Viji Shankar, MD
Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation · White Oak, PANPI 1194911727
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 175 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 29 manufacturers reported payments, led by Abbott at 24.8% of the total. Among physical medicine & rehabilitation clinicians in PA with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 10% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 175 payments — averaging $22.85 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Abbott$990
- Scilex Pharmaceuticals Inc.$948
- Boston Scientific$327
- Electronic Waveform Lab, Inc.$305
- Daiichi Sankyo Inc.$246
- Nevro Corp.$229
- plus $954 from 23 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$3,998100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Abbott | 55 | $990 |
| Scilex Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 46 | $948 |
| Boston Scientific | 8 | $327 |
| Electronic Waveform Lab, Inc. | 10 | $305 |
| Daiichi Sankyo Inc. | 4 | $246 |
| Nevro Corp. | 6 | $229 |
| Forte Bio-pharma LLC | 4 | $171 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 5 | $122 |
| Arbor Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 5 | $74 |
| GRT US Holding, Inc. | 3 | $66 |
| Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 3 | $54 |
| Vertex | 2 | $48 |
| Pacira Therapeutics, Inc. | 2 | $44 |
| Nalu Medical, Inc. | 2 | $42 |
| IBSA Pharma Inc. | 2 | $41 |
| Tersera Therapeutics LLC | 1 | $34 |
| Fidia Pharma USA Inc. | 2 | $31 |
| Hikma Pharmaceuticals USA | 2 | $30 |
| Azurity Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $30 |
| Biodelivery Sciences International, Inc. | 2 | $28 |
| SPR Therapeutics, Inc | 1 | $23 |
| Almatica Pharma LLC | 1 | $18 |
| Orthogenrx Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Radius Health, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Idorsia Pharmaceuticals US Inc | 1 | $15 |
| Protega Pharmaceutials Inc | 1 | $15 |
| Sentynl Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $13 |
| Acacia Pharma Inc | 1 | $13 |
| Zyla Life Sciences, Inc. | 1 | $11 |
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.
- ETERNA$179
- Morphabond ER$141
- Senza$125
How this compares
$3,998 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 550 physical medicine & rehabilitation providers in Pennsylvania.
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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 |
|---|---|---|
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 54 | $1,441 |
| Gabapentin | 39 | $467 |
| Celecoxib | 25 | $397 |
| Tizanidine Hcl | 13 | $116 |
| Meloxicam | 12 | $17 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other physical medicine & rehabilitation in White Oak
- Jeffery RoweKing Of Prussia$1.9M
- Michael SaulinoElkins Park$425K
- Huaguang QuChalfont$356K
- Alberto EsquenaziPhiladelphia$305K
- Mitchell PaulinPaoli$229K
- Kimberly HeckertPhiladelphia$119K
- David LichtenReading$117K
- Gay WilcherRidley Park$81K
- Jessica MulhernPaoli$79K
- Leonard KamenElkins Park$44K
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.