Abrham Tekola, MD
Family Medicine · Carmichael, CANPI 1083705461
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 95 payments — averaging $17.87 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$247
- Pfizer$241
- Boehringer Ingelheim$171
- AstraZeneca$155
- Astellas Pharma US Inc$150
- Bayer$150
- plus $584 from 11 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$1,49488%
- Education$20412%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 34 | $247 |
| Pfizer | 17 | $241 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 12 | $171 |
| AstraZeneca | 3 | $155 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 2 | $150 |
| Bayer | 1 | $150 |
| Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. | 1 | $116 |
| Novartis | 1 | $98 |
| Merck | 2 | $90 |
| Aimmune Therapeutics, Inc. | 3 | $58 |
| Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc. | 7 | $54 |
| Novo Nordisk | 3 | $40 |
| Mannkind Corporation | 2 | $40 |
| Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 4 | $39 |
| Amarin Pharma, Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Corcept Therapeutics | 1 | $16 |
| Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, 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.
- Kerendia$150
- FARXIGA$120
- AJOVY$116
- NURTEC ODT$114
How this compares
$1,698 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 10,533 family medicine providers in California.
Medicare billing
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
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| EliquisApixaban | 437 | $349,095 |
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 266 | $189,787 |
| OzempicSemaglutide | 198 | $178,256 |
| FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol | 215 | $157,124 |
| LinzessLinaclotide | 181 | $126,718 |
| TradjentaLinagliptin | 130 | $91,849 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 72 | $87,243 |
| JanuviaSitagliptin Phosphate | 99 | $85,145 |
| JanumetSitagliptin Phos/Metformin Hcl | 72 | $51,477 |
| TrulicityDulaglutide | 43 | $44,388 |
| Basaglar Kwikpen U-100Insulin Glargine,hum.Rec.Anlog | 125 | $42,448 |
| ProliaDenosumab | 24 | $39,841 |
| MyrbetriqMirabegron | 68 | $39,065 |
| JentaduetoLinagliptin/Metformin Hcl | 46 | $30,424 |
| Tresiba Flextouch U-200Insulin Degludec | 45 | $30,153 |
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.
| Company | Paid to this provider | Part D cost of their drugs |
|---|---|---|
| PfizerEliquis | $241 | $349,095437 claims |
| Boehringer IngelheimJardiance, Tradjenta, Jentadueto | $171 | $312,060442 claims |
| Novo NordiskOzempic | $40 | $178,256198 claims |
| AstraZenecaFarxiga, Brilinta, Symbicort | $155 | $170,552258 claims |
| AbbVieLinzess, Creon, Namzaric | $247 | $161,257230 claims |
| MerckJanuvia, Janumet, Janumet Xr | $90 | $151,242183 claims |
| Astellas Pharma US IncMyrbetriq | $150 | $39,06568 claims |
| NovartisEntresto | $98 | $27,74529 claims |
| BayerKerendia | $150 | $25,29426 claims |
| Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc.Gemtesa | $54 | $22,31139 claims |
| Aimmune Therapeutics, Inc.Zenpep | $58 | $19,57530 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 80th percentile of 10,533 family medicine providers in California.
Other family medicine in Carmichael
- Amina HaggagNorthridge$112.8M
- Steven ReynoldsLong Beach$53M
- Rizwana MohseniLake Forest$26.7M
- Daniel JohnsonSan Diego$15.7M
- Stacey LayleSan Diego$14.8M
- Apinya VutikullirdCypress$14.3M
- Hanid AudishSpring Valley$13.6M
- Augusto FocilOxnard$12.6M
- Jack VuLong Beach$10.1M
- Suzanne FussellOxnard$8.9M
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Billing: Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners, data year 2024. Original Medicare Part B only.
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.