Hafsa Nawaz, MD
Internal Medicine · Hamden, CTNPI 1306804463
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 90 payments — averaging $26.11 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Novo Nordisk$612
- GSK$565
- Phathom Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$125
- Olympus America Inc.$120
- AstraZeneca$80
- Merck$79
- plus $768 from 17 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$2,350100%
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 | 18 | $612 |
| GSK | 8 | $565 |
| Phathom Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $125 |
| Olympus America Inc. | 1 | $120 |
| AstraZeneca | 6 | $80 |
| Merck | 6 | $79 |
| Amarin Pharma, Inc. | 5 | $78 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 5 | $75 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 4 | $68 |
| AbbVie | 3 | $68 |
| Novartis | 5 | $65 |
| Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 6 | $64 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 4 | $54 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 3 | $49 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 3 | $42 |
| Pfizer | 3 | $39 |
| Amgen | 2 | $39 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 2 | $29 |
| Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc. | 1 | $28 |
| Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 1 | $24 |
| Shire North American Group Inc | 1 | $16 |
| Avanir Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., 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.
- TRELEGY ELLIPTA$492
- RYBELSUS$245
- Ozempic$125
- VOQUEZNA$125
- EVIS EXERA$120
How this compares
$2,350 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 2,067 internal medicine providers in Connecticut.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| EliquisApixaban | 921 | $293,260 |
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 194 | $110,907 |
| FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol | 144 | $66,520 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 187 | $61,390 |
| JanuviaSitagliptin Phosphate | 113 | $57,348 |
| EntrestoSacubitril/Valsartan | 155 | $54,738 |
| AustedoDeutetrabenazine | 22 | $53,437 |
| NuplazidPimavanserin Tartrate | 20 | $48,824 |
| TradjentaLinagliptin | 111 | $45,338 |
| TrulicityDulaglutide | 28 | $40,660 |
| Trelegy ElliptaFluticasone/Umeclidin/Vilanter | 54 | $35,929 |
| OzempicSemaglutide | 35 | $35,411 |
| NuedextaDextromethorphan Hbr/Quinidine | 41 | $28,820 |
| AranespDarbepoetin Alfa In Polysorbat | 11 | $24,562 |
| MounjaroTirzepatide | 25 | $19,009 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| PfizerEliquis | $39 | $293,260921 claims |
| Boehringer IngelheimJardiance, Tradjenta, Spiriva Respimat | $54 | $166,051317 claims |
| AstraZenecaFarxiga, Lokelma | $80 | $81,311188 claims |
| Johnson & JohnsonXarelto | $49 | $61,390187 claims |
| Lilly USA, LLCTrulicity, Mounjaro | $42 | $59,66953 claims |
| MerckJanuvia | $79 | $57,348113 claims |
| GSKTrelegy Ellipta, Anoro Ellipta, Breo Ellipta | $565 | $56,560109 claims |
| NovartisEntresto | $65 | $54,738155 claims |
| Novo NordiskOzempic | $612 | $35,41135 claims |
| Avanir Pharmaceuticals, Inc.Nuedexta | $16 | $28,82041 claims |
| AbbVieLinzess, Restasis | $68 | $26,10342 claims |
| AmgenAranesp | $39 | $24,56211 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 2,067 internal medicine providers in Connecticut.
Other internal medicine in Hamden
- Margaret ChusteckaHamden$652K
- Joseph SouferWaterbury$21.5M
- David RadinStamford$7M
- Steven RyderWestport$3.9M
- Nancy BrownNew Haven$2.8M
- Charles MontanoCromwell$2.8M
- Arthur DecillisMadison$1M
- Michelle MallitzTrumbull$971K
- Allen HellerWoodbridge$758K
- Gary BlickNorwalk$717K
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.