Emir Keric, MD
Internal Medicine · Saint Louis, MONPI 1801814645
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 398 payments — averaging $17.43 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AstraZeneca$1K
- AbbVie$1K
- Lilly USA, LLC$834
- GSK$664
- Novo Nordisk$425
- Bayer$318
- plus $2K from 31 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$6,932100%
- Education$60%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AstraZeneca | 68 | $1,261 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 50 | $1,069 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 50 | $834 |
| GSK | 50 | $664 |
| Novo Nordisk | 25 | $425 |
| Bayer | 17 | $318 |
| Pfizer | 17 | $284 |
| Merck | 16 | $249 |
| Amarin Pharma, Inc. | 15 | $235 |
| Amgen | 12 | $202 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 9 | $169 |
| Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc. | 8 | $167 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 9 | $150 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 8 | $117 |
| Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 3 | $90 |
| Abbott | 4 | $85 |
| Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc. | 4 | $72 |
| Redhill Biopharma Inc. | 4 | $69 |
| Phathom Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 4 | $61 |
| Exact Sciences | 3 | $56 |
| Esperion Therapeutics, Inc. | 2 | $40 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 2 | $40 |
| Shield Therapeutics Inc | 2 | $37 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company Ltd. | 2 | $28 |
| Eisai Inc. | 2 | $27 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 1 | $19 |
| Ardelyx, Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| RGH Enterprises LLC | 1 | $18 |
| Procept Biorobotics Corporation | 1 | $17 |
| Daiichi Sankyo Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Ironwood Pharmaceuticals, Inc | 1 | $16 |
| Novartis | 1 | $16 |
| Circassia Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 1 | $14 |
| Idorsia Pharmaceuticals US Inc | 1 | $13 |
| GE HealthCare | 1 | $12 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $11 |
How this compares
$6,938 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 2,097 internal medicine providers in Missouri.
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 | 127 | $202,930 |
| FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol | 190 | $178,719 |
| EliquisApixaban | 157 | $145,563 |
| TrulicityDulaglutide | 104 | $143,934 |
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 140 | $128,651 |
| JanuviaSitagliptin Phosphate | 99 | $96,746 |
| Trelegy ElliptaFluticasone/Umeclidin/Vilanter | 108 | $79,324 |
| LinzessLinaclotide | 90 | $77,286 |
| MyrbetriqMirabegron | 119 | $74,058 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 68 | $68,800 |
| JanumetSitagliptin Phos/Metformin Hcl | 39 | $50,453 |
| MounjaroTirzepatide | 20 | $47,309 |
| RybelsusSemaglutide | 26 | $44,424 |
| Synjardy XrEmpagliflozin/Metformin Hcl | 41 | $34,129 |
| GemtesaVibegron | 31 | $30,245 |
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 | $425 | $247,355153 claims |
| AstraZenecaFarxiga, Breztri Aerosphere, Symbicort | $1,261 | $210,798259 claims |
| Boehringer IngelheimJardiance, Synjardy Xr, Glyxambi, Trijardy Xr, Combivent Respimat | $169 | $206,450244 claims |
| Lilly USA, LLCTrulicity, Mounjaro | $834 | $191,243124 claims |
| MerckJanuvia, Janumet, Belsomra | $249 | $156,277160 claims |
| PfizerEliquis | $284 | $145,563157 claims |
| GSKTrelegy Ellipta, Breo Ellipta, Anoro Ellipta, Incruse Ellipta | $664 | $129,803218 claims |
| AbbVieLinzess | $1,069 | $77,28690 claims |
| Astellas Pharma US IncMyrbetriq | $150 | $74,058119 claims |
| Johnson & JohnsonXarelto | $117 | $68,80068 claims |
| Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc.Gemtesa | $167 | $30,24531 claims |
| Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc.Livalo | $72 | $5,48714 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 90th percentile of 2,097 internal medicine providers in Missouri.
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- Paul OlivoSaint Louis$98K
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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.