Jovan Popovich
Rheumatology · Houston, TXNPI 1649206822
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 99.2% of the total across 118 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 16 manufacturers reported payments, led by Amgen at 31.4% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $887 and has fallen 95.6% since, to $39 in 2022. That places this record below the midpoint for rheumatology clinicians in TX, where the typical reported total is $3,779.
Across 118 payments — averaging $14.80 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Amgen$548
- AbbVie$258
- Bristol Myers Squibb$202
- Genentech USA, Inc.$140
- Mallinckrodt Enterprises LLC$126
- Johnson & Johnson$118
- plus $354 from 10 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$1,73399%
- Education$141%
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) | 35 | $548 |
| AbbVie | 10 | $258 |
| Bristol Myers Squibb | 30 | $202 |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 1 | $140 |
| Mallinckrodt Enterprises LLC | 15 | $126 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 7 | $118 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 4 | $69 |
| UCB, Inc. | 4 | $59 |
| Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc. | 2 | $44 |
| Octapharma USA, Inc. | 1 | $40 |
| GSK | 2 | $37 |
| Pfizer | 2 | $27 |
| AstraZeneca | 2 | $26 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 1 | $21 |
| Biocryst US Sales Co., LLC | 1 | $19 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 1 | $12 |
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.
- Actemra$140
How this compares
$1,746 in reported general payments places this provider in the 35th percentile of 512 rheumatology providers in Texas.
Other rheumatology in Houston
- Naureen AlimHouston$397K
- Shervin AssassiHouston$329K
- Tareq Abou-KhamisHouston$116K
- Maureen MayesHouston$84K
- Maria Suarez AlmazorHouston$72K
- John ReveilleHouston$61K
- Michelle EisenbergHouston$53K
- Alfredo SardinasHouston$52K
- Adnan PeerHouston$49K
- Mujahed AlikhanHouston$41K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.