George Saliba, MD
Hospitalist · Lafayette, INNPI 1740217686
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 119 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. It is spread thinly across 24 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 22.1% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $745 and has fallen 61.0% since, to $291 in 2024. Among hospitalist clinicians in IN with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 5% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 119 payments — averaging $19.30 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$507
- Abbott$346
- Novo Nordisk$218
- Lilly USA, LLC$211
- AstraZeneca$153
- Ironshore Pharmaceuticals Inc.$138
- plus $722 from 18 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$2,296100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 40 | $507 |
| Abbott | 3 | $346 |
| Novo Nordisk | 14 | $218 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 12 | $211 |
| AstraZeneca | 9 | $153 |
| Ironshore Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 2 | $138 |
| Novartis | 7 | $134 |
| GSK | 6 | $101 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 4 | $83 |
| Amgen(2 entities) | 4 | $74 |
| ITI, Inc. (d/b/a Intra-cellular Therapies, Inc.) | 3 | $53 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $35 |
| Merck | 2 | $29 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company Ltd. | 1 | $28 |
| Sanofi Pasteur Inc. | 1 | $26 |
| Exact Sciences | 1 | $25 |
| Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Nestle Healthcare Nutrition Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Mylan Specialty L.p. | 1 | $18 |
| Gilead | 1 | $17 |
| Rhythm Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Pfizer | 1 | $14 |
| Currax Pharmaceuticals LLC | 1 | $14 |
| Esperion Therapeutics, Inc. | 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
$2,296 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 423 hospitalist providers in Indiana.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 60 | $60,516 |
| EliquisApixaban | 60 | $47,661 |
| MounjaroTirzepatide | 37 | $46,130 |
| OzempicSemaglutide | 36 | $41,620 |
| Trelegy ElliptaFluticasone/Umeclidin/Vilanter | 24 | $24,274 |
| TrulicityDulaglutide | 13 | $17,831 |
| FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol | 27 | $16,518 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 12 | $14,475 |
| JanuviaSitagliptin Phosphate | 18 | $13,686 |
| MyrbetriqMirabegron | 22 | $9,271 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 210 | $2,190 |
| Potassium Chloride | 120 | $2,145 |
| Losartan Potassium | 185 | $2,133 |
| RivastigmineRivastigmine Tartrate | 11 | $1,963 |
| Lantus SolostarInsulin Glargine,hum.Rec.Anlog | 13 | $1,853 |
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 | $211 | $63,96150 claims |
| Boehringer IngelheimJardiance | $83 | $60,51660 claims |
| PfizerEliquis | $14 | $47,66160 claims |
| Novo NordiskOzempic | $218 | $41,62036 claims |
| GSKTrelegy Ellipta | $101 | $24,27424 claims |
| AstraZenecaFarxiga | $153 | $16,51827 claims |
| MerckJanuvia | $29 | $13,68618 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 95th percentile of 423 hospitalist providers in Indiana.
Other hospitalist in Lafayette
- Adeola OviaweLafayette$957
- Joseph AbdayemTerre Haute$13K
- James KruegerEvansville$11K
- Yu LiuDecatur$6K
- Laarni MorenoElkhart$5K
- Harold RahmingDyer$5K
- Jai Kumar KhatriIndianapolis$4K
- Sanjay RaikarMichigan City$3K
- Chadi SaifanColumbus$3K
- Chao GongDyer$3K
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.