Basel Taha, MD
Nephrology · Rochester Hills, MINPI 1720391113
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 319 payments — averaging $22.42 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AstraZeneca$2K
- Amgen$827
- Bayer$602
- Aurinia Pharma U.S., Inc.$499
- Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc.$460
- Novo Nordisk$340
- plus $3K from 23 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$7,05199%
- Education$1031%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AstraZeneca(2 entities) | 51 | $1,560 |
| Amgen(2 entities) | 44 | $827 |
| Bayer | 35 | $602 |
| Aurinia Pharma U.S., Inc. | 17 | $499 |
| Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 15 | $460 |
| Novo Nordisk | 8 | $340 |
| Vifor Pharma, Inc. | 18 | $317 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 15 | $287 |
| GSK | 19 | $285 |
| Travere Therapeutics, Inc. | 21 | $280 |
| Novartis | 12 | $250 |
| Ardelyx, Inc. | 7 | $226 |
| Calliditas Therapeutics US Inc. | 11 | $216 |
| Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc. | 5 | $187 |
| Recor Medical Inc | 2 | $148 |
| OPKO Pharmaceuticals, LLC | 8 | $134 |
| AMAG Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 7 | $101 |
| Fresenius USA Marketing, Inc. | 6 | $93 |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 2 | $54 |
| Akebia Therapeutics Inc | 3 | $49 |
| Daiichi Sankyo Inc. | 3 | $49 |
| Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 2 | $46 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 2 | $31 |
| Apellis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $25 |
| Scpharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Mallinckrodt Enterprises LLC | 1 | $21 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Otsuka Pharmaceutical Development & Commercialization, Inc. | 1 | $13 |
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.
- FARXIGA$251
- Wegovy$241
- LUPKYNIS$237
- ULTOMIRIS$214
- PARADISE RENAL DENERVATION SYSTEM$125
- LOKELMA$125
- XPHOZAH 30 MG$119
- Kerendia$113
- ACTHAR$109
- Tavneos$109
How this compares
$7,154 in reported general payments places this provider in the 75th percentile of 325 nephrology 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 |
|---|---|---|
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 175 | $217,790 |
| FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol | 165 | $189,144 |
| MounjaroTirzepatide | 56 | $88,949 |
| LokelmaSodium Zirconium Cyclosilicate | 59 | $82,795 |
| KerendiaFinerenone | 60 | $74,178 |
| TrulicityDulaglutide | 39 | $64,867 |
| EntrestoSacubitril/Valsartan | 14 | $29,992 |
| OzempicSemaglutide | 25 | $25,988 |
| VeltassaPatiromer Calcium Sorbitex | 20 | $24,748 |
| RayaldeeCalcifediol | 11 | $12,521 |
| Clonidine | 25 | $4,421 |
| Sevelamer Carbonate | 21 | $4,273 |
| Potassium Citrate ErPotassium Citrate | 57 | $4,218 |
| Nifedipine ErNifedipine | 60 | $3,285 |
| Losartan Potassium | 243 | $2,941 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AstraZenecaFarxiga, Lokelma | $1,560 | $271,939224 claims |
| Boehringer IngelheimJardiance | $287 | $217,790175 claims |
| BayerKerendia | $602 | $74,17860 claims |
| NovartisEntresto | $250 | $29,99214 claims |
| Novo NordiskOzempic | $340 | $25,98825 claims |
| OPKO Pharmaceuticals, LLCRayaldee | $134 | $12,52111 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 75th percentile of 325 nephrology providers in Michigan.
Other nephrology in Rochester Hills
- Preetham ReddyRochester Hills$28K
- Matthias KretzlerAnn Arbor$7.8M
- Fahd Al-SaghirPontiac$3.9M
- Kiran SaraiyaWarren$3.1M
- Alexander YevzlinAnn Arbor$1.3M
- Christopher ProvenzanoShelby Township$1.2M
- Joel TopfRoseville$1.1M
- Jennifer OdrenSaint Clair Shores$620K
- Zeenat BhatAnn Arbor$592K
- Ahmed AqeelKalamazoo$363K
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.