Drug Infectious Diseases

Paxlovid

Payments companies reported to CMS as associated with Paxlovid. "Associated with" is CMS's wording: it links a payment to a product without saying the money was spent on it.

$5.8Massociated payments (2023-2025)

95,677clinicians with associated payments

7companies reporting

By year

2023 $3.7M

2024 $1.3M

2025 $867K

Payments reported as associated with Paxlovid, per program year, as reported to CMS.

Who makes it

Specialties most often involved

Internal Medicine $984K

Family Medicine $956K

Family $710K

Infectious Disease $465K

Physician Assistant $372K

Cardiovascular Disease $275K

Where the associated payments went, by the receiving clinician's specialty.

Clinicians most associated with Paxlovid

These are the largest totals companies reported as associated with Paxlovid. They are typically speaking or consulting arrangements, which companies must report by law; appearing here is not evidence of anything improper.

Clinician	Location	Specialty	Associated payments (2023-2025)
Christian Sandrock	Sacramento, CA	Internal Medicine	$85,569.08
Ali Hassoun	Huntsville, AL	Infectious Disease	$79,912.20
Trevor Cummings	Grand Rapids, MI	Emergency Medicine	$76,398.24
Teena Chopra	Detroit, MI	Infectious Disease	$74,098.95
Uriel Sandkovsky	Dallas, TX	Infectious Disease	$70,788.66
Cedric Franklin Rutland	Riverside, CA	Critical Care Medicine (Internal Medicine)	$60,138.83
Brett Gilbert	Wynnewood, PA	Infectious Disease	$47,994.38
Timothy Connelly	Savannah, GA	Internal Medicine	$45,431.77
Andrew Miller	Allentown, PA	Emergency Medicine	$45,420.98
Jennifer Caudle	Sewell, NJ	Family Medicine	$43,599.16

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What this means, and what it doesn't

These payments are legal and common. Drug and device makers routinely pay for meals at educational events, consulting, speaking, travel, and research. Companies are required by federal law to report them; that's why this data exists.
A payment is not evidence of wrongdoing. Most clinicians who accept industry payments provide excellent care. Research payments in particular often reflect participation in clinical trials.
Context beats raw numbers. A few hundred dollars in sandwiches over several years is typical. What's worth understanding is scale, source, and purpose, which is what this page shows.
The data comes from companies, not doctors. Figures are "as reported to CMS" by the paying companies. Clinicians can dispute records through CMS's official process.

Source: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019-2025, as reported to CMS by drug and device makers (published June 30, 2026). Drug and device detail covers 2023-2025.