Joel Koslow
Internal Medicine · Alexandria, VANPI 1063479186
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 103 payments — averaging $18.16 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$538
- Novo Nordisk$237
- Pfizer$219
- Lilly USA, LLC$136
- AstraZeneca$123
- Boehringer Ingelheim$89
- plus $529 from 17 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$1,82498%
- Education$472%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 26 | $538 |
| Novo Nordisk | 13 | $237 |
| Pfizer | 13 | $219 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 8 | $136 |
| AstraZeneca | 8 | $123 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 4 | $89 |
| Novartis | 4 | $68 |
| Merck | 4 | $54 |
| Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 2 | $43 |
| GSK | 3 | $43 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 2 | $36 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 2 | $36 |
| Amgen | 2 | $34 |
| Esperion Therapeutics, Inc. | 2 | $33 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 2 | $31 |
| Bayer | 1 | $25 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $24 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $20 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company Ltd. | 1 | $20 |
| Abbott | 1 | $18 |
| Mylan Specialty L.p. | 1 | $18 |
| Paratek Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Eisai Inc. | 1 | $13 |
How this compares
$1,870 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 2,724 internal medicine providers in Virginia.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Alendronate Sodium | 13 | $81 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other internal medicine in Alexandria
- Habib ChotaniAlexandria$504K
- Jorge RamalloAlexandria$34K
- Leroy VaughanRichmond$20.8M
- James ClarkCharlottesville$16.2M
- Nabil AndrawisBurke$8.5M
- Mary BlumbergNorfolk$6.5M
- David RamstadSuffolk$5.8M
- Andrew PoklepovicRichmond$4.6M
- Nashwa GabraBurke$4.3M
- Michael DevittCharlottesville$3.5M
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.