RxDoctor Payments Data

Aziz Kamali, MD

Internal Medicine · Stockton, CANPI 1306923883

Payments from drug & device makers

$22,155in general payments, 2019–2025

Across 1,241 payments — averaging $17.85 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.

  • Novo Nordisk$2K
  • Boehringer Ingelheim$2K
  • AstraZeneca$1K
  • AbbVie$1K
  • UCB, Inc.$1K
  • Corcept Therapeutics$973
  • plus $13K from 53 others

What the payments were for

  • Food & beverage$21,80998%
  • Education$3452%

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

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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.

CompanyPaymentsTotal
Novo Nordisk164$2,195
Boehringer Ingelheim84$1,854
AstraZeneca54$1,493
AbbVie(2 entities)90$1,344
UCB, Inc.50$1,139
Corcept Therapeutics42$973
Pfizer57$956
Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc.63$930
Lilly USA, LLC50$897
Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc.44$850
Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc.72$799
Novartis38$662
Johnson & Johnson68$658
GSK27$537
Merck28$535
Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc.25$484
Amarin Pharma, Inc.24$379
ANI Pharmaceuticals, Inc.18$367
Bayer17$350
ITI, Inc. (d/b/a Intra-cellular Therapies, Inc.)10$339
Avanir Pharmaceuticals, Inc.17$286
Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc.3$271
Ironwood Pharmaceuticals, Inc15$252
Forte Bio-pharma LLC1$247
Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC15$240
Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc.16$230
Amgen(2 entities)12$218
Xeris Pharmaceuticals, Inc.14$215
Vanda Pharmaceuticals Inc.10$211
Redhill Biopharma Inc.11$201
Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC11$195
Idorsia Pharmaceuticals US Inc17$182
Biohaven Pharmaceuticals, Inc.5$177
BD7$161
Phathom Pharmaceuticals, Inc.4$156
Ardelyx, Inc.4$155
Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company Ltd.7$126
Hikma Pharmaceuticals USA6$97
Esperion Therapeutics, Inc.5$93
Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.4$65
Acadia Pharmaceuticals Inc3$63
Mannkind Corporation4$58
Agios Pharmaceuticals, Inc.2$56
OPKO Pharmaceuticals, LLC3$55
E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C.3$53
Lundbeck LLC2$48
Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc.2$37
Biogen2$28
Nevro Corp.1$25
Medtronic1$25
Nestle Healthcare Nutrition Inc.1$25
Abbott1$24
Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical Inc.1$23
Scilex Pharmaceuticals Inc.1$22
Inspire Medical Systems, Inc.1$21
Genentech USA, Inc.1$19
Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Inc.1$19
SK Life Science, Inc.1$17
Silk Road Medical, 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

$22,155 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 13,581 internal medicine providers in California.

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Medicare billing

Part B allowed, 2024
$211,760
Medicare patients
306
Services billed
2,882

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

DrugClaimsCost to plans & patients
JardianceEmpagliflozin356$226,365
IngrezzaValbenazine Tosylate30$225,872
RybelsusSemaglutide131$152,095
OzempicSemaglutide147$141,070
LinzessLinaclotide199$128,058
EliquisApixaban223$124,466
Trelegy ElliptaFluticasone/Umeclidin/Vilanter161$105,424
TradjentaLinagliptin148$92,840
BriviactBrivaracetam69$90,432
Nurtec OdtRimegepant Sulfate28$71,898
FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol154$70,564
Tresiba Flextouch U-100Insulin Degludec111$64,765
VascepaIcosapent Ethyl272$62,071
GemtesaVibegron237$62,043
Breztri AerosphereBudesonide/Glycopyr/Formoterol86$58,788

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.

CompanyPaid to this providerPart D cost of their drugs
Boehringer IngelheimJardiance, Tradjenta$1,854$319,205504 claims
Novo NordiskRybelsus, Ozempic$2,195$293,165278 claims
Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc.Ingrezza$850$225,87230 claims
PfizerEliquis, Nurtec Odt$956$196,365251 claims
AbbVieLinzess, Vraylar$1,344$153,857217 claims
AstraZenecaFarxiga, Breztri Aerosphere$1,493$129,352240 claims
GSKTrelegy Ellipta, Anoro Ellipta$537$116,602185 claims
UCB, Inc.Briviact$1,139$90,43269 claims
MerckJanumet, Januvia$535$88,567154 claims
Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc.Gemtesa$930$62,043237 claims
Johnson & JohnsonXarelto, Invokana$658$58,10875 claims
Avanir Pharmaceuticals, Inc.Nuedexta$286$37,71749 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 95th percentile of 13,581 internal medicine providers in California.

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