Abed Kanzy
Hospitalist · Flint, MINPI 1265729370
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 94.6% of the total across 57 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. It is spread thinly across 21 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 17.4% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $806 and has fallen 85.1% since, to $120 in 2022. Among hospitalist clinicians in MI with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 10% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 57 payments — averaging $20.61 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Amgen$204
- Novartis$183
- Lilly USA, LLC$156
- Medtronic$134
- AstraZeneca$115
- Novo Nordisk$65
- plus $318 from 15 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$1,11195%
- Education$645%
Most of this is food and beverage — typically meals provided during product presentations at a clinic or hospital. Nationally that is the single largest category of reported payments by count.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Amgen | 2 | $204 |
| Novartis | 12 | $183 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 10 | $156 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 6 | $134 |
| AstraZeneca | 3 | $115 |
| Novo Nordisk | 4 | $65 |
| Gilead | 3 | $41 |
| Aurinia Pharma U.S., Inc. | 3 | $41 |
| Dexcom, Inc. | 2 | $38 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 1 | $31 |
| Abbott | 1 | $23 |
| Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $16 |
| Philips North America LLC | 1 | $16 |
| Advanced Respiratory, Inc | 1 | $15 |
| Amarin Pharma, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Corcept Therapeutics | 1 | $14 |
| Tandem Diabetes Care, Inc. | 1 | $13 |
| Jazz Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $13 |
| Tetraphase Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $13 |
| Merck | 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
$1,175 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 342 hospitalist providers in Michigan.
Other hospitalist in Flint
- Scott KaatzDetroit$146K
- Zakhria BelasherWarren$31K
- Johnathon MarkusClinton Twp$17K
- Neetu TalrejaDetroit$16K
- Cecilia NguyenRoyal Oak$4K
- Dawit WorkuFarmington Hills$3K
- Mathew BrakoraMuskegon$2K
- Sevan DuffDetroit$2K
- Allan FrankAlpena$2K
- Heather LaclairMuskegon$2K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.