Felix Olash, MD
Internal Medicine · Louisville, KYNPI 1053428714
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 645 payments — averaging $15.46 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Amgen$2K
- AbbVie$966
- Novo Nordisk$772
- Novartis$666
- Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC$550
- Esperion Therapeutics, Inc.$462
- plus $5K from 31 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$9,946100%
- Education$280%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Amgen | 122 | $1,744 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 54 | $966 |
| Novo Nordisk | 53 | $772 |
| Novartis | 42 | $666 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 41 | $550 |
| Esperion Therapeutics, Inc. | 27 | $462 |
| AstraZeneca | 26 | $461 |
| Pfizer | 35 | $461 |
| GSK | 30 | $432 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 25 | $408 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 25 | $361 |
| Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc. | 18 | $346 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 17 | $303 |
| Amarin Pharma, Inc. | 18 | $280 |
| Bayer | 14 | $236 |
| Avvisto Therapeutics, LLC | 17 | $229 |
| Radius Health, Inc. | 9 | $156 |
| Merck | 9 | $146 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 8 | $132 |
| Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc. | 8 | $127 |
| Ardelyx, Inc. | 4 | $102 |
| Exact Sciences | 5 | $79 |
| Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 6 | $74 |
| Eisai Inc. | 5 | $67 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 4 | $57 |
| Ironwood Pharmaceuticals, Inc | 3 | $53 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 4 | $49 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 3 | $41 |
| Idorsia Pharmaceuticals US Inc | 2 | $37 |
| Arbor Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 3 | $36 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company Ltd. | 2 | $35 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $25 |
| Kyowa Kirin, Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Irhythm Technologies, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Philips North America LLC | 1 | $16 |
| Verona Pharma, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Alfasigma USA, Inc. | 1 | $12 |
How this compares
$9,974 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 1,284 internal medicine providers in Kentucky.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| EliquisApixaban | 249 | $202,439 |
| RybelsusSemaglutide | 30 | $46,282 |
| VascepaIcosapent Ethyl | 65 | $44,038 |
| OzempicSemaglutide | 41 | $43,645 |
| EntrestoSacubitril/Valsartan | 44 | $41,071 |
| TradjentaLinagliptin | 52 | $40,920 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 24 | $30,218 |
| FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol | 21 | $30,162 |
| Praluent PenAlirocumab | 46 | $28,383 |
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 35 | $23,639 |
| Repatha PushtronexEvolocumab | 33 | $22,699 |
| CyclosetBromocriptine Mesylate | 16 | $22,298 |
| NexlizetBempedoic Acid/Ezetimibe | 26 | $21,514 |
| Trelegy ElliptaFluticasone/Umeclidin/Vilanter | 31 | $18,647 |
| MounjaroTirzepatide | 16 | $16,304 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| PfizerEliquis | $461 | $202,439249 claims |
| Novo NordiskRybelsus, Ozempic | $772 | $89,92771 claims |
| Boehringer IngelheimTradjenta, Jardiance | $303 | $64,55887 claims |
| NovartisEntresto | $666 | $41,07144 claims |
| Johnson & JohnsonXarelto | $408 | $30,21824 claims |
| AstraZenecaFarxiga | $461 | $30,16221 claims |
| GSKTrelegy Ellipta, Breo Ellipta, Anoro Ellipta | $432 | $28,97455 claims |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLCCycloset | $550 | $22,29816 claims |
| Esperion Therapeutics, Inc.Nexlizet | $462 | $21,51426 claims |
| Lilly USA, LLCMounjaro | $361 | $16,30416 claims |
| Astellas Pharma US IncMyrbetriq | $132 | $14,94529 claims |
| Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc.Gemtesa | $346 | $14,68926 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 1,284 internal medicine providers in Kentucky.
Other internal medicine in Louisville
- Jason ChesneyLouisville$6.3M
- Robert SasserLouisville$62K
- Kelley McIntyreLouisville$48K
- Lal TanwaniLouisville$38K
- Mark WilliamsLouisville$33K
- Scott YoungLouisville$24K
- Frank SimonLouisville$22K
- Walter BruningLouisville$22K
- Brian ParadowskiLouisville$20K
- Suresh NairLouisville$20K
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.