Vemulkonda Rao
Pediatric Hematology-Oncology · Bethesda, MDNPI 1710274188
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by travel and lodging: $10,965 of the $12,906 with a category attached, or 85.0%. Every reported general payment came from a single manufacturer, Pharming Healthcare, Inc.. Among pediatric hematology-oncology clinicians in MD 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 25 payments — averaging $516.25 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Pharming Healthcare, Inc.$13K
Across 9 payments — averaging $102,473 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.
- Novartis$662K
- Pharming Healthcare, Inc.$261K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$9147%
- Speaking & faculty fees$7546%
- Travel & lodging$10,96585%
- Food & beverage$2732%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pharming Healthcare, Inc. | 25 | $12,906 |
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
$12,906 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 52 pediatric hematology-oncology providers in Maryland.
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Other pediatric hematology-oncology in Bethesda
- Gregory KatoBethesda$10K
- Brigitte WidemannBethesda$1K
- Kristin BairdBethesda$920
- David YoungBethesda$300
- Yu-Waye ChuBethesda$220
- Aerang KimBethesda$209
- Malcolm SmithBethesda$157
- Michael BernhardtBethesda$86
- Richard ZanettiBethesda$85
- Lauren VastaBethesda$70
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.