Habib Chotani, MD
Internal Medicine · Alexandria, VANPI 1992702112
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 98.1% of the total across 169 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 26 manufacturers reported payments, led by Novo Nordisk at 24.1% of the total.
Across 169 payments — averaging $20.58 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Novo Nordisk$839
- AbbVie$438
- Lilly USA, LLC$311
- Astellas Pharma US Inc$294
- AstraZeneca$265
- Johnson & Johnson$257
- plus $1K from 20 others
Across 46 payments — averaging $10,873 each. Payments tied to a research study. These frequently flow through the physician to a hospital or research institution rather than to the physician personally.
- Modernatx, Inc.$427K
- Novartis$47K
- AstraZeneca$26K
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$3,41298%
- Education$662%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Novo Nordisk | 44 | $839 |
| AbbVie | 16 | $438 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 16 | $311 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 13 | $294 |
| AstraZeneca | 14 | $265 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 10 | $257 |
| GSK | 9 | $144 |
| Amgen(2 entities) | 5 | $117 |
| Abbott | 6 | $115 |
| Pfizer | 6 | $107 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 5 | $93 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 4 | $80 |
| Exact Sciences | 3 | $75 |
| Novartis | 4 | $58 |
| Philips North America LLC | 1 | $52 |
| Amarin Pharma, Inc. | 2 | $38 |
| Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 2 | $36 |
| Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 1 | $28 |
| Corium, LLC | 1 | $20 |
| Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Merck | 1 | $17 |
| Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $15 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 1 | $15 |
| Insulet Corporation | 1 | $15 |
| Currax Pharmaceuticals LLC | 1 | $14 |
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
$3,478 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 2,724 internal medicine 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 |
|---|---|---|
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 54 | $84,377 |
| EliquisApixaban | 42 | $56,145 |
| OzempicSemaglutide | 35 | $47,878 |
| Trelegy ElliptaFluticasone/Umeclidin/Vilanter | 28 | $42,819 |
| JanuviaSitagliptin Phosphate | 20 | $21,335 |
| JanumetSitagliptin Phos/Metformin Hcl | 14 | $20,349 |
| MounjaroTirzepatide | 14 | $14,726 |
| Lantus SolostarInsulin Glargine,hum.Rec.Anlog | 33 | $5,941 |
| Clonidine | 13 | $3,717 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 265 | $2,122 |
| Humalog Kwikpen U-100Insulin Lispro | 12 | $2,069 |
| Rosuvastatin Calcium | 94 | $1,665 |
| Tamsulosin Hcl | 68 | $1,076 |
| Metformin Hcl | 133 | $1,008 |
| Metoprolol Succinate | 92 | $1,006 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Boehringer IngelheimJardiance | $93 | $84,37754 claims |
| PfizerEliquis | $107 | $56,14542 claims |
| Novo NordiskOzempic | $839 | $47,87835 claims |
| GSKTrelegy Ellipta | $144 | $42,81928 claims |
| MerckJanuvia, Janumet | $17 | $41,68434 claims |
| Lilly USA, LLCMounjaro | $311 | $14,72614 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 85th percentile of 2,724 internal medicine providers in Virginia.
Other internal medicine in Alexandria
- Jorge RamalloAlexandria$34K
- Wayne WuAlexandria$16K
- Michael MitchellAlexandria$14K
- Scott WhittakerAlexandria$14K
- Kumar AbhishekMechanicsville$1M
- Amit MahajanFalls Church$1M
- Kevin DonohueFalls Church$655K
- Denise BrunerArlington$227K
- Anjali KaloreMidlothian$215K
- Scott GerrishVienna$207K
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.