Anowar Hossain, MD
Neurology · Raeford, NCNPI 1942418090
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 98.0% of the total across 22 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 13 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 15.8% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. 2025 is the largest year on record at $390, 4.9 times the $80 reported in 2021. That places this record below the midpoint for neurology clinicians in NC, where the typical reported total is $688.
Across 22 payments — averaging $41.09 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- EMD Serono, Inc.$143
- Avadel CNS Pharmaceuticals, LLC$135
- Johnson & Johnson$114
- Axsome Therapeutics, Inc.$113
- AbbVie$108
- Lundbeck LLC$103
- plus $187 from 7 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$88698%
- Education$182%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| EMD Serono, Inc. | 2 | $143 |
| Avadel CNS Pharmaceuticals, LLC | 1 | $135 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 2 | $114 |
| Axsome Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $113 |
| AbbVie | 6 | $108 |
| Lundbeck LLC | 1 | $103 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company Ltd. | 2 | $52 |
| Eisai Inc. | 2 | $31 |
| UCB, Inc. | 1 | $29 |
| AstraZeneca | 1 | $25 |
| Neurelis, Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Novartis | 1 | $18 |
| SK Life Science, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
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
$904 in reported general payments places this provider in the 50th percentile of 566 neurology providers in North Carolina.
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.
Other neurology in Raeford
- Jill ConwayCharlotte$1M
- Matthew CarraroCharlotte$695K
- Richard SaterGreensboro$682K
- Sara SaccoMatthews$651K
- Megan DonnellyCharlotte$601K
- Kevin KahnDurham$587K
- Sanjay IyerCharlotte$581K
- Mark SkeenDurham$562K
- Douglas JefferyMooresville$486K
- John ScagnelliRaleigh$429K
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.