Azadeh Fotouhie, MD
Gastroenterology · Albuquerque, NMNPI 1407269467
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 96 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 19 manufacturers reported payments, led by AbbVie at 37.8% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $654, more than ten times the $43 reported in 2021.
Across 96 payments — averaging $18.53 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$673
- Johnson & Johnson$163
- Boston Scientific$162
- Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.$143
- Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC$122
- Bristol Myers Squibb$114
- plus $402 from 13 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$1,779100%
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 | 42 | $673 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 10 | $163 |
| Boston Scientific | 4 | $162 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 6 | $143 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 6 | $122 |
| Bristol Myers Squibb | 7 | $114 |
| Pfizer | 5 | $87 |
| Daiichi Sankyo Inc. | 3 | $48 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $33 |
| Olympus America Inc. | 2 | $33 |
| Intercept Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $32 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 1 | $27 |
| ERBE USA Inc | 1 | $24 |
| Merit Medical Systems Inc | 1 | $24 |
| QOL Medical, LLC | 1 | $19 |
| Digestive Care, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Phathom Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Sanofi | 1 | $17 |
How this compares
$1,779 in reported general payments places this provider in the 55th percentile of 81 gastroenterology providers in New Mexico.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| CreonLipase/Protease/Amylase | 48 | $181,301 |
| Humira(Cf) PenAdalimumab | 13 | $88,194 |
| Mesalamine | 17 | $11,369 |
| Omeprazole | 250 | $3,622 |
| CholestyramineCholestyramine (With Sugar) | 15 | $1,251 |
| Budesonide DrBudesonide | 16 | $1,093 |
| Colestipol Hcl | 15 | $989 |
| Famotidine | 21 | $584 |
| Desipramine Hcl | 17 | $504 |
| Pantoprazole Sodium | 19 | $317 |
| Diphenoxylate-AtropineDiphenoxylate Hcl/Atropine | 12 | $249 |
| Gavilyte-GPeg3350/Sod Sulf,bicarb,cl/Kcl | 16 | $245 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AbbVieCreon | $673 | $181,30148 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 55th percentile of 81 gastroenterology providers in New Mexico.
Other gastroenterology in Albuquerque
- Antoine JakicheAlbuquerque$108K
- Fazia MirAlbuquerque$98K
- Christopher ChangAlbuquerque$51K
- Stuart WeismanAlbuquerque$19K
- Denis McCarthyAlbuquerque$17K
- Andrei GasicAlbuquerque$9K
- Amal ShineAlbuquerque$7K
- Julie FarrerAlbuquerque$7K
- Zachary NeubertAlbuquerque$5K
- Jessica RyderAlbuquerque$5K
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.