Inc.Nourianz | $967 | $147,30347 claims |
| Neurelis, Inc.Valtoco | $2,438 | $93,84247 claims |
| Eisai Inc.Fycompa | $1,058 | $65,89848 claims |
| Amneal Pharmaceuticals LLCRytary, Pyridostigmine Bromide | $2,011 | $62,642126 claims |
| PfizerNurtec Odt | $525 | $20,74620 claims |
| Acorda Therapeutics, IncInbrija | $1,071 | $15,03812 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 85th percentile of 308 neurology providers in Wisconsin.
Other neurology in Milwaukee
- Bhupendra KhatriMilwaukee$7.3M
- Ahmed ObeidatMilwaukee$6M
- Malgorzata FranczakMilwaukee$1.7M
- Staley BrodMilwaukee$1.3M
- Sam HooshmandMilwaukee$783K
- Dominic FeeMilwaukee$524K
- Eric MaasMilwaukee$415K
- Elizabeth MarriottMilwaukee$340K
- Karen BlindauerMilwaukee$270K
- Paul BarkhausMilwaukee$240K
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.