Elie Klam, MD
Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism · Cincinnati, OHNPI 1336343672
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 185 payments — averaging $33.76 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Novo Nordisk$1K
- AstraZeneca$509
- Amgen$419
- Corcept Therapeutics$367
- Medtronic$367
- Lilly USA, LLC$361
- plus $3K from 23 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$6,08897%
- Education$982%
- Gifts$591%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Novo Nordisk | 55 | $1,459 |
| AstraZeneca | 12 | $509 |
| Amgen | 6 | $419 |
| Corcept Therapeutics | 5 | $367 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 17 | $367 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 17 | $361 |
| Abbott | 3 | $262 |
| Xeris Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 3 | $261 |
| Insulet Corporation | 8 | $250 |
| Mannkind Corporation | 7 | $241 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 4 | $229 |
| Tandem Diabetes Care, Inc. | 4 | $207 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 8 | $192 |
| Ascendis Pharma Endocrinology Inc | 3 | $139 |
| Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc. | 1 | $137 |
| Antares Pharma, Inc. | 4 | $135 |
| Kyowa Kirin, Inc. | 1 | $133 |
| AbbVie | 2 | $101 |
| BETA Bionics, Inc. | 3 | $81 |
| Dexcom, Inc. | 4 | $79 |
| Lifescan, Inc. | 4 | $73 |
| Sequel Med Tech, LLC | 2 | $65 |
| Merck | 3 | $39 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 2 | $33 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 2 | $31 |
| Shire North American Group Inc | 2 | $30 |
| Verity Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Pfizer | 1 | $14 |
| Amarin Pharma, 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.
- EVENITY$282
- RYBELSUS$230
- Korlym$226
- CRENESSITY$137
- FreeStyle Libre Pro$123
- GVOKE PFS$122
- RECORLEV$119
- FREESTYLE LIBRE 3$115
- Omnipod$113
- FARXIGA$112
- TZIELD$111
- t:slim X2 insulin pump$109
- MINIMED 780G$102
How this compares
$6,246 in reported general payments places this provider in the 70th percentile of 312 endocrinology, diabetes & metabolism providers in Ohio.
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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 | 305 | $379,101 |
| MounjaroTirzepatide | 242 | $312,129 |
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 177 | $169,638 |
| TrulicityDulaglutide | 95 | $115,771 |
| Tresiba Flextouch U-200Insulin Degludec | 79 | $94,815 |
| JanuviaSitagliptin Phosphate | 76 | $85,116 |
| Humulin R U-500 KwikpenInsulin Regular, Human | 21 | $45,945 |
| Basaglar Kwikpen U-100Insulin Glargine,hum.Rec.Anlog | 119 | $45,459 |
| Repatha SureclickEvolocumab | 67 | $44,164 |
| RybelsusSemaglutide | 24 | $43,287 |
| Fiasp FlextouchInsulin Aspart (Niacinamide) | 43 | $41,988 |
| Lantus SolostarInsulin Glargine,hum.Rec.Anlog | 310 | $39,964 |
| Tresiba Flextouch U-100Insulin Degludec | 61 | $38,438 |
| Humalog Kwikpen U-100Insulin Lispro | 114 | $36,165 |
| Victoza 3-PakLiraglutide | 34 | $35,363 |
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, Novolog | $1,459 | $428,391361 claims |
| Lilly USA, LLCMounjaro, Trulicity | $361 | $427,900337 claims |
| Boehringer IngelheimJardiance, Glyxambi, Synjardy Xr | $192 | $191,430208 claims |
| MerckJanuvia | $39 | $85,11676 claims |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLCSoliqua 100-33, Lantus | $229 | $12,56426 claims |
| AbbVieSynthroid | $101 | $8,491128 claims |
| AstraZenecaFarxiga | $509 | $6,88811 claims |
| Antares Pharma, Inc.Xyosted | $135 | $6,59911 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 70th percentile of 312 endocrinology, diabetes & metabolism providers in Ohio.
Other endocrinology, diabetes & metabolism in Cincinnati
- Nelson WattsCincinnati$348K
- Shawn PeavieCincinnati$201K
- Amanda DenneyCincinnati$183K
- Robert CohenCincinnati$136K
- Shailendra PatelCincinnati$68K
- Toby BriskinBedford$9.8M
- Charles SmithCanton$5.3M
- Kevin PantaloneCleveland$4M
- Elena ChristofidesColumbus$3.5M
- Arvind KrishnaCanton$3.1M
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.