Karam Wehbeh
Primary Care · Paterson, NJNPI 1306356365
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 99.7% of the total across 420 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. It is spread thinly across 35 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 16.5% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. 2025 is the largest year on record at $2,007, 6.1 times the $330 reported in 2021. Among primary care 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 420 payments — averaging $17.66 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Novo Nordisk$1K
- AstraZeneca$1K
- AbbVie$888
- Amgen$743
- Bayer$658
- Pfizer$340
- plus $2K from 29 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$7,399100%
- Education$190%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Novo Nordisk | 54 | $1,226 |
| AstraZeneca | 47 | $1,110 |
| AbbVie | 76 | $888 |
| Amgen | 45 | $743 |
| Bayer | 32 | $658 |
| Pfizer | 18 | $340 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 19 | $285 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 16 | $246 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 16 | $241 |
| Exact Sciences | 7 | $219 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 7 | $148 |
| Axsome Therapeutics, Inc. | 9 | $146 |
| Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc. | 10 | $144 |
| Amarin Pharma, Inc. | 9 | $131 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 7 | $116 |
| GSK | 7 | $115 |
| Abbott | 5 | $87 |
| Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. | 5 | $81 |
| Merck | 5 | $78 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 3 | $48 |
| Idorsia Pharmaceuticals US Inc | 3 | $44 |
| Corcept Therapeutics | 2 | $44 |
| ITI, Inc. (d/b/a Intra-cellular Therapies, Inc.) | 2 | $42 |
| Xeris Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $31 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 2 | $30 |
| Esperion Therapeutics, Inc. | 2 | $29 |
| Nestle Healthcare Nutrition Inc. | 2 | $29 |
| Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Eisai Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Currax Pharmaceuticals LLC | 1 | $15 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 1 | $14 |
| Novartis | 1 | $14 |
| IBSA Pharma Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Paratek Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Kaleo, 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.
How this compares
$7,418 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 330 primary care 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 | 92 | $69,247 |
| KerendiaFinerenone | 43 | $47,478 |
| RybelsusSemaglutide | 31 | $35,071 |
| OzempicSemaglutide | 25 | $26,852 |
| JanumetSitagliptin Phos/Metformin Hcl | 28 | $22,826 |
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 26 | $22,533 |
| EliquisApixaban | 21 | $18,026 |
| JanuviaSitagliptin Phosphate | 13 | $12,418 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 19 | $10,735 |
| Breztri AerosphereBudesonide/Glycopyr/Formoterol | 17 | $10,571 |
| MyrbetriqMirabegron | 18 | $8,920 |
| Tresiba Flextouch U-100Insulin Degludec | 11 | $8,261 |
| DapagliflozinDapagliflozin Propanediol | 11 | $7,193 |
| LinzessLinaclotide | 11 | $5,707 |
| Icosapent Ethyl | 11 | $5,524 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AstraZenecaFarxiga, Breztri Aerosphere | $1,110 | $79,817109 claims |
| Novo NordiskRybelsus, Ozempic | $1,226 | $61,92456 claims |
| BayerKerendia | $658 | $47,47843 claims |
| MerckJanumet, Januvia | $78 | $35,24441 claims |
| Boehringer IngelheimJardiance | $246 | $22,53326 claims |
| PfizerEliquis | $340 | $18,02621 claims |
| Johnson & JohnsonXarelto | $116 | $10,73519 claims |
| Astellas Pharma US IncMyrbetriq | $148 | $8,92018 claims |
| AbbVieLinzess | $888 | $5,70711 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 330 primary care providers in New Jersey.
Other primary care in Paterson
- Desiree FerrandizPaterson$5K
- Miosoty RamosPaterson$4K
- Artrice RitchwoodPaterson$3K
- Elizabeth CaraballoPaterson$2K
- Michael Zito GovertNeptune$61K
- Roseann BenantiEnglewood$24K
- Marcelo MarinEnglewood$17K
- Jennifer EdwardsPrinceton$14K
- Mary Grace TolentinoJersey City$9K
- Kevin Robert ReyladoNorth Arlington$8K
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.