Vatsala Sastry, MD
Infectious Disease · Brooksville, FLNPI 1336131481
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $78,410 of the $82,269 with a category attached, or 95.3%. Cumberland Pharmaceuticals, Inc. accounts for 96.0% of it on its own, with 15 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $58,002 and has fallen 99.1% since, to $525 in 2025. Among infectious disease clinicians in FL 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 240 payments — averaging $342.79 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Cumberland Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$79K
- Gilead$1K
- Viiv Healthcare Company$942
- Paratek Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$385
- AbbVie$306
- Insmed, Inc.$198
- plus $456 from 10 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$78,41095%
- Food & beverage$3,7895%
- Education$700%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Cumberland Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 49 | $78,955 |
| Gilead | 68 | $1,026 |
| Viiv Healthcare Company | 49 | $942 |
| Paratek Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 21 | $385 |
| AbbVie | 18 | $306 |
| Insmed, Inc. | 10 | $198 |
| Merck | 10 | $170 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 3 | $103 |
| Romark Laboratories, LC | 4 | $57 |
| Melinta Therapeutics, LLC | 2 | $27 |
| Grifols USA, LLC | 1 | $20 |
| Shionogi Inc | 1 | $20 |
| Exact Sciences | 1 | $18 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $17 |
| Nabriva Therapeutics, PLC | 1 | $12 |
| GSK | 1 | $12 |
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.
- Vibativ$78,410
How this compares
$82,269 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 669 infectious disease providers in Florida.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| BiktarvyBictegrav/Emtricit/Tenofov Ala | 171 | $729,661 |
| TriumeqAbacavir/Dolutegravir/Lamivudi | 17 | $67,631 |
| TivicayDolutegravir Sodium | 12 | $61,272 |
| DovatoDolutegravir Sodium/Lamivudine | 13 | $37,089 |
| IsentressRaltegravir Potassium | 12 | $27,419 |
| Cefdinir | 129 | $6,861 |
| Vancomycin Hcl | 35 | $6,303 |
| Linezolid | 27 | $6,051 |
| MicafunginMicafungin Sodium | 15 | $4,129 |
| Doxycycline Hyclate | 188 | $3,767 |
| CeftriaxoneCeftriaxone Sodium | 11 | $3,693 |
| Cefepime Hcl | 13 | $2,855 |
| Fluconazole | 33 | $857 |
| Levofloxacin-D5wLevofloxacin In Dextrose 5 % | 15 | $802 |
| Rifampin | 27 | $517 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| GileadBiktarvy | $1,026 | $729,661171 claims |
| Viiv Healthcare CompanyTriumeq, Tivicay, Dovato | $942 | $165,99242 claims |
| MerckIsentress | $170 | $27,41912 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 669 infectious disease providers in Florida.
Other infectious disease in Brooksville
- Lennox ArchibaldGainesville$2.1M
- Moti RamgopalFort Pierce$1.1M
- Juan DiazAltamonte Springs$980K
- Charlotte-Paige RolleOrlando$619K
- Kenneth AlexanderOrlando$474K
- Douglas BrustMiami$359K
- Christopher CooperAltamonte Springs$278K
- Federico HinestrosaOrlando$276K
- Cynthia RiveraMiami Beach$265K
- Sally AlrabaaTampa$250K
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.