RxDoctor Payments Data

Ami Kothari, MD

Rheumatology · Morton Grove, ILNPI 1194981100

Payments from drug & device makers

What this record shows

The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (46.9%), speaking fees and food and beverage — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 13 manufacturers reported payments, led by AbbVie at 38.7% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2020 at $13,388 and has fallen 97.2% since, to $375 in 2024.

$23,725in general payments, 2019–2025

Across 64 payments — averaging $370.70 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.

  • AbbVie$9K
  • Johnson & Johnson$5K
  • Amgen$4K
  • Sanofi$3K
  • Pfizer$2K
  • Aurinia Pharma U.S., Inc.$91
  • plus $277 from 7 others
$1,000in research payments, 2019–2025

Across 1 payment — averaging $1000.00 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.

  • Hologic Inc$1K

What the payments were for

  • Consulting fees$11,12547%
  • Speaking & faculty fees$10,40344%
  • Travel & lodging$240%
  • Food & beverage$1,9838%
  • Education$1901%

General payments by program year

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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.

CompanyPaymentsTotal
AbbVie26$9,170
Johnson & Johnson8$5,368
Amgen(2 entities)12$4,340
Sanofi5$2,629
Pfizer1$1,850
Aurinia Pharma U.S., Inc.1$91
Abbott3$67
UCB, Inc.2$57
GSK1$55
Lilly USA, LLC2$46
ERMI LLC1$19
Janssen Scientific Affairs, LLC1$19
Si-bone, Inc.1$15

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

$23,725 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 287 rheumatology providers in Illinois.

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Medicare billing

Part B allowed, 2024
$3,742,351
Medicare patients
1,282
Services billed
326,345

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

DrugClaimsCost to plans & patients
Humira(Cf) PenAdalimumab77$731,276
RinvoqUpadacitinib43$279,256
Xeljanz XrTofacitinib Citrate24$138,474
Enbrel SureclickEtanercept13$93,271
OtezlaApremilast13$62,786
ForteoTeriparatide12$60,271
Hydroxychloroquine Sulfate341$11,703
MethotrexateMethotrexate Sodium375$10,466
Celecoxib185$8,624
Leflunomide68$6,449
Mycophenolate Mofetil14$6,062
Prednisone244$2,852
Febuxostat18$2,296
Alendronate Sodium218$2,068
Methylprednisolone190$1,473

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.

CompanyPaid to this providerPart D cost of their drugs
AbbVieRinvoq$9,170$279,25643 claims
AmgenOtezla$4,340$62,78613 claims
Lilly USA, LLCForteo$46$60,27112 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 85th percentile of 287 rheumatology providers in Illinois.

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