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Homayoun Sharim, MD

Internal Medicine · Beverly Hills, CANPI 1033145701

Payments from drug & device makers

$59,870in general payments, 2019–2025

Across 1,275 payments — averaging $46.96 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.

  • Amarin Pharma, Inc.$26K
  • AbbVie$4K
  • Amgen$4K
  • AstraZeneca$3K
  • Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC$2K
  • Boehringer Ingelheim$2K
  • plus $18K from 54 others

What the payments were for

  • Speaking & faculty fees$22,19037%
  • Travel & lodging$2,7765%
  • Food & beverage$34,22857%
  • Education$6761%

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

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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.

CompanyPaymentsTotal
Amarin Pharma, Inc.34$26,138
AbbVie(2 entities)130$4,402
Amgen(2 entities)117$3,844
AstraZeneca99$3,211
Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC98$2,440
Boehringer Ingelheim54$1,801
Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc.40$1,768
Esperion Therapeutics, Inc.74$1,528
Novartis104$1,340
Novo Nordisk43$1,198
Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.102$1,166
Astellas Pharma US Inc19$834
Bayer30$787
Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company Ltd.10$688
Avanir Pharmaceuticals, Inc.26$562
GSK17$544
Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC19$539
Johnson & Johnson18$532
E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C.25$514
Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc.22$482
Merck14$441
Pfizer29$407
Axsome Therapeutics, Inc.10$327
Madrigal Pharmaceuticals5$325
Redhill Biopharma Inc.7$312
Lilly USA, LLC10$310
Lundbeck LLC12$288
Lexicon Pharmaceuticals, Inc.7$281
Radius Health, Inc.8$258
Cvrx, Inc.2$221
Ironwood Pharmaceuticals, Inc9$218
Vifor Pharma, Inc.1$200
Ardelyx, Inc.9$194
QOL Medical, LLC8$181
Phathom Pharmaceuticals, Inc.5$143
Nestle Healthcare Nutrition Inc.6$141
Corcept Therapeutics2$132
Impel Pharmaceuticals Inc.2$128
Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc.4$109
Urovant Sciences Inc4$102
Eisai Inc.4$87
Kvk-tech, Inc.5$80
Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc.3$68
Hikma Pharmaceuticals USA3$67
Edwards Lifesciences2$63
Scilex Pharmaceuticals Inc.3$53
Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc.2$52
Aimmune Therapeutics, Inc.2$45
Azurity Pharmaceuticals, Inc.2$35
Shield Therapeutics Inc1$35
Abiomed1$32
Corium, LLC2$30
Exact Sciences1$26
Mannkind Corporation1$24
Arbor Pharmaceuticals, Inc.1$24
Abbott1$23
Biogen1$21
Bausch Health US, LLC1$18
Shionogi Inc1$16
Tetraphase Pharmaceuticals, 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

$59,870 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 13,581 internal medicine providers in California.

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Medicare billing

Part B allowed, 2024
$897,233
Medicare patients
460
Services billed
5,916

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

DrugClaimsCost to plans & patients
VascepaIcosapent Ethyl1,152$460,909
JardianceEmpagliflozin589$423,274
OzempicSemaglutide350$350,119
EliquisApixaban480$323,613
LinzessLinaclotide536$314,796
MounjaroTirzepatide294$309,224
LeqvioInclisiran Sodium80$246,552
GemtesaVibegron439$243,336
Repatha SureclickEvolocumab415$241,137
EntrestoSacubitril/Valsartan314$239,446
Enbrel SureclickEtanercept31$224,607
ProliaDenosumab135$223,712
Diclofenac Sodium516$219,130
CreonLipase/Protease/Amylase204$206,274
Evenity (2 Syringes)Romosozumab-Aqqg82$195,983

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.

CompanyPaid to this providerPart D cost of their drugs
AbbVieLinzess, Creon, Namzaric, Vraylar$4,402$688,293936 claims
Boehringer IngelheimJardiance, Tradjenta$1,801$490,260684 claims
AmgenProlia, Evenity (2 Syringes), Otezla$3,844$486,682229 claims
NovartisLeqvio, Entresto$1,340$485,998394 claims
Novo NordiskOzempic, Rybelsus$1,198$449,917441 claims
PfizerEliquis$407$323,613480 claims
Lilly USA, LLCMounjaro$310$309,224294 claims
Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc.Gemtesa$482$243,336439 claims
MerckJanumet, Januvia, Verquvo$441$225,998369 claims
AstraZenecaFarxiga$3,211$168,464240 claims
Aimmune Therapeutics, Inc.Zenpep$45$155,596118 claims
Esperion Therapeutics, Inc.Nexlizet$1,528$131,829310 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 13,581 internal medicine providers in California.

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