Firas Bannout, MD
Internal Medicine · Hinesville, GANPI 1912068768
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $4,674 of the $5,389 with a category attached, or 86.7%. It is spread thinly across 40 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 15.5% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. Reporting peaked in 2020 at $1,369 and has fallen 51.1% since, to $670 in 2025. Among internal medicine clinicians in GA 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 299 payments — averaging $18.02 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Novo Nordisk$838
- Medtronic$822
- Lilly USA, LLC$691
- GSK$391
- Amgen$369
- Pfizer$354
- plus $2K from 34 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$70013%
- Food & beverage$4,67487%
- Education$150%
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.
- ACTIVA$671
How this compares
$5,389 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 3,311 internal medicine providers in Georgia.
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 | 309 | $489,570 |
| TrulicityDulaglutide | 165 | $269,149 |
| EliquisApixaban | 170 | $171,356 |
| Trelegy ElliptaFluticasone/Umeclidin/Vilanter | 90 | $135,067 |
| JanuviaSitagliptin Phosphate | 112 | $126,985 |
| LinzessLinaclotide | 113 | $95,406 |
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 81 | $89,553 |
| MounjaroTirzepatide | 56 | $66,226 |
| FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol | 47 | $54,215 |
| EntrestoSacubitril/Valsartan | 36 | $46,730 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 32 | $43,446 |
| Repatha SureclickEvolocumab | 29 | $37,289 |
| Breztri AerosphereBudesonide/Glycopyr/Formoterol | 19 | $31,731 |
| TradjentaLinagliptin | 21 | $30,676 |
| VascepaIcosapent Ethyl | 37 | $27,072 |
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 | $838 | $489,570309 claims |
| Lilly USA, LLCTrulicity, Mounjaro | $691 | $335,375221 claims |
| PfizerEliquis | $354 | $171,356170 claims |
| Boehringer IngelheimJardiance, Tradjenta, Spiriva Respimat | $105 | $136,035113 claims |
| GSKTrelegy Ellipta | $391 | $135,06790 claims |
| AstraZenecaFarxiga, Breztri Aerosphere, Symbicort | $297 | $96,37084 claims |
| AbbVieLinzess | $202 | $95,406113 claims |
| NovartisEntresto | $139 | $46,73036 claims |
| Johnson & JohnsonXarelto | $147 | $43,44632 claims |
| Astellas Pharma US IncMyrbetriq | $57 | $15,53722 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 3,311 internal medicine providers in Georgia.
Other internal medicine in Hinesville
- Michael GibsonSmyrna$2.2M
- Eduard FatakhovAlpharetta$376K
- Tracey HenryAtlanta$305K
- Sharon TuckettVilla Rica$265K
- Ebon BourneMarietta$242K
- Jennifer WoehlerSavannah$207K
- Julian HutchinsGreensboro$201K
- Brian PearlmanDalton$199K
- Scott ParryAtlanta$162K
- Jennifer GilliganAtlanta$162K
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.