Meghna Chopra, MD
Family Practice · Newport News, VANPI 1295364446
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 20 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 8 manufacturers reported payments, led by Novo Nordisk at 28.2% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2024 at $258 and has fallen 56.9% since, to $111 in 2025. Among family practice clinicians in VA 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 20 payments — averaging $20.42 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Novo Nordisk$115
- Amgen$85
- AbbVie$67
- Pfizer$37
- Dexcom, Inc.$34
- Exact Sciences$33
- plus $37 from 2 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$408100%
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 | 5 | $115 |
| Amgen | 5 | $85 |
| AbbVie | 3 | $67 |
| Pfizer | 2 | $37 |
| Dexcom, Inc. | 2 | $34 |
| Exact Sciences | 1 | $33 |
| AstraZeneca | 1 | $22 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 1 | $15 |
How this compares
$408 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 508 family practice providers in Virginia.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| OzempicSemaglutide | 18 | $21,743 |
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 14 | $14,890 |
| SynthroidLevothyroxine Sodium | 15 | $1,327 |
| Albuterol Sulfate HfaAlbuterol Sulfate | 29 | $787 |
| Amlodipine Besylate | 89 | $779 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 87 | $694 |
| Levothyroxine Sodium | 66 | $547 |
| Bupropion XlBupropion Hcl | 22 | $511 |
| Omeprazole | 51 | $510 |
| Gabapentin | 42 | $485 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 14 | $463 |
| Duloxetine Hcl | 19 | $446 |
| Pregabalin | 19 | $434 |
| Diclofenac Sodium | 13 | $404 |
| Metoprolol Succinate | 30 | $396 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Novo NordiskOzempic | $115 | $21,74318 claims |
| AbbVieSynthroid | $67 | $1,32715 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 508 family practice providers in Virginia.
Other family practice in Newport News
- Renato GataNewport News$0
- Amanda LoucksCharlottesville$13K
- Scott AdamsLynchburg$3K
- Gayatri VaddadiManassas$2K
- Dustin MarkleCharlottesville$2K
- Yunzhou LiGlen Allen$119
- Daniel OlsonMidlothian$56
- Liqaa Al-KhozaieWoodbridge$36
- Jorge ZarateVirginia Beach$13
- Fatima JilaniArlington$0
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.