Vishwas Sakhalkar
Pediatric Hematology-Oncology · Macon, GANPI 1053492975
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — speaking fees (55.7%), travel and lodging and food and beverage — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Octapharma USA, Inc. accounts for 81.0% of it on its own, with 13 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $4,156 and has fallen 86.8% since, to $549 in 2025.
Across 36 payments — averaging $139.52 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Octapharma USA, Inc.$4K
- Chiesi USA, Inc.$300
- Novo Nordisk$163
- Y-mabs Therapeutics, Inc.$124
- Pfizer$71
- Novartis$60
- plus $236 from 8 others
Across 19 payments — averaging $7722.30 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.
- Global Blood Therapeutics, Inc.$143K
- Novo Nordisk AS$3K
- Pfizer$2K
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$2,80056%
- Travel & lodging$1,40928%
- Food & beverage$76515%
- Education$491%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Octapharma USA, Inc. | 9 | $4,069 |
| Chiesi USA, Inc. | 1 | $300 |
| Novo Nordisk | 3 | $163 |
| Y-mabs Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $124 |
| Pfizer | 6 | $71 |
| Novartis | 3 | $60 |
| Sanofi | 3 | $53 |
| Duchesnay USA Incorporated | 3 | $46 |
| Amgen | 2 | $45 |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 1 | $24 |
| AstraZeneca | 1 | $17 |
| Emmaus Medical, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Global Blood Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
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
$5,023 in reported general payments places this provider in the 70th percentile of 74 pediatric hematology-oncology providers in Georgia.
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Other pediatric hematology-oncology in Macon
- Ashley EasonMacon$1K
- Abigail CruzMacon$1K
- Kristi GeorgeMacon$1K
- Sushmita NairMacon$757
- Robert SidonioAtlanta$834K
- Shannon MeeksAtlanta$255K
- Bhavya DoshiAtlanta$200K
- Cindy NeunertAugusta$108K
- Muna QayedAtlanta$86K
- Shanmuganathan ChandrakasanAtlanta$67K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.