Vishad Kumar, MD
Neurology · Memphis, TNNPI 1497716575
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 268 payments — averaging $24.65 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Abbott$1K
- Kyowa Kirin, Inc.$1K
- AbbVie$926
- Novartis$272
- AstraZeneca$215
- Akcea Therapeutics, Inc.$187
- plus $2K from 26 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$1,30520%
- Speaking & faculty fees$621%
- Travel & lodging$1,21518%
- Food & beverage$3,92259%
- Education$1032%
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 | 12 | $1,446 |
| Kyowa Kirin, Inc. | 1 | $1,305 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 62 | $926 |
| Novartis | 18 | $272 |
| AstraZeneca | 8 | $215 |
| Akcea Therapeutics, Inc. | 10 | $187 |
| Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. | 24 | $183 |
| Johnson & Johnson(2 entities) | 2 | $179 |
| Acadia Pharmaceuticals Inc | 8 | $175 |
| Biogen | 8 | $156 |
| Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 12 | $140 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 8 | $138 |
| Lundbeck LLC | 7 | $125 |
| EMD Serono, Inc. | 16 | $124 |
| Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 16 | $112 |
| Avanir Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 5 | $91 |
| Amgen | 5 | $91 |
| Amneal Pharmaceuticals LLC | 5 | $84 |
| Jazz Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 5 | $82 |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 6 | $82 |
| Sanofi | 5 | $81 |
| Pfizer | 5 | $78 |
| Assertio Therapeutics, Inc. | 4 | $72 |
| Acorda Therapeutics, Inc | 3 | $62 |
| GE HealthCare | 3 | $41 |
| Eisai Inc. | 3 | $40 |
| UCB, Inc. | 2 | $33 |
| CSL Behring | 1 | $19 |
| Currax Pharmaceuticals LLC | 1 | $19 |
| Tanabe Pharma America, Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Zyla Life Sciences, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Upsher-smith Laboratories LLC | 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.
How this compares
$6,607 in reported general payments places this provider in the 55th percentile of 361 neurology providers in Tennessee.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Gamunex-CImmune Globul G/Gly/Iga Avg 46 | 23 | $273,003 |
| GammaplexImmun Glob G(Igg)/Gly/Iga 0-50 | 23 | $233,532 |
| TysabriNatalizumab | 17 | $138,737 |
| BetaseronInterferon Beta-1b | 13 | $119,889 |
| Kesimpta PenOfatumumab | 12 | $104,255 |
| NuplazidPimavanserin Tartrate | 15 | $99,036 |
| Avonex (4 Pack)Interferon Beta-1a | 12 | $96,413 |
| FingolimodFingolimod Hcl | 25 | $82,168 |
| KeppraLevetiracetam | 38 | $73,659 |
| CopaxoneGlatiramer Acetate | 11 | $64,172 |
| InbrijaLevodopa | 14 | $57,248 |
| Dimethyl Fumarate | 24 | $56,086 |
| Nurtec OdtRimegepant Sulfate | 23 | $39,913 |
| TrileptalOxcarbazepine | 12 | $19,301 |
| NeuproRotigotine | 20 | $17,585 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| BiogenTysabri, Avonex (4 Pack) | $156 | $235,15029 claims |
| Acadia Pharmaceuticals IncNuplazid | $175 | $99,03615 claims |
| Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc.Copaxone | $183 | $64,17211 claims |
| Acorda Therapeutics, IncInbrija | $62 | $57,24814 claims |
| PfizerNurtec Odt | $78 | $39,91323 claims |
| UCB, Inc.Neupro | $33 | $17,58520 claims |
| AbbVieQulipta | $926 | $13,59311 claims |
| Amneal Pharmaceuticals LLCPyridostigmine Bromide | $84 | $3,99927 claims |
| Upsher-smith Laboratories LLCTopiramate | $15 | $2,155126 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 55th percentile of 361 neurology providers in Tennessee.
Other neurology in Memphis
- Lora McGillMemphis$7.5M
- Anthony NicholasMemphis$1.8M
- Mark LedouxMemphis$1.2M
- Tulio BertoriniMemphis$1M
- Lucas ElijovichMemphis$718K
- Rekha PillaiMemphis$355K
- Khalid AlsherbiniMemphis$249K
- Andrei AlexandrovMemphis$237K
- Ghaida ZaidMemphis$230K
- Nitin GoyalMemphis$223K
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.