Open Payments

VIVUS, Inc.

Payments to physicians and teaching hospitals reported to CMS under the Sunshine Act for 2020. Data sourced directly from the Open Payments federal database.

Program year 2020
587 recipients
$51,002
Total Paid (2020)
to 587 doctors
$51,002
Total Paid
2020 program year
587
Physicians Paid
individual recipients
$87
Avg per Physician
mean payment
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Top Recipients — VIVUS, Inc.

Open Payments 2020
Physician Specialty Location Amount Received
ST. JAMES, LUTHER M.D. FL $10,746
DEEB, WASIM M.D. FL $6,762
SORSBY, MITCHELL M.D. TX $3,705
AYOOLA, FOLAHAN MD TX $3,140
HOROWITZ, BARRY M.D. FL $2,171
CLAYMAN, MARK MD FL $447
DE LEON, JOSE M. D. TX $371
MUMMADI, VIJAYA M.D. TX $302
NGUYEN-LUU, PHUONG M.D. TX $259
TAYLOR, THOMAS M. D. FL $239
VUKICH, ALISON M.D. FL $222
ALVARADO, RONY MD FL $215
PASCHALL, SARAH M.D. FL $198
PLATT, GEORGE M.D. FL $198
PORTALATIN, MANUEL MD FL $198
HAQUE, WASIM M.D. TX $192
PAYNE-JOHNSON, ANN MD FL $190
HARVEY, STANLEY M.D. FL $187
BERG, STEPHANIE MD TX $178
TALLAPUREDDY, SAMEERA MD TX $175
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