Ashish Verma, MD
Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism · Shelby Twp, MINPI 1649238213
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 740 payments — averaging $242.44 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Novo Nordisk$115K
- Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC$50K
- Verity Pharmaceuticals Inc.$5K
- Medtronic$2K
- Abbott$1K
- Lilly USA, LLC$1K
- plus $6K from 42 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$9,6255%
- Speaking & faculty fees$143,66780%
- Travel & lodging$10,7676%
- Food & beverage$15,3209%
- Education$240%
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.
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.
- RYBELSUS$45,874
- Ozempic$45,330
- SOLIQUA 100/33$38,539
- TOUJEO$6,819
- TLANDO$4,651
- Tresiba$4,254
- Victoza$4,037
- DISEASE STATE$2,325
- MINIMED 780G$413
- INPEN SMART INSULIN DELIVERY SYSTEM$266
- Accurian$172
- MINIMED 770G$159
- FREESTYLE LIBRE 3$148
- TWIIST$145
- FreeStyle Libre Pro$130
- TZIELD$128
- DEXCOM G6 TRANSMITTER$126
- Yorvipath$125
- JARDIANCE$122
- EVENITY$120
How this compares
$179,403 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 219 endocrinology, diabetes & metabolism providers in Michigan.
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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 |
|---|---|---|
| OzempicSemaglutide | 320 | $627,169 |
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 305 | $426,797 |
| MounjaroTirzepatide | 152 | $257,417 |
| TrulicityDulaglutide | 109 | $213,009 |
| FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol | 92 | $114,625 |
| JanuviaSitagliptin Phosphate | 70 | $77,097 |
| Synjardy XrEmpagliflozin/Metformin Hcl | 78 | $75,630 |
| Tresiba Flextouch U-100Insulin Degludec | 77 | $73,923 |
| Toujeo SolostarInsulin Glargine,hum.Rec.Anlog | 82 | $71,734 |
| Omnipod 5 Dexg7g6 Pods (Gen 5)Insulin Pump Cart,auto,bt,g6/7 | 51 | $64,262 |
| Toujeo Max SolostarInsulin Glargine,hum.Rec.Anlog | 31 | $58,423 |
| Lantus SolostarInsulin Glargine,hum.Rec.Anlog | 265 | $54,068 |
| Humalog Kwikpen U-100Insulin Lispro | 118 | $49,069 |
| Novolog FlexpenInsulin Aspart | 95 | $35,076 |
| Fiasp FlextouchInsulin Aspart (Niacinamide) | 30 | $33,481 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Novo NordiskOzempic, Rybelsus, Novolog | $115,071 | $670,112383 claims |
| Boehringer IngelheimJardiance, Synjardy Xr | $471 | $502,427383 claims |
| Lilly USA, LLCMounjaro, Trulicity, Humalog | $1,070 | $477,914281 claims |
| AstraZenecaFarxiga | $312 | $114,62592 claims |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLCSoliqua 100-33, Lantus | $49,777 | $37,13948 claims |
| AmgenProlia | $634 | $26,33616 claims |
| Amneal Pharmaceuticals LLCLevothyroxine Sodium | $246 | $8,354685 claims |
| AbbVieSynthroid | $384 | $6,28576 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 90th percentile of 219 endocrinology, diabetes & metabolism providers in Michigan.
Other endocrinology, diabetes & metabolism in Shelby Twp
- Tobias ElseAnn Arbor$3.5M
- Elif OralAnn Arbor$2.9M
- Jamal HammoudFlint$2.6M
- Lowell SchmeltzFarmington Hills$2.3M
- George GrunbergerBloomfield Hills$1.9M
- Richard AuchusAnn Arbor$1.3M
- Ariel BarkanAnn Arbor$553K
- Gary EdelsonFarmington Hills$503K
- Michael BrennanSaint Clair Shores$433K
- Abdulsalam Al KassabRochester Hills$351K
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.