Mahboob Rahman, MD
Internal Medicine · Cleveland, OHNPI 1255351896
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $6,545 of the $10,765 with a category attached, or 60.8%. 8 manufacturers reported payments, led by Vifor Pharma, Inc. at 37.1% of the total. Among internal medicine clinicians in OH 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 35 payments — averaging $307.56 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Vifor Pharma, Inc.$4K
- Bayer$3K
- AstraZeneca$2K
- Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc.$1K
- Akebia Therapeutics Inc$112
- Boehringer Ingelheim$52
- plus $62 from 2 others
Across 126 payments — averaging $3157.99 each. Payments tied to a research study. These frequently flow through the physician to a hospital or research institution rather than to the physician personally.
- Bayer$216K
- Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH$89K
- Boehringer Ingelheim Pharma GmbH & Co.kg$55K
- Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc.$38K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$6,54561%
- Travel & lodging$3,20730%
- Food & beverage$1,0129%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Vifor Pharma, Inc. | 8 | $3,998 |
| Bayer | 13 | $3,120 |
| AstraZeneca | 1 | $1,945 |
| Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 9 | $1,476 |
| Akebia Therapeutics Inc | 1 | $112 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 1 | $52 |
| Fresenius USA Marketing, Inc. | 1 | $34 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 1 | $29 |
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.
- Veltassa$3,854
- Non-Covered$1,800
- Kerendia$802
- AURYXIA$112
How this compares
$10,765 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 4,428 internal medicine providers in Ohio.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Sevelamer Carbonate | 18 | $3,194 |
| Hydralazine Hcl | 21 | $85 |
| Amlodipine Besylate | 24 | $40 |
| Hydrochlorothiazide | 11 | $40 |
| Clonidine Hcl | 12 | $31 |
| Calcitriol | 13 | $9 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
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- Amr MohamedCleveland$72K
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.