RxDoctor Payments Data

Elham Taherian, MD

Rheumatology · Las Vegas, NVNPI 1457476707

Payments from drug & device makers

What this record shows

Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 22 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 11 manufacturers reported payments, led by AbbVie at 53.6% of the total. That places this record below the midpoint for rheumatology clinicians in NV, where the typical reported total is $1,800.

$1,011in general payments, 2019–2025

Across 22 payments — averaging $45.96 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.

  • AbbVie$542
  • Novartis$144
  • Inari Medical, Inc.$122
  • Janssen Scientific Affairs, LLC$47
  • E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C.$33
  • Amgen$26
  • plus $99 from 5 others

What the payments were for

  • Food & beverage$1,011100%

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.

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

$1,011 in reported general payments places this provider in the 40th percentile of 43 rheumatology providers in Nevada.

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Medicare billing

Part B allowed, 2024
$176,946
Medicare patients
333
Services billed
6,845

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
Humira(Cf) PenAdalimumab88$605,797
Enbrel SureclickEtanercept57$463,855
Orencia ClickjectAbatacept73$422,930
RinvoqUpadacitinib32$252,232
Cosentyx Sensoready PenSecukinumab32$235,149
InflectraInfliximab-Dyyb26$108,510
Cosentyx Sensoready (2 Pens)Secukinumab12$105,095
KevzaraSarilumab12$51,075
ProliaDenosumab22$37,609
Teriparatide12$36,109
RasuvoMethotrexate/Pf27$18,169
Hydroxychloroquine Sulfate301$16,585
MethotrexateMethotrexate Sodium333$12,637
Pilocarpine Hcl31$6,604
Prednisone331$3,837

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
AbbVieRinvoq$542$252,23232 claims
AmgenProlia$26$37,60922 claims
Medexus Pharma, Inc.Rasuvo$14$18,16927 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 40th percentile of 43 rheumatology providers in Nevada.

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