Andrew Chema, MD
Family Medicine · Medina, OHNPI 1053572560
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 257 payments — averaging $13.81 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$945
- Pfizer$397
- Novo Nordisk$284
- Lilly USA, LLC$258
- Merck$205
- GSK$196
- plus $1K from 30 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$3,52299%
- Education$281%
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) | 53 | $945 |
| Pfizer | 43 | $397 |
| Novo Nordisk | 28 | $284 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 16 | $258 |
| Merck | 22 | $205 |
| GSK | 17 | $196 |
| Daiichi Sankyo Inc. | 8 | $156 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 7 | $131 |
| Amgen | 7 | $108 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 5 | $75 |
| Novartis | 4 | $62 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 4 | $59 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 7 | $55 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 3 | $55 |
| Abbott | 2 | $46 |
| Radius Health, Inc. | 2 | $45 |
| AstraZeneca | 3 | $44 |
| Bayer | 2 | $41 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 3 | $41 |
| Corcept Therapeutics | 2 | $37 |
| Exact Sciences | 2 | $33 |
| Dexcom, Inc. | 2 | $29 |
| Xeris Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $27 |
| Inspire Medical Systems, Inc. | 1 | $24 |
| Dynavax Technologies Corporation | 1 | $23 |
| Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company Ltd. | 1 | $19 |
| Echosens North America, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Esperion Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Ipsen Biopharmaceuticals, Inc | 1 | $17 |
| Gilead | 1 | $17 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 1 | $16 |
| Currax Pharmaceuticals LLC | 1 | $14 |
| Phathom Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $13 |
| Mylan Specialty L.p. | 1 | $12 |
| Amarin Pharma, Inc. | 1 | $11 |
How this compares
$3,550 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 3,983 family medicine 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 |
|---|---|---|
| JanuviaSitagliptin Phosphate | 72 | $75,052 |
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 34 | $36,455 |
| FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol | 33 | $26,967 |
| EliquisApixaban | 33 | $26,765 |
| Tresiba Flextouch U-100Insulin Degludec | 19 | $20,167 |
| Trelegy ElliptaFluticasone/Umeclidin/Vilanter | 25 | $17,845 |
| OzempicSemaglutide | 13 | $16,751 |
| MounjaroTirzepatide | 12 | $16,404 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 11 | $15,693 |
| TrulicityDulaglutide | 13 | $15,613 |
| TradjentaLinagliptin | 16 | $12,021 |
| MyrbetriqMirabegron | 11 | $10,333 |
| Anoro ElliptaUmeclidinium Brm/Vilanterol Tr | 13 | $9,388 |
| Spiriva RespimatTiotropium Bromide | 16 | $9,192 |
| Breo ElliptaFluticasone/Vilanterol | 15 | $7,229 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| MerckJanuvia | $205 | $75,05272 claims |
| Boehringer IngelheimJardiance, Tradjenta, Spiriva Respimat | $75 | $57,66766 claims |
| GSKTrelegy Ellipta, Anoro Ellipta, Breo Ellipta | $196 | $34,46253 claims |
| Lilly USA, LLCMounjaro, Trulicity | $258 | $32,01725 claims |
| AstraZenecaFarxiga | $44 | $26,96733 claims |
| PfizerEliquis | $397 | $26,76533 claims |
| Novo NordiskOzempic | $284 | $16,75113 claims |
| Johnson & JohnsonXarelto | $41 | $15,69311 claims |
| Astellas Pharma US IncMyrbetriq | $55 | $10,33311 claims |
| AbbVieSynthroid | $945 | $1,70149 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 3,983 family medicine providers in Ohio.
Other family medicine in Medina
- Michael ButcherCincinnati$18.3M
- William RandallKettering$7.5M
- Paul NugentCincinnati$4.9M
- Steve ChoiDayton$4.8M
- Martin SchearDayton$2.2M
- Rajesh DavitCincinnati$2M
- Kwabena OtengSpringdale$2M
- Blaise GattoMoraine$1.8M
- Cathy GreiweColumbus$1.4M
- Brian BeesleyColumbus$1.4M
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.