Bobby Diniotis, MD
Hospitalist · Chicago, ILNPI 1215348149
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 93.2% of the total across 292 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. It is spread thinly across 39 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 17.5% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. 2025 is the largest year on record at $2,754, 4.5 times the $615 reported in 2019. Among hospitalist clinicians in IL with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 5% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 292 payments — averaging $30.52 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Abbott$2K
- Abiomed$1K
- ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp)$822
- AstraZeneca$764
- Novartis$618
- Johnson & Johnson$492
- plus $3K from 33 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$3524%
- Food & beverage$8,30793%
- Education$2523%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Abbott | 40 | $1,556 |
| Abiomed | 24 | $1,478 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 31 | $822 |
| AstraZeneca | 28 | $764 |
| Novartis | 32 | $618 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 16 | $492 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 12 | $275 |
| Shockwave Medical, Inc | 9 | $259 |
| Amgen | 12 | $238 |
| Esperion Therapeutics, Inc. | 6 | $222 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 2 | $221 |
| Merck | 12 | $205 |
| Pfizer | 8 | $173 |
| Bayer | 6 | $168 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 10 | $161 |
| Lantheus Medical Imaging, Inc. | 5 | $120 |
| Cardiovascular Systems Inc. | 6 | $114 |
| Veryan Medical Incorporated | 1 | $111 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $95 |
| Lexicon Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 3 | $75 |
| Scpharmaceuticals Inc. | 4 | $72 |
| Penumbra, Inc. | 2 | $71 |
| Endologix LLC | 1 | $69 |
| Acist Medical Systems, Inc. | 2 | $59 |
| Bracco Diagnostics Inc. | 2 | $56 |
| Cleerly, Inc. | 1 | $55 |
| Argon Medical Devices, Inc. | 1 | $39 |
| Vital Connect, Inc | 2 | $39 |
| Medtronic | 2 | $36 |
| Idorsia Pharmaceuticals US Inc | 2 | $33 |
| Inari Medical, Inc. | 1 | $29 |
| Mannkind Corporation | 1 | $29 |
| Biotronik Inc. | 1 | $28 |
| Stryker | 1 | $27 |
| Heartflow, Inc. | 1 | $26 |
| Angiodynamics, Inc. | 1 | $24 |
| Teleflex LLC | 1 | $21 |
| Thrombolex, Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $14 |
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
$8,912 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 1,328 hospitalist providers in Illinois.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| EntrestoSacubitril/Valsartan | 60 | $44,534 |
| FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol | 29 | $35,537 |
| EliquisApixaban | 25 | $22,292 |
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 23 | $20,023 |
| Nifedipine ErNifedipine | 20 | $572 |
| ClopidogrelClopidogrel Bisulfate | 41 | $532 |
| Metoprolol Succinate | 33 | $472 |
| Carvedilol | 42 | $455 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 44 | $453 |
| Ezetimibe | 18 | $297 |
| Albuterol Sulfate HfaAlbuterol Sulfate | 14 | $264 |
| Losartan Potassium | 19 | $210 |
| Rosuvastatin Calcium | 11 | $147 |
| Amlodipine Besylate | 22 | $139 |
| Furosemide | 32 | $104 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| NovartisEntresto | $618 | $44,53460 claims |
| AstraZenecaFarxiga | $764 | $35,53729 claims |
| PfizerEliquis | $173 | $22,29225 claims |
| Boehringer IngelheimJardiance | $275 | $20,02323 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 1,328 hospitalist providers in Illinois.
Other hospitalist in Chicago
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- Eric GluckChicago$80K
- Alvin ThomasChicago$28K
- Tasmeen HussainChicago$18K
- Ronnie MandalChicago$10K
- Nael GharbiChicago$8K
- Keith SummaChicago$7K
- Alicia RauhChicago$6K
- Anish MunagalaChicago$5K
- Jorge ChedrauyChicago$4K
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.