Asra Ahmed, MD
Hematology · Ann Arbor, MINPI 1013093079
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 3 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. Apellis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. accounts for 73.1% of it on its own, with 2 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $123 and has fallen 76.7% since, to $29 in 2024. That places this record below the midpoint for hematology clinicians in MI, where the typical reported total is $667.
Across 3 payments — averaging $56.22 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Apellis Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$123
- AstraZeneca$29
- Bristol Myers Squibb$17
Across 76 payments — averaging $1812.05 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.
- Agios Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$69K
- Sanofi$47K
- Incyte Corporation$23K
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$169100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Apellis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $123 |
| AstraZeneca | 1 | $29 |
| Bristol Myers Squibb | 1 | $17 |
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.
- Empaveli$123
How this compares
$169 in reported general payments places this provider in the 25th percentile of 50 hematology providers in Michigan.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| PomalystPomalidomide | 11 | $173,264 |
| Deferiprone (3 Times A Day)Deferiprone | 11 | $148,475 |
| EliquisApixaban | 27 | $33,350 |
| Deferoxamine Mesylate | 50 | $11,470 |
| Acyclovir | 27 | $591 |
| Warfarin Sodium | 15 | $373 |
| Hydroxyurea | 11 | $244 |
| Dexamethasone | 12 | $191 |
| Prednisone | 25 | $136 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other hematology in Ann Arbor
- Matthew PiankoAnn Arbor$51K
- Sami MalekAnn Arbor$49K
- Yasmin KarimiAnn Arbor$47K
- Kristen PettitAnn Arbor$45K
- Samuel SilverAnn Arbor$23K
- Jordan SchaeferAnn Arbor$14K
- Sarah AnandAnn Arbor$14K
- John MagenauAnn Arbor$13K
- Charles FoucarAnn Arbor$11K
- Patrick BurkeAnn Arbor$6K
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.