Velmalia Matthews-Smith, MD
Hematology & Oncology · Potsdam, NYNPI 1144257791
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 72 payments — averaging $21.14 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Pfizer$220
- Seagen Inc.$115
- Bristol Myers Squibb$113
- Myriad Genetic Laboratories, Inc.$103
- Novocure Inc.$96
- Caris MPI, Inc.$86
- plus $789 from 21 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$1,42894%
- Education$946%
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.
| Company | Payments | Total |
|---|---|---|
| Pfizer | 16 | $220 |
| Seagen Inc. | 5 | $115 |
| Bristol Myers Squibb | 5 | $113 |
| Myriad Genetic Laboratories, Inc. | 1 | $103 |
| Novocure Inc. | 1 | $96 |
| Caris MPI, Inc. | 1 | $86 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 5 | $79 |
| Merck | 4 | $77 |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 3 | $54 |
| Incyte Corporation | 2 | $52 |
| Lexicon Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 3 | $50 |
| AstraZeneca | 3 | $49 |
| Foundation Medicine, Inc. | 1 | $44 |
| Sanofi | 3 | $41 |
| Novartis | 2 | $40 |
| Amgen | 2 | $39 |
| GSK | 2 | $34 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 2 | $30 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 2 | $28 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 1 | $27 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 2 | $25 |
| Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc. | 1 | $24 |
| Tesaro, Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Pharmacyclics LLC, An Abbvie Company | 1 | $20 |
| Tersera Therapeutics LLC | 1 | $19 |
| EMD Serono, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Karyopharm Therapeutics Inc. | 1 | $15 |
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.
- myRisk$103
How this compares
$1,522 in reported general payments places this provider in the 40th percentile of 967 hematology & oncology providers in New York.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| ImbruvicaIbrutinib | 26 | $406,548 |
| OjjaaraMomelotinib Dihydrochloride | 12 | $327,542 |
| NubeqaDarolutamide | 19 | $256,502 |
| ErleadaApalutamide | 19 | $244,360 |
| XtandiEnzalutamide | 22 | $218,061 |
| IbrancePalbociclib | 14 | $217,859 |
| TagrissoOsimertinib Mesylate | 12 | $183,228 |
| Lenalidomide | 12 | $173,540 |
| VerzenioAbemaciclib | 11 | $169,295 |
| EliquisApixaban | 39 | $45,587 |
| Abiraterone Acetate | 13 | $44,428 |
| OrgovyxRelugolix | 12 | $32,368 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 35 | $27,839 |
| Morphine Sulfate | 36 | $3,318 |
| Anastrozole | 86 | $2,238 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pharmacyclics LLC, An Abbvie CompanyImbruvica | $20 | $406,54826 claims |
| GSKOjjaara | $34 | $327,54212 claims |
| Johnson & JohnsonErleada, Xarelto | $79 | $272,19854 claims |
| PfizerIbrance, Eliquis | $220 | $263,44653 claims |
| Astellas Pharma US IncXtandi | $28 | $218,06122 claims |
| AstraZenecaTagrisso | $49 | $183,22812 claims |
| Lilly USA, LLCVerzenio, Olanzapine | $30 | $169,56523 claims |
| Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc.Orgovyx | $24 | $32,36812 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 40th percentile of 967 hematology & oncology providers in New York.
Other hematology & oncology in Potsdam
- Vicky MakkerNew York$27.1M
- Alison MoskowitzNew York$22.7M
- Ajai ChariNew York$22.4M
- Yelena JanjigianNew York$16.9M
- Alexander LesokhinNew York$11.9M
- John MascarenhasNew York$11.8M
- Maria PalombaNew York$11.6M
- Richard ZunigaBabylon$10.9M
- Scott TagawaNew York$10.3M
- Mohammad Abdul HayNew York$9.9M
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.