Blerina Garaj
Family · Roanoke, VANPI 1861061988
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 169 payments — averaging $19.33 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Novo Nordisk$929
- AbbVie$574
- Pfizer$203
- Lilly USA, LLC$152
- Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company Ltd.$145
- Astellas Pharma US Inc$142
- plus $1K from 21 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$3,267100%
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.
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.
- Saxenda$106
How this compares
$3,267 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 4,332 family providers in Virginia.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| RybelsusSemaglutide | 12 | $12,020 |
| Anoro ElliptaUmeclidinium Brm/Vilanterol Tr | 18 | $6,896 |
| Ezetimibe | 17 | $836 |
| SynthroidLevothyroxine Sodium | 11 | $807 |
| Rosuvastatin Calcium | 56 | $662 |
| Levothyroxine Sodium | 42 | $551 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 68 | $401 |
| Bupropion XlBupropion Hcl | 12 | $361 |
| Omeprazole | 28 | $344 |
| Ropinirole Hcl | 11 | $341 |
| Pravastatin Sodium | 18 | $336 |
| Escitalopram Oxalate | 22 | $325 |
| Sertraline Hcl | 27 | $310 |
| Losartan Potassium | 42 | $294 |
| Amlodipine Besylate | 48 | $272 |
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 NordiskRybelsus | $929 | $12,02012 claims |
| GSKAnoro Ellipta | $72 | $6,89618 claims |
| AbbVieSynthroid | $574 | $80711 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 85th percentile of 4,332 family providers in Virginia.
Other family in Roanoke
- Jamie BrackenrichRoanoke$40K
- Pamela PriceRoanoke$13K
- Jessica SaundersRoanoke$12K
- Andrea CottonVirginia Beach$696K
- Susan MooreWytheville$438K
- Ellen WermterCharlottesville$251K
- Dana StallingsFranklin$225K
- Jocelyn BrackettHerndon$199K
- Hochong Smith GillesRichmond$131K
- Sean OlaughlinMidlothian$110K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.