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Valery Lipenko, MD

Neurology · Bedford, TXNPI 1982604427

Payments from drug & device makers

$170,827in general payments, 2019–2025

Across 738 payments — averaging $231.47 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.

  • AbbVie$95K
  • Amgen$25K
  • EMD Serono, Inc.$16K
  • Lilly USA, LLC$11K
  • Biohaven Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$8K
  • Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company Ltd.$6K
  • plus $10K from 54 others

What the payments were for

  • Consulting fees$1,5681%
  • Speaking & faculty fees$147,64086%
  • Travel & lodging$6,5834%
  • Food & beverage$14,6749%
  • Education$3630%

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
AbbVie(2 entities)238$94,945
Amgen(2 entities)48$24,982
EMD Serono, Inc.49$15,624
Lilly USA, LLC37$11,379
Biohaven Pharmaceuticals, Inc.14$7,577
Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company Ltd.10$6,113
Eisai Inc.4$1,636
Livanova USA, Inc.9$1,126
Medtronic(2 entities)15$1,034
UCB, Inc.30$820
Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc.51$783
Pfizer27$602
Novartis22$394
Biogen18$351
TG Therapeutics, Inc.8$289
Sanofi10$233
Genentech USA, Inc.11$225
Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc.11$204
Johnson & Johnson4$137
Harmony Biosciences LLC7$132
Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc.11$131
Octapharma USA, Inc.4$121
Acadia Pharmaceuticals Inc6$121
SK Life Science, Inc.1$120
Jazz Pharmaceuticals Inc.4$110
Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc.8$106
Mallinckrodt Enterprises LLC4$101
Amneal Pharmaceuticals LLC6$95
Vanda Pharmaceuticals Inc.3$85
Arbor Pharmaceuticals, Inc.6$83
Axsome Therapeutics, Inc.4$77
Adamas Pharmaceuticals, Inc.4$66
Abbott3$63
Grifols USA, LLC3$62
Aucta Pharmaceuticals, Inc.2$60
Kyowa Kirin, Inc.3$60
MDD US Operations, LLC2$57
GE HealthCare3$51
Lundbeck LLC3$51
Acorda Therapeutics, Inc2$45
Avanir Pharmaceuticals, Inc.3$43
Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc.2$41
Scilex Pharmaceuticals Inc.2$40
Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc.2$40
AstraZeneca2$39
CSL Behring2$36
Bausch Health US, LLC2$32
Boston Scientific2$30
Merz North America, Inc.1$29
Upsher-smith Laboratories LLC2$29
Cadwell Industries, Inc1$28
Avion Pharmaceuticals1$25
Inspire Medical Systems, Inc.1$21
Neurelis, Inc.1$18
Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc.1$17
Nevro Corp.1$16
NS Pharma, Inc.1$15
Bristol Myers Squibb1$15
Merz Pharmaceuticals, LLC1$14
Promius Pharma LLC1$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

$170,827 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 1,246 neurology providers in Texas.

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Medicare billing

Part B allowed, 2024
$593,601
Medicare patients
315
Services billed
28,527

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
Gammagard LiquidImmun Glob G(Igg)/Gly/Iga Ov5016$142,803
UbrelvyUbrogepant51$70,005
Nurtec OdtRimegepant Sulfate41$62,400
BotoxOnabotulinumtoxina38$46,296
BriviactBrivaracetam18$44,735
QuliptaAtogepant27$35,836
NeuproRotigotine22$24,569
Emgality PenGalcanezumab-Gnlm26$22,908
Emgality SyringeGalcanezumab-Gnlm12$18,318
Tegretol XrCarbamazepine27$10,545
Ajovy SyringeFremanezumab-Vfrm12$9,088
NamzaricMemantine Hcl/Donepezil Hcl14$8,958
ExelonRivastigmine11$7,423
Lidocaine23$5,314
Memantine Hcl278$4,972

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
AbbVieUbrelvy, Botox, Qulipta, Namzaric, Armour Thyroid$94,945$162,179141 claims
UCB, Inc.Briviact, Neupro$820$69,30440 claims
PfizerNurtec Odt$602$62,40041 claims
NovartisExelon$394$7,42311 claims
Amneal Pharmaceuticals LLCPyridostigmine Bromide$95$1,32419 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 1,246 neurology providers in Texas.

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