Emmanuel Akuna
Internal Medicine · Chicago, ILNPI 1750933594
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $3,613 of the $5,012 with a category attached, or 72.1%. 20 manufacturers reported payments, led by Boston Scientific at 40.6% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $3,420, more than ten times the $200 reported in 2022. Among internal medicine clinicians in IL with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 10% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 87 payments — averaging $57.61 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Boston Scientific$2K
- Abiomed$992
- Abbott$495
- Shockwave Medical, Inc$282
- Penumbra, Inc.$236
- Pfizer$212
- plus $763 from 14 others
What the payments were for
- Grants$4008%
- Travel & lodging$71814%
- Food & beverage$3,61372%
- Education$2816%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Boston Scientific | 13 | $2,032 |
| Abiomed | 19 | $992 |
| Abbott | 12 | $495 |
| Shockwave Medical, Inc | 2 | $282 |
| Penumbra, Inc. | 2 | $236 |
| Pfizer | 11 | $212 |
| AstraZeneca | 2 | $132 |
| Novartis | 6 | $127 |
| Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $89 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 6 | $86 |
| Heartflow, Inc. | 3 | $64 |
| Irhythm Technologies, Inc. | 1 | $59 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 2 | $49 |
| Philips North America LLC | 1 | $36 |
| Bayer | 1 | $27 |
| Biosense Webster, Inc. | 1 | $26 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $20 |
| Amgen | 1 | $17 |
| Impulse Dynamics (USA) Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Merck | 1 | $13 |
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
$5,012 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 5,182 internal medicine providers in Illinois.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol | 19 | $12,090 |
| Nifedipine ErNifedipine | 34 | $841 |
| Labetalol Hcl | 12 | $281 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 29 | $269 |
| ClopidogrelClopidogrel Bisulfate | 19 | $267 |
| Lisinopril | 14 | $144 |
| Metoprolol Succinate | 12 | $140 |
| Rosuvastatin Calcium | 16 | $64 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AstraZenecaFarxiga | $132 | $12,09019 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 5,182 internal medicine providers in Illinois.
Other internal medicine in Chicago
- Merle DiamondChicago$1.1M
- Robert KushnerChicago$516K
- Romeo UrsuaChicago$420K
- Peter O DonnellChicago$318K
- George UrbanChicago$258K
- Kristen PallokChicago$256K
- George NissanChicago$252K
- Luke LaffinChicago$162K
- Daniel CatenacciChicago$161K
- Hiren ShahChicago$144K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.