Fisseha Bayou, MD
Hospitalist · Fredericksburg, VANPI 1467848325
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 32 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 17 manufacturers reported payments, led by Johnson & Johnson at 36.2% of the total. 2023 is the largest year on record at $175, 2.4 times the $73 reported in 2019. Among hospitalist clinicians in VA 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 32 payments — averaging $17.90 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Johnson & Johnson$207
- Vifor Pharma, Inc.$55
- Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC$48
- ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp)$25
- Boston Scientific$23
- AstraZeneca$23
- plus $190 from 11 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$573100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Johnson & Johnson | 13 | $207 |
| Vifor Pharma, Inc. | 3 | $55 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 2 | $48 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 1 | $25 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $23 |
| AstraZeneca | 1 | $23 |
| Merck | 1 | $22 |
| Melinta Therapeutics, LLC | 1 | $22 |
| Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Amgen | 1 | $20 |
| Gilead | 1 | $16 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 1 | $16 |
| GSK | 1 | $16 |
| Pharming Healthcare, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Novo Nordisk | 1 | $15 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 1 | $14 |
| Paratek Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
How this compares
$573 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 539 hospitalist providers in Virginia.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Albuterol Sulfate HfaAlbuterol Sulfate | 17 | $408 |
| Pantoprazole Sodium | 19 | $178 |
| Ondansetron OdtOndansetron | 11 | $159 |
| Cefdinir | 11 | $133 |
| Metoprolol Succinate | 19 | $129 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 12 | $98 |
| Amoxicillin-Clavulanate PotassAmoxicillin/Potassium Clav | 14 | $83 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 15 | $68 |
| Prednisone | 13 | $63 |
| Carvedilol | 11 | $40 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other hospitalist in Fredericksburg
- Roya QaemiFredericksburg$2K
- Zalmai AfzaliFredericksburg$2K
- Paulo Andres Torres-LopezFredericksburg$1K
- Imran AhmadFredericksburg$1K
- Hammad HafeezFredericksburg$1K
- Feroz TamanaFredericksburg$1K
- Rahel DagneFredericksburg$985
- Muhammad AsifFredericksburg$941
- Hosameldin BebarsFredericksburg$927
- Barbara NewbergFredericksburg$710
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.