Dr. Kavan Ramachandran, MD

NPI: 1972799252
Total Payments
$4,069
2024 Payments
$169.19
Companies
36
Transactions
251
Medicare Patients
1,363
Medicare Billing
$282,678

Payment Breakdown by Category

Food & Beverage$4,014 (98.7%)
Education$53.88 (1.3%)
Other$0.95 (0.0%)

Payments by Nature

Nature of Payment Amount Transactions Share
Food and Beverage $4,014 246 98.7%
Education $53.88 3 1.3%
Compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program $0.95 2 0.0%

Top Paying Companies

Company Total Records Latest Year
GlaxoSmithKline, LLC. $820.03 74 $0 (2023)
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP $409.53 25 $0 (2023)
Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc. $291.82 16 $0 (2023)
United Therapeutics Corporation $282.92 8 $0 (2024)
Grifols USA, LLC $247.47 16 $0 (2024)
Genentech USA, Inc. $242.01 14 $0 (2022)
Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc. $172.57 13 $0 (2020)
Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $170.66 9 $0 (2024)
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC $161.87 8 $0 (2024)
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $133.97 8 $0 (2023)

Payment History by Year

Year Amount Transactions Top Company
2024 $169.19 8 Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC ($92.67)
2023 $580.06 27 Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc. ($60.23)
2022 $277.52 16 Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation ($51.35)
2021 $283.32 16 Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc. ($67.60)
2020 $375.47 26 GlaxoSmithKline, LLC. ($148.08)
2019 $771.75 51 GlaxoSmithKline, LLC. ($146.02)
2018 $726.70 50 GlaxoSmithKline, LLC. ($161.74)
2017 $884.79 57 United Therapeutics Corporation ($223.06)

All Payment Transactions

251 individual payment records from CMS Open Payments — Page 1 of 11

Date Company Product Nature Form Amount Type
05/15/2024 Insmed, Inc. Arikayce (Drug) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $20.42 General
Category: Respiratory
05/15/2024 Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC ZERBAXA (Drug), RECARBRIO Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $18.64 General
Category: INFECTIOUS DISEASE
04/24/2024 Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC WINREVAIR (Biological) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $26.72 General
Category: CARDIOVASCULAR
04/23/2024 Grifols USA, LLC Prolastin-C Liquid (Biological) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $15.06 General
Category: Pulmonology
03/15/2024 Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $28.01 General
03/06/2024 Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC DIFICID (Drug), RECARBRIO, ZERBAXA Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $19.30 General
Category: INFECTIOUS DISEASE
02/08/2024 United Therapeutics Corporation TYVASO (Drug) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $25.02 General
Category: Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension and Pulmonary Hypertension with Interstitial Lung Disease
01/23/2024 Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $16.02 General
12/06/2023 AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP BREZTRI (Drug) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $12.75 General
Category: Respiratory
12/04/2023 GENZYME CORPORATION DUPIXENT (Biological) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $21.11 General
Category: Immunology
11/21/2023 GlaxoSmithKline, LLC. NUCALA (Biological) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $28.75 General
Category: IMMUNOLOGY
11/20/2023 Insmed, Inc. Arikayce (Drug) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $15.79 General
Category: Respiratory
11/17/2023 Amgen Inc. TEZSPIRE (Biological) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $23.84 General
Category: Inflammation
11/16/2023 Grifols USA, LLC Prolastin-C Liquid (Biological) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $14.50 General
Category: Pulmonology
11/15/2023 Jazz Pharmaceuticals Inc. XYWAV (Drug) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $34.72 General
Category: NEUROLOGY
10/25/2023 Mylan Specialty L.P. YUPELRI (Drug) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $18.72 General
Category: Anticholinergics, Inhaled
10/25/2023 Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation XOLAIR (Drug) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $18.24 General
Category: Pulmonary/Respiratory Diseases
10/17/2023 Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc. OPSUMIT (Drug), UPTRAVI Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $28.83 General
Category: Cardiology
10/10/2023 Insmed, Inc. Arikayce (Drug) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $21.39 General
Category: Respiratory
10/09/2023 Insmed, Inc. Arikayce (Drug) Education In-kind items and services $16.24 General
Category: Respiratory
09/26/2023 AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP FASENRA (Biological) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $28.97 General
Category: Respiratory
09/19/2023 Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC VERQUVO (Drug), VERQUVO Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $25.07 General
Category: CARDIOVASCULAR
09/18/2023 Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $17.45 General
09/06/2023 GENZYME CORPORATION DUPIXENT (Biological) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $18.92 General
Category: Immunology
09/01/2023 Amgen Inc. TEZSPIRE (Biological) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $34.49 General
Category: Inflammation

Medicare Billing by Year

Year Procedures Beneficiaries Services Submitted Medicare Paid
2023 10 377 646 $227,291 $73,999
2022 7 289 544 $190,979 $61,805
2021 7 305 575 $200,638 $66,933
2020 9 392 710 $238,680 $79,941
Total Patients
1,363
Total Services
2,475
Medicare Billing
$282,678
Procedure Codes
33

All Medicare Procedures & Services

33 procedure records from CMS Medicare Utilization — Page 1 of 2

HCPCS Description Setting Year Patients Services Charges Medicare Paid Ratio
99291 Critical care, first 30-74 minutes Facility 2023 126 248 $127,720 $39,661 31.1%
99292 Critical care, each additional 30 minutes Facility 2023 67 155 $39,990 $12,583 31.5%
99214 Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-39 minutes Office 2023 50 84 $21,672 $7,551 34.8%
99233 Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making, if using time, at least 50 minutes Facility 2023 30 52 $11,076 $4,716 42.6%
99215 Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 40-54 minutes Office 2023 22 25 $7,100 $3,133 44.1%
99205 New patient office or other outpatient visit, 60-74 minutes Office 2023 15 15 $6,090 $2,511 41.2%
99223 Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making, if using time, at least 75 minutes Facility 2023 16 16 $6,928 $2,115 30.5%
94729 Test to examine how well the lungs exchange gases Office 2023 17 17 $2,482 $708.92 28.6%
94727 Test to determine lung volumes using gas dilution or washout Office 2023 17 17 $1,632 $545.67 33.4%
94060 Test to measure expiratory airflow and volume changes before and after medication administration Office 2023 17 17 $2,601 $473.43 18.2%
99291 Critical care, first 30-74 minutes Facility 2022 108 224 $115,360 $36,879 32.0%
99292 Critical care, each additional 30 minutes Facility 2022 79 175 $45,150 $14,520 32.2%
99214 Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-39 minutes Office 2022 44 68 $17,544 $6,204 35.4%
99233 Follow-up hospital inpatient care per day, typically 35 minutes Facility 2022 18 34 $7,242 $2,654 36.6%
94729 Test to examine how well the lungs exchange gases Office 2022 13 14 $2,044 $628.93 30.8%
94727 Test to determine lung volumes using gas dilution or washout Office 2022 13 14 $1,344 $470.62 35.0%
94060 Test to measure expiratory airflow and volume changes before and after medication administration Office 2022 14 15 $2,295 $448.58 19.5%
99291 Critical care delivery critically ill or injured patient, first 30-74 minutes Facility 2021 113 222 $114,330 $38,251 33.5%
99292 Critical care delivery critically ill or injured patient Facility 2021 87 205 $52,890 $17,732 33.5%
99214 Established patient outpatient visit, total time 30-39 minutes Office 2021 47 66 $17,028 $6,137 36.0%
99233 Subsequent hospital inpatient care, typically 35 minutes per day Facility 2021 22 34 $7,242 $2,755 38.0%
99442 Physician telephone patient service, 11-20 minutes of medical discussion Office 2021 14 17 $2,601 $942.89 36.3%
36556 Insertion of central venous catheter for infusion, patient 5 years or older, not tunneled Facility 2021 11 14 $5,544 $929.32 16.8%
76937 Ultrasound guidance for accessing into blood vessel Facility 2021 11 17 $1,003 $186.51 18.6%
99291 Critical care delivery critically ill or injured patient, first 30-74 minutes Facility 2020 122 247 $127,205 $43,523 34.2%

About Dr. Kavan Ramachandran, MD

Dr. Kavan Ramachandran, MD is a Internal Medicine healthcare provider based in Salem, Oregon. This provider has been registered with the National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES) since 09/19/2007. The National Provider Identifier (NPI) number assigned to this provider is 1972799252.

According to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Open Payments database, Dr. Kavan Ramachandran, MD has received a total of $4,069 in payments from pharmaceutical and medical device companies, with $169.19 received in 2024. These payments were reported across 251 transactions from 36 companies. The most common payment nature is "Food and Beverage" ($4,014).

As a Medicare-enrolled provider, Ramachandran has provided services to 1,363 Medicare beneficiaries, totaling 2,475 services with total Medicare billing of $282,678. Data is available for 4 years (2020–2023), covering 33 distinct procedure/service records.

Practice Information

  • Specialty Internal Medicine
  • Other Specialties Critical Care Medicine, Pulmonary Disease
  • Location Salem, OR
  • Active Since 09/19/2007
  • Last Updated 02/26/2013
  • Taxonomy Code 207R00000X
  • Entity Type Individual
  • NPI Number 1972799252

Products in Payments

  • NUCALA (Biological) $391.22
  • ORENITRAM (Drug) $223.06
  • Prolastin-C Liquid (Biological) $189.70
  • UPTRAVI (Drug) $184.26
  • Xolair (Biological) $163.41
  • BREO (Drug) $160.91
  • SYMBICORT (Drug) $152.97
  • TRELEGY ELLIPTA (Drug) $137.05
  • DUPIXENT (Biological) $134.76
  • LONHALA MAGNAIR (Drug) $122.86
  • ANORO (Drug) $121.11
  • XOLAIR (Biological) $115.73
  • BREZTRI (Drug) $98.71
  • FLEX. INTUBATION VIDEO SCOPE 5.5 X 65 CM (Device) $97.30
  • FASENRA (Drug) $93.85
  • Esbriet (Biological) $78.60
  • GLASSIA (Biological) $77.98
  • Arikayce (Drug) $73.84
  • TYVASO (Drug) $59.86
  • TEZSPIRE (Biological) $58.33

Data Sources

Provider data from NPPES. Payment data from CMS Open Payments. Medicare data from CMS Medicare Provider Utilization. All data is public and updated periodically.

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