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Timothy Panella, MD

Medical Oncology · Knoxville, TNNPI 1801908223

Payments from drug & device makers

$3,501,209in general payments, 2019–2025

Across 1,465 payments — averaging $2389.90 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.

  • Regeneron$1.1M
  • Novartis$664K
  • Merck$625K
  • Pfizer$398K
  • Eli Lilly$361K
  • Ascendis Pharma Endocrinology Inc$112K
  • plus $268K from 54 others
$25,980in research payments, 2019–2025

Across 52 payments — averaging $499.62 each. Payments tied to a research study. These frequently flow through the physician to a hospital or research institution rather than to the physician personally.

  • Pfizer$15K
  • Regeneron$9K
  • Eli Lilly$2K

What the payments were for

  • Speaking & faculty fees$2002%
  • Food & beverage$12,71496%
  • Education$2992%

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

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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
Regeneron512$1,072,795
Novartis81$663,559
Merck118$625,380
Pfizer74$398,351
Eli Lilly26$361,272
Ascendis Pharma Endocrinology Inc22$111,930
Astrazeneca UK Limited7$103,147
Immunocore Limited49$81,936
Array Biopharma Inc12$52,970
Biontech SE5$20,094
E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C.94$1,206
Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc.38$763
Genentech USA, Inc.53$686
Sanofi19$607
Amgen33$574
Gilead(2 entities)33$504
AstraZeneca(2 entities)25$489
Astellas Pharma US Inc15$438
Johnson & Johnson17$295
Bristol Myers Squibb16$292
Daiichi Sankyo Inc.13$262
Lilly USA, LLC16$255
Eisai Inc.11$231
Incyte Corporation11$206
Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.10$185
AbbVie9$176
Seagen Inc.10$159
AVEO Pharmaceuticals, Inc.6$158
Ipsen Biopharmaceuticals, Inc8$154
Puma Biotechnology, Inc.9$135
GSK7$119
Exelixis Inc.6$118
Jazz Pharmaceuticals Inc.7$115
EMD Serono, Inc.7$108
Tempus AI, Inc4$96
Deciphera Pharmaceuticals Inc.5$90
Rigel Pharmaceuticals, Inc.6$88
Beigene USA, Inc.4$85
Kyowa Kirin, Inc.4$73
Boehringer Ingelheim4$71
Myriad Genetic Laboratories, Inc.5$69
Acrotech Biopharma Inc.3$64
Bayer4$61
Taiho Oncology, Inc.4$61
Iovance Biotherapeutics, Inc.3$56
Agios Pharmaceuticals, Inc.3$49
Karyopharm Therapeutics Inc.2$47
Beone Medicines USA, Inc.2$43
Blueprint Medicines Corporation2$42
Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Inc.2$41
Pharmacyclics LLC, An Abbvie Company3$41
Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc.2$33
Springworks Therapeutics, Inc.1$32
Adaptive Biotechnologies Corporation2$32
Mirati Therapeutics, Inc.1$29
Foundation Medicine, Inc.2$28
Geron Corporation1$25
Tersera Therapeutics LLC1$25
Genmab U.S., Inc.1$24
Macrogenics, Inc.1$23

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

$3,501,209 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 101 medical oncology providers in Tennessee.

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Medicare billing

Part B allowed, 2024
$64,300
Medicare patients
181
Services billed
787

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
KisqaliRibociclib Succinate19$293,519
LenvimaLenvatinib Mesylate12$292,362
RetevmoSelpercatinib12$230,040
VerzenioAbemaciclib15$221,103
EliquisApixaban26$24,415
XareltoRivaroxaban11$10,033
Exemestane17$2,536
Tamoxifen Citrate87$2,324
Anastrozole87$1,532
Letrozole26$524
Levothyroxine Sodium45$285
Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen12$284
Triamcinolone Acetonide11$188
Omeprazole13$161
Ondansetron Hcl20$108

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
Lilly USA, LLCRetevmo, Verzenio$255$451,14327 claims
NovartisKisqali$663,559$293,51919 claims
Eisai Inc.Lenvima$231$292,36212 claims
PfizerEliquis$398,351$24,41526 claims
Johnson & JohnsonXarelto$295$10,03311 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 101 medical oncology providers in Tennessee.

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