Ali Ajam, MD
Rheumatology · Columbus, OHNPI 1841313517
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — speaking fees (48.3%), consulting fees and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Boehringer Ingelheim accounts for 99.5% of it on its own, with 2 other manufacturers making up the rest.
Across 19 payments — averaging $1287.28 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Boehringer Ingelheim$24K
- GSK$109
- Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc.$23
Across 6 payments — averaging $23,525 each. Payments tied to a research study. These frequently flow through the physician to a hospital or research institution rather than to the physician personally.
- Novartis$79K
- Amgen$62K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$9,93841%
- Speaking & faculty fees$11,81748%
- Travel & lodging$2,3049%
- Food & beverage$4002%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 17 | $24,326 |
| GSK | 1 | $109 |
| Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc. | 1 | $23 |
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
$24,458 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 255 rheumatology providers in Ohio.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Enbrel SureclickEtanercept | 36 | $266,261 |
| Humira(Cf) PenAdalimumab | 28 | $189,406 |
| Hydroxychloroquine Sulfate | 373 | $13,024 |
| Mycophenolate Mofetil | 64 | $8,243 |
| MethotrexateMethotrexate Sodium | 174 | $2,453 |
| Colchicine | 25 | $2,296 |
| Gabapentin | 104 | $1,214 |
| Cevimeline Hcl | 15 | $1,172 |
| Prednisone | 229 | $1,113 |
| Sulfasalazine | 76 | $906 |
| Leflunomide | 17 | $685 |
| Duloxetine Hcl | 29 | $506 |
| Celecoxib | 20 | $460 |
| Allopurinol | 34 | $437 |
| Cilostazol | 20 | $393 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other rheumatology in Columbus
- Alexa MearaColumbus$426K
- Kevin SchlesselColumbus$63K
- Jacob SeymourColumbus$27K
- Heather LakeColumbus$13K
- Matthew MundwilerColumbus$11K
- Marc AntonchakColumbus$10K
- Leonard CalabreseCleveland$1.9M
- Gregory DelorenzoCincinnati$1.3M
- Chad DealCleveland$375K
- David MandelMayfield Village$352K
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.