Kamran Tasharofi, MD
Internal Medicine · Garwood, NJNPI 1174595466
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by speaking fees: $29,605 of the $47,953 with a category attached, or 61.7%. AbbVie accounts for 66.2% of it on its own, with 59 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $14,825 and has fallen 87.7% since, to $1,830 in 2025. Among internal medicine clinicians in NJ with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 5% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 784 payments — averaging $61.17 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$32K
- Novartis$3K
- Lilly USA, LLC$1K
- Genentech USA, Inc.$1K
- AstraZeneca$1K
- Senseonics, Incorporated$1K
- plus $8K from 54 others
Across 12 payments — averaging $31,969 each. An ownership or investment interest held by the physician or an immediate family member.
- SPR Therapeutics, Inc$384K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$3,8808%
- Speaking & faculty fees$29,60562%
- Travel & lodging$8822%
- Food & beverage$13,53428%
- Education$530%
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.
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.
- VRAYLAR$30,396
- Xofluza$1,240
- ENTRESTO$1,056
- Eversense$880
- IBSRELA$252
- JARDIANCE$237
- Proclaim Family of SCS IPGs$176
- XEOMIN$148
- Signia$141
- FLOWTRIEVER CATHETER, S$133
- CT THROMBECTOMY SYSTEM KIT$133
- Vascepa$131
- SIMPONI ARIA$125
- STELARA$125
- Tremfya$125
- Auvelity$125
- AREXVY$125
- FREESTYLE LIBRE 3$115
- UBRELVY$114
- ANORO$103
How this compares
$47,953 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 4,032 internal medicine providers in New Jersey.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol | 202 | $210,545 |
| EliquisApixaban | 416 | $202,153 |
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 148 | $165,783 |
| OzempicSemaglutide | 127 | $139,815 |
| MounjaroTirzepatide | 115 | $129,322 |
| Enbrel SureclickEtanercept | 15 | $108,229 |
| Trelegy ElliptaFluticasone/Umeclidin/Vilanter | 81 | $74,993 |
| LinzessLinaclotide | 99 | $70,801 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 124 | $66,907 |
| JanuviaSitagliptin Phosphate | 42 | $58,741 |
| EntrestoSacubitril/Valsartan | 59 | $54,107 |
| TradjentaLinagliptin | 54 | $49,241 |
| Nurtec OdtRimegepant Sulfate | 16 | $45,858 |
| RybelsusSemaglutide | 26 | $39,284 |
| TriumeqAbacavir/Dolutegravir/Lamivudi | 11 | $38,708 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| PfizerEliquis, Nurtec Odt | $777 | $248,012432 claims |
| AstraZenecaFarxiga, Breztri Aerosphere, Nexium, Symbicort | $1,171 | $241,027247 claims |
| Boehringer IngelheimJardiance, Tradjenta | $585 | $215,024202 claims |
| Novo NordiskOzempic, Rybelsus, Wegovy | $444 | $195,376164 claims |
| Lilly USA, LLCMounjaro, Trulicity | $1,423 | $161,411136 claims |
| GSKTrelegy Ellipta, Breo Ellipta, Arexvy | $905 | $104,768151 claims |
| AbbVieLinzess, Vraylar | $31,735 | $98,680111 claims |
| MerckJanuvia, Lagevrio (Eua) | $213 | $68,33464 claims |
| Johnson & JohnsonXarelto | $153 | $66,907124 claims |
| NovartisEntresto | $2,982 | $54,10759 claims |
| Astellas Pharma US IncMyrbetriq | $77 | $20,91734 claims |
| Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc.Rexulti | $140 | $20,90715 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 4,032 internal medicine providers in New Jersey.
Other internal medicine in Garwood
- David ShulkinMorristown$1.7M
- Howard UdermanLakewood$955K
- Darshi SunderamEast Orange$530K
- Annika DrongeEmerson$401K
- Stephen MarcellaNew Brunswick$331K
- Viju VijaysadanKinnelon$325K
- Mark MonaneWoodcliff Lake$268K
- Martin BedigianLivingston$240K
- Rameck HuntPlainsboro$217K
- Angel LazoSecaucus$195K
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.