Ilyes Benchaala, MD
Rheumatology · Detroit, MINPI 1346578127
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $12,804 of the $15,418 with a category attached, or 83.0%. It is spread thinly across 34 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 24.0% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations.
Across 674 payments — averaging $22.88 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- UCB, Inc.$4K
- Novartis$3K
- AbbVie$2K
- Johnson & Johnson$2K
- Amgen$970
- GSK$728
- plus $4K from 28 others
Across 9 payments — averaging $9014.59 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.
- UCB SA$72K
- Novartis$9K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$1,2958%
- Travel & lodging$7915%
- Food & beverage$12,80483%
- Education$5283%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| UCB, Inc. | 114 | $3,695 |
| Novartis | 85 | $2,690 |
| AbbVie | 104 | $2,061 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 80 | $1,594 |
| Amgen(2 entities) | 58 | $970 |
| GSK | 37 | $728 |
| Pfizer | 51 | $582 |
| ANI Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 17 | $374 |
| AstraZeneca(2 entities) | 18 | $354 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 18 | $325 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 15 | $320 |
| Aurinia Pharma U.S., Inc. | 17 | $273 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 13 | $219 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 4 | $214 |
| Fresenius Kabi USA, LLC | 6 | $167 |
| Sanofi | 8 | $153 |
| Janssen Scientific Affairs, LLC | 1 | $116 |
| Organon | 6 | $112 |
| Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc. | 3 | $84 |
| Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc. | 3 | $79 |
| United Therapeutics Corporation | 2 | $45 |
| Sequel Med Tech, LLC | 2 | $38 |
| Smith+Nephew | 1 | $29 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $26 |
| Mylan Institutional Inc. | 1 | $24 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 1 | $24 |
| Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals International, PLC | 1 | $20 |
| QOL Medical, LLC | 1 | $19 |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Radius Health, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Dynavax Technologies Corporation | 1 | $15 |
| Ferring Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Exact Sciences | 1 | $14 |
| Blue Earth Diagnostics | 1 | $11 |
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
$15,418 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 195 rheumatology providers in Michigan.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Humira(Cf) PenAdalimumab | 132 | $1,016,893 |
| Enbrel SureclickEtanercept | 41 | $303,023 |
| RinvoqUpadacitinib | 37 | $227,156 |
| Cosentyx Unoready PenSecukinumab | 13 | $140,492 |
| Xeljanz XrTofacitinib Citrate | 19 | $117,155 |
| KevzaraSarilumab | 27 | $116,048 |
| OtezlaApremilast | 22 | $112,230 |
| EnbrelEtanercept | 14 | $101,831 |
| BenlystaBelimumab | 20 | $100,993 |
| Actemra ActpenTocilizumab | 18 | $85,857 |
| OrenciaAbatacept | 12 | $65,914 |
| Cimzia (2 Pack)Certolizumab Pegol | 11 | $56,243 |
| Leflunomide | 262 | $11,306 |
| Mycophenolate Mofetil | 72 | $8,522 |
| Diclofenac Sodium | 130 | $5,147 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AbbVieRinvoq | $2,061 | $227,15637 claims |
| AmgenOtezla, Enbrel | $970 | $214,06136 claims |
| SanofiKevzara | $153 | $116,04827 claims |
| GSKBenlysta | $728 | $100,99320 claims |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C.Orencia | $325 | $65,91412 claims |
| UCB, Inc.Cimzia (2 Pack) | $3,695 | $56,24311 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 80th percentile of 195 rheumatology providers in Michigan.
Other rheumatology in Detroit
- Kathleen Maksimowicz McKinnonDetroit$26K
- Shironda StewartDetroit$14K
- Amar MajjhooSaint Clair Shores$1.8M
- Andrew SulichSaint Clair Shores$1.7M
- Dinesh KhannaAnn Arbor$1.2M
- Roman CzubatyjRochester Hills$764K
- Delfin SantosRochester$242K
- Allan MortonWarren$229K
- Elena SchiopuAnn Arbor$180K
- Alireza MeysamiNovi$170K
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.