Faisal Pirzada, MD
Internal Medicine · Richmond, TXNPI 1376624577
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $5,866 of the $7,087 with a category attached, or 82.8%. It is spread thinly across 46 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 18.0% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. Among internal medicine clinicians in TX 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 385 payments — averaging $18.41 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Biohaven Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$1K
- AbbVie$673
- AstraZeneca$625
- Novo Nordisk$560
- Amgen$472
- Lilly USA, LLC$419
- plus $3K from 40 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$1,21317%
- Food & beverage$5,86683%
- Education$80%
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.
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.
- NURTEC ODT$1,200
How this compares
$7,087 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 7,675 internal medicine providers in Texas.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| MounjaroTirzepatide | 64 | $68,923 |
| OzempicSemaglutide | 28 | $36,950 |
| Trijardy XrEmpaglifloz/Linaglip/Metformin | 20 | $28,773 |
| Synjardy XrEmpagliflozin/Metformin Hcl | 14 | $19,049 |
| Janumet XrSitagliptin Phos/Metformin Hcl | 12 | $18,809 |
| TrulicityDulaglutide | 14 | $13,254 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 12 | $8,909 |
| Tresiba Flextouch U-200Insulin Degludec | 12 | $6,942 |
| Dexlansoprazole DrDexlansoprazole | 16 | $4,492 |
| Tresiba Flextouch U-100Insulin Degludec | 13 | $3,795 |
| Liothyronine Sodium | 26 | $1,550 |
| Gabapentin | 68 | $1,492 |
| Nebivolol Hcl | 23 | $1,456 |
| Rosuvastatin Calcium | 142 | $980 |
| Amlodipine-OlmesartanAmlodipine Bes/Olmesartan Med | 38 | $858 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Lilly USA, LLCMounjaro, Trulicity | $419 | $82,17778 claims |
| Boehringer IngelheimTrijardy Xr, Synjardy Xr | $260 | $47,82234 claims |
| Novo NordiskOzempic | $560 | $36,95028 claims |
| MerckJanumet Xr | $124 | $18,80912 claims |
| Johnson & JohnsonXarelto | $51 | $8,90912 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 7,675 internal medicine providers in Texas.
Other internal medicine in Richmond
- Spencer BerthelsenSugar Land$891K
- Hameed AliTemple$773K
- Marc TribbleDallas$693K
- Gary SinclairDallas$599K
- Mohammed Al-NajjarEl Paso$586K
- Han SchmidlyDallas$465K
- Hussein TawbiHouston$365K
- Hans LeeHouston$327K
- Tapan KadiaHouston$311K
- Nitin JainHouston$281K
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.