Jamal Kalala
Internal Medicine · Taylorsville, NCNPI 1114931409
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 91 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 19 manufacturers reported payments, led by Amgen at 28.4% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $654 and has fallen 64.0% since, to $236 in 2025.
Across 91 payments — averaging $20.91 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Amgen$540
- AstraZeneca$256
- Novo Nordisk$176
- AbbVie$139
- GSK$121
- Abbott$98
- plus $572 from 13 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$1,903100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Amgen(2 entities) | 25 | $540 |
| AstraZeneca | 9 | $256 |
| Novo Nordisk | 8 | $176 |
| AbbVie | 6 | $139 |
| GSK | 8 | $121 |
| Abbott | 2 | $98 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 5 | $81 |
| Bayer | 3 | $66 |
| Shire North American Group Inc | 4 | $60 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company Ltd. | 3 | $58 |
| Nestle Healthcare Nutrition Inc. | 3 | $53 |
| Pfizer | 3 | $50 |
| Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc. | 2 | $46 |
| Amarin Pharma, Inc. | 2 | $36 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 2 | $32 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 2 | $28 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 2 | $28 |
| Corcept Therapeutics | 1 | $20 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. 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.
- AIRSUPRA$125
How this compares
$1,903 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 3,302 internal medicine providers in North Carolina.
Other internal medicine in Taylorsville
- Nirmish ShahDurham$862K
- Eugene WrightFayetteville$839K
- Saad UsmaniCharlotte$551K
- Bhakti PaulRaleigh$536K
- Mary KlotmanDurham$478K
- Manesh PatelDurham$435K
- Millie LongChapel Hill$374K
- Marc JohnsonCharlotte$342K
- Christina CraterRaleigh$330K
- Jamy ArdWinston Salem$293K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.