RxDoctor Payments Data

Mazen Khusayem, MD

Internal Medicine · Clayton, NCNPI 1285604934

Payments from drug & device makers

$24,494in general payments, 2019–2025

Across 949 payments — averaging $25.81 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.

  • Novo Nordisk$5K
  • AstraZeneca$4K
  • GSK$2K
  • Amgen$2K
  • Lilly USA, LLC$2K
  • AbbVie$803
  • plus $10K from 51 others

What the payments were for

  • Consulting fees$2,3159%
  • Speaking & faculty fees$7293%
  • Food & beverage$21,04786%
  • Education$4022%

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

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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.

CompanyPaymentsTotal
Novo Nordisk149$5,062
AstraZeneca110$3,868
GSK72$1,658
Amgen64$1,595
Lilly USA, LLC84$1,509
AbbVie(2 entities)39$803
Novartis24$801
Merz North America, Inc.10$722
Boehringer Ingelheim47$715
Johnson & Johnson27$714
Merck40$678
Astellas Pharma US Inc19$660
Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC29$529
Pfizer26$467
Mylan Specialty L.p.24$366
Esperion Therapeutics, Inc.11$342
Sanofi US Services Inc.1$325
Amarin Pharma, Inc.14$315
Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc.12$255
Resmed Corp1$250
Eisai Inc.7$213
E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C.9$186
Exact Sciences9$173
Bayer9$169
Viatris Specialty LLC8$168
Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC4$145
Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.9$144
ITI, Inc. (d/b/a Intra-cellular Therapies, Inc.)5$144
Idorsia Pharmaceuticals US Inc8$142
Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc.10$133
Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc.8$132
Medtronic(2 entities)6$128
Corcept Therapeutics4$97
Boston Scientific2$73
Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company Ltd.5$73
Abbott4$69
Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc.4$61
Paratek Pharmaceuticals, Inc.4$60
Dexcom, Inc.3$56
MDD US Operations, LLC4$54
Amneal Pharmaceuticals LLC4$50
Lundbeck LLC2$45
Almatica Pharma LLC2$42
Inspire Medical Systems, Inc.1$38
Revance Therapeutics, Inc.1$35
Xeris Pharmaceuticals, Inc.2$34
Acorda Therapeutics, Inc2$29
Verona Pharma, Inc.1$28
Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc.1$18
Biogen1$18
Intercept Pharmaceuticals, Inc.1$16
Abiomed1$16
Optinose US, Inc.1$15
Phathom Pharmaceuticals, Inc.1$15
Bausch Health US, LLC1$15
Currax Pharmaceuticals LLC1$15
Hikma Pharmaceuticals USA1$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

$24,494 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 3,302 internal medicine providers in North Carolina.

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Medicare billing

Part B allowed, 2024
$219,298
Medicare patients
365
Services billed
3,404

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

DrugClaimsCost to plans & patients
OzempicSemaglutide181$248,316
Trelegy ElliptaFluticasone/Umeclidin/Vilanter142$118,809
EliquisApixaban93$93,068
JardianceEmpagliflozin54$70,913
FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol57$61,891
XareltoRivaroxaban55$50,216
TrulicityDulaglutide37$47,680
Janumet XrSitagliptin Phos/Metformin Hcl50$43,040
Tresiba Flextouch U-200Insulin Degludec24$42,712
RybelsusSemaglutide17$41,911
MounjaroTirzepatide31$34,159
EntrestoSacubitril/Valsartan30$33,177
Toujeo SolostarInsulin Glargine,hum.Rec.Anlog57$31,510
MyrbetriqMirabegron30$26,165
Breo ElliptaFluticasone/Vilanterol35$25,566

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.

CompanyPaid to this providerPart D cost of their drugs
Novo NordiskOzempic, Rybelsus$5,062$290,227198 claims
GSKTrelegy Ellipta, Breo Ellipta, Anoro Ellipta$1,658$163,062208 claims
Boehringer IngelheimJardiance, Stiolto Respimat, Spiriva Respimat$715$114,822107 claims
PfizerEliquis$467$93,06893 claims
AstraZenecaFarxiga, Breztri Aerosphere, Symbicort$3,868$83,143109 claims
Lilly USA, LLCTrulicity, Mounjaro$1,509$81,84068 claims
Johnson & JohnsonXarelto$714$50,21655 claims
MerckJanumet Xr$678$43,04050 claims
NovartisEntresto$801$33,17730 claims
Astellas Pharma US IncMyrbetriq$660$26,16530 claims
Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLCSoliqua 100-33, Lantus$529$17,53326 claims
AbbVieLinzess$803$17,19127 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 3,302 internal medicine providers in North Carolina.

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