Vishal Poddar, MD
Pulmonary Disease · Washington, DCNPI 1245494889
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 29 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 13 manufacturers reported payments, led by AstraZeneca at 33.3% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $560, more than ten times the $19 reported in 2019.
Across 29 payments — averaging $31.32 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AstraZeneca$302
- Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc.$135
- Sanofi$115
- Viatris Specialty LLC$75
- ANI Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$62
- United Therapeutics Corporation$54
- plus $164 from 7 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$908100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AstraZeneca | 9 | $302 |
| Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc. | 1 | $135 |
| Sanofi | 3 | $115 |
| Viatris Specialty LLC | 4 | $75 |
| ANI Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $62 |
| United Therapeutics Corporation | 2 | $54 |
| Amgen | 2 | $34 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 1 | $31 |
| Mylan Specialty L.p. | 1 | $29 |
| GSK | 1 | $20 |
| Biomerieux Inc | 1 | $19 |
| Phadia US Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| BD | 1 | $14 |
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
$908 in reported general payments places this provider in the 60th percentile of 56 pulmonary disease providers in District of Columbia.
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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 |
|---|---|---|
| Trelegy ElliptaFluticasone/Umeclidin/Vilanter | 77 | $49,517 |
| Anoro ElliptaUmeclidinium Brm/Vilanterol Tr | 56 | $26,095 |
| Breztri AerosphereBudesonide/Glycopyr/Formoterol | 13 | $14,455 |
| Breo ElliptaFluticasone/Vilanterol | 12 | $4,472 |
| Albuterol Sulfate HfaAlbuterol Sulfate | 106 | $3,442 |
| Wixela InhubFluticasone Propion/Salmeterol | 12 | $1,045 |
| Fluticasone Propionate | 44 | $790 |
| Montelukast Sodium | 24 | $351 |
| Prednisone | 11 | $65 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| GSKTrelegy Ellipta, Anoro Ellipta, Breo Ellipta | $20 | $80,084145 claims |
| AstraZenecaBreztri Aerosphere | $302 | $14,45513 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 60th percentile of 56 pulmonary disease providers in District of Columbia.
Other pulmonary disease in Washington
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- Eric AndersonWashington$215K
- Anne OdonnellWashington$61K
- Andrew LernerWashington$19K
- Guillermo GutierrezWashington$14K
- Khalil DiabWashington$10K
- Lorenzo LeysWashington$9K
- Rebecca KrochmalWashington$9K
- Steven LernerWashington$6K
- Karen FaganWashington$6K
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.