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Vivek Sharma, MD

Hematology & Oncology · Louisville, KYNPI 1144209982

Payments from drug & device makers

$1,859,422in general payments, 2019–2025

Across 994 payments — averaging $1870.65 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.

  • Merck$734K
  • AstraZeneca$289K
  • Sanofi$270K
  • Biomarin Pharmaceutical Inc.$250K
  • Novo Nordisk$107K
  • Biontech SE$51K
  • plus $158K from 53 others
$14,965in research payments, 2019–2025

Across 2 payments — averaging $7482.50 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.

  • Innate Pharma, Inc$15K

What the payments were for

  • Consulting fees$104,87816%
  • Speaking & faculty fees$469,38573%
  • Travel & lodging$54,7088%
  • Food & beverage$17,2193%
  • Education$3310%

General payments by program year

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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.

CompanyPaymentsTotal
Merck96$734,376
AstraZeneca(2 entities)145$289,126
Sanofi186$269,799
Biomarin Pharmaceutical Inc.88$249,666
Novo Nordisk98$107,379
Biontech SE14$50,673
Sanofi US Services Inc.11$33,016
Pfizer58$28,024
Incyte Corporation24$21,110
Shire North American Group Inc27$19,398
Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC8$14,651
Genentech, Inc.8$6,976
E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C.11$6,113
Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.14$4,049
Boehringer Ingelheim Pharma GmbH & Co.kg17$3,633
Bioverativ Therapeutics Inc.1$3,562
Boehringer Ingelheim4$2,774
Kedrion Biopharma Inc.1$2,600
HEMA Biologics, LLC5$2,581
Novartis15$1,737
CSL Behring9$1,594
Bayer16$1,432
Terumo Medical Corporation3$1,200
Astellas Pharma Global Development1$527
Genentech USA, Inc.16$452
Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH1$452
Daiichi Sankyo Inc.17$427
Octapharma USA, Inc.3$356
Bristol Myers Squibb13$271
Astellas Pharma US Inc14$253
Amgen12$164
Eisai Inc.10$141
Ipsen Biopharmaceuticals, Inc4$95
Deciphera Pharmaceuticals Inc.3$68
Beigene USA, Inc.3$57
Rigel Pharmaceuticals, Inc.2$52
Seagen Inc.3$51
Johnson & Johnson4$51
Taiho Oncology, Inc.2$44
Geron Corporation1$40
Cumberland Pharmaceuticals, Inc.2$39
Kedrion Biopharma, Inc.1$38
Global Blood Therapeutics, Inc.2$36
Array Biopharma Inc3$36
Stemline Therapeutics Inc.2$32
Dova Pharmaceuticals2$31
Gilead(2 entities)2$31
EMD Serono, Inc.1$22
Bio Products Laboratory USA, Inc.1$21
GSK1$20
Mirati Therapeutics, Inc.1$19
Springworks Therapeutics, Inc.1$19
Pharmacosmos Therapeutics Inc.1$19
Beone Medicines USA, Inc.1$17
Coherus Oncology, Inc.1$17
Fennec Pharmaceuticals, Inc.1$15
Foundation Medicine, Inc.1$14
Pharmaessentia USA Corporation1$12
Kyowa Kirin, Inc.1$12

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

$1,859,422 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 143 hematology & oncology providers in Kentucky.

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Medicare billing

Part B allowed, 2024
$55,586
Medicare patients
189
Services billed
552

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

DrugClaimsCost to plans & patients
CreonLipase/Protease/Amylase30$71,268
EliquisApixaban40$27,805
Enoxaparin Sodium11$4,149
Oxycodone Hcl78$1,350
Ondansetron Hcl15$744
Prochlorperazine Maleate38$732
Morphine Sulfate ErMorphine Sulfate23$456
Mirtazapine30$367
Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen23$348
Olanzapine14$254
Potassium Chloride22$207
Dexamethasone28$175
Gabapentin30$175
Letrozole13$153
Omeprazole14$46

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.

CompanyPaid to this providerPart D cost of their drugs
PfizerEliquis$28,024$27,80540 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 95th percentile of 143 hematology & oncology providers in Kentucky.

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