Beshara Helou, MD
Internal Medicine · Georgetown, DENPI 1407811490
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 1,207 payments — averaging $118.80 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Novo Nordisk$58K
- Johnson & Johnson$29K
- Lilly USA, LLC$15K
- AbbVie$13K
- Sanofi$8K
- Idorsia Pharmaceuticals US Inc$6K
- plus $15K from 54 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$16,90712%
- Speaking & faculty fees$93,28965%
- Travel & lodging$9,1436%
- Food & beverage$23,90317%
- Education$1490%
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.
How this compares
$143,391 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 477 internal medicine providers in Delaware.
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 | 558 | $1,139,792 |
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 373 | $507,710 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 179 | $245,634 |
| FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol | 181 | $200,755 |
| EliquisApixaban | 122 | $169,067 |
| MounjaroTirzepatide | 79 | $143,464 |
| RybelsusSemaglutide | 69 | $123,481 |
| EntrestoSacubitril/Valsartan | 54 | $97,432 |
| SynjardyEmpagliflozin/Metformin Hcl | 64 | $94,741 |
| Trelegy ElliptaFluticasone/Umeclidin/Vilanter | 63 | $92,453 |
| Tresiba Flextouch U-200Insulin Degludec | 51 | $77,255 |
| MyrbetriqMirabegron | 50 | $56,062 |
| LinzessLinaclotide | 61 | $53,249 |
| TrulicityDulaglutide | 28 | $43,108 |
| GemtesaVibegron | 36 | $40,017 |
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 | $57,902 | $1,263,273627 claims |
| Boehringer IngelheimJardiance, Synjardy, Glyxambi, Stiolto Respimat, Tradjenta | $1,003 | $664,071493 claims |
| Johnson & JohnsonXarelto, Invokana | $28,919 | $264,046198 claims |
| AstraZenecaFarxiga, Breztri Aerosphere | $1,211 | $225,936197 claims |
| Lilly USA, LLCMounjaro, Trulicity | $14,985 | $186,573107 claims |
| PfizerEliquis | $1,279 | $169,067122 claims |
| GSKTrelegy Ellipta, Breo Ellipta, Anoro Ellipta | $919 | $132,306109 claims |
| NovartisEntresto | $680 | $97,43254 claims |
| Astellas Pharma US IncMyrbetriq | $560 | $56,06250 claims |
| AbbVieLinzess | $12,750 | $53,24961 claims |
| Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc.Gemtesa | $360 | $40,01736 claims |
| BayerKerendia | $378 | $16,09014 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 477 internal medicine providers in Delaware.
Other internal medicine in Georgetown
- Fabricio AlarconGeorgetown$30K
- Seth IvinsNewark$384K
- Tabassum SalamNewark$62K
- Jose CastroWilmington$27K
- Marcia Gina CastroWilmington$24K
- John ReinhardtNewark$22K
- Bhaskar PalekarLewes$22K
- Fadi DamouniMillsboro$17K
- Rene BadilloBear$16K
- Robert KopeckiWilmington$15K
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.