Georges Yacoub, MD
Critical Care Medicine · Troy, OHNPI 1487659041
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 93.8% of the total across 679 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 43 manufacturers reported payments, led by AstraZeneca at 26.0% of the total. Among critical care medicine clinicians in OH 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 679 payments — averaging $16.34 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AstraZeneca$3K
- GSK$1K
- Boehringer Ingelheim$643
- Merck$549
- Sanofi$528
- Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc.$523
- plus $4K from 37 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$10,40094%
- Education$6926%
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.
How this compares
$11,092 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 285 critical care medicine providers in Ohio.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Breztri AerosphereBudesonide/Glycopyr/Formoterol | 423 | $317,000 |
| Trelegy ElliptaFluticasone/Umeclidin/Vilanter | 364 | $274,911 |
| ArikayceAmikacin Liposomal/Neb.Accessr | 11 | $157,938 |
| EliquisApixaban | 178 | $155,005 |
| FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol | 125 | $108,543 |
| Breo ElliptaFluticasone/Vilanterol | 229 | $107,011 |
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 133 | $93,366 |
| TrulicityDulaglutide | 84 | $90,442 |
| Spiriva RespimatTiotropium Bromide | 95 | $78,943 |
| OzempicSemaglutide | 58 | $65,598 |
| SymbicortBudesonide/Formoterol Fumarate | 197 | $63,279 |
| Combivent RespimatIpratropium/Albuterol Sulfate | 108 | $62,670 |
| Dupixent SyringeDupilumab | 12 | $52,850 |
| NucalaMepolizumab | 15 | $51,605 |
| Albuterol Sulfate HfaAlbuterol Sulfate | 1,554 | $38,872 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AstraZenecaBreztri Aerosphere, Farxiga, Symbicort, Bevespi Aerosphere | $2,883 | $496,906764 claims |
| GSKTrelegy Ellipta, Breo Ellipta, Nucala, Anoro Ellipta | $1,467 | $458,034654 claims |
| Boehringer IngelheimJardiance, Spiriva Respimat, Combivent Respimat | $643 | $234,979336 claims |
| Insmed, Inc.Arikayce | $156 | $157,93811 claims |
| PfizerEliquis | $210 | $155,005178 claims |
| Lilly USA, LLCTrulicity, Mounjaro | $117 | $108,09299 claims |
| AbbVieUbrelvy, Linzess | $79 | $53,72262 claims |
| MerckDulera, Janumet, Januvia | $549 | $51,056111 claims |
| Johnson & JohnsonXarelto | $63 | $20,87825 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 285 critical care medicine providers in Ohio.
Other critical care medicine in Troy
- Neal ChaissonCleveland$428K
- Robert SchilzCleveland$356K
- Nicholas PastisColumbus$145K
- Michael EssandohColumbus$135K
- Chiedozie UdehCleveland$24K
- Kari GorderColumbus$20K
- Elliott CrouserColumbus$16K
- Sadia BenzaquenCincinnati$15K
- Lawrence GoldsteinBoardman$12K
- Ghazaleh BigdeliYoungstown$10K
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.