Vicky Makker, MD
Hematology & Oncology · New York, NYNPI 1972769800
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by travel and lodging: $9,932 of the $11,031 with a category attached, or 90.0%. Merck accounts for 86.9% of it on its own, with 5 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $9,551 and has fallen 90.6% since, to $893 in 2024.
Across 24 payments — averaging $459.64 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Merck$10K
- AstraZeneca$607
- Astrazeneca UK Limited$403
- Eisai Inc.$399
- Biontech SE$19
- GSK$16
Across 4,615 payments — averaging $5873.04 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.
- Merck$14.7M
- Eisai Inc.$8.8M
- AstraZeneca$2.7M
- Karyopharm Therapeutics Inc.$412K
- Clovis Oncology, Inc.$379K
- Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.$85K
- plus $78K from 2 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$9,93290%
- Food & beverage$6896%
- Education$4104%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Merck | 15 | $9,588 |
| AstraZeneca | 3 | $607 |
| Astrazeneca UK Limited | 3 | $403 |
| Eisai Inc. | 1 | $399 |
| Biontech SE | 1 | $19 |
| GSK | 1 | $16 |
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.
- LENVIMA$1,216
How this compares
$11,031 in reported general payments places this provider in the 75th 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 |
|---|---|---|
| EliquisApixaban | 12 | $7,049 |
| Prednisolone Acetate | 16 | $1,681 |
| Dexamethasone | 25 | $520 |
| Celecoxib | 12 | $433 |
| Anastrozole | 12 | $245 |
| Tamoxifen Citrate | 12 | $244 |
| Olanzapine | 17 | $234 |
| Ondansetron Hcl | 32 | $196 |
| Dexamethasone Sodium Phosphate | 12 | $194 |
| Losartan Potassium | 30 | $173 |
| Levothyroxine Sodium | 20 | $140 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 18 | $124 |
| Amlodipine Besylate | 30 | $120 |
| Montelukast Sodium | 17 | $92 |
| Gabapentin | 12 | $88 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other hematology & oncology in New York
- Michael SchusterNew York$1.6M
- Charles SawyersNew York$1.6M
- Manuel Hidalgo-MedinaNew York$1.4M
- Ross LevineNew York$968K
- Joshua SabariNew York$761K
- Gail RobozNew York$738K
- Jeffrey LaurenceNew York$640K
- John AllanNew York$580K
- Ilan ShapiraNew York$475K
- John MascarenhasNew York$456K
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.