Mehrdad Tafreshi, MD
Internal Medicine · Las Vegas, NVNPI 1437115292
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 781 payments — averaging $20.38 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AstraZeneca$3K
- Amgen$2K
- GSK$1K
- Novo Nordisk$1K
- AbbVie$908
- Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC$720
- plus $7K from 48 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$15,43097%
- Education$4853%
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.
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.
- FARXIGA$341
- XARELTO$238
- ELIQUIS$224
- BREZTRI$218
- ICEfx Cryoablation System$150
- EUCRISA$125
- PREVNAR - 13$121
- AIMOVIG$121
- INVOKANA$118
- JARDIANCE$114
- JYNARQUE$112
- Xultophy 100/3.6$111
- Kerendia$108
How this compares
$15,915 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 1,071 internal medicine providers in Nevada.
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 | 278 | $323,530 |
| EliquisApixaban | 105 | $160,875 |
| FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol | 136 | $141,438 |
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 105 | $140,370 |
| MounjaroTirzepatide | 63 | $80,040 |
| ProliaDenosumab | 40 | $68,018 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 72 | $65,865 |
| Trelegy ElliptaFluticasone/Umeclidin/Vilanter | 96 | $64,199 |
| CreonLipase/Protease/Amylase | 17 | $54,725 |
| BiktarvyBictegrav/Emtricit/Tenofov Ala | 11 | $50,975 |
| Diclofenac Sodium | 139 | $50,887 |
| Soliqua 100-33Insulin Glargine/Lixisenatide | 47 | $47,358 |
| LinzessLinaclotide | 41 | $45,520 |
| Breztri AerosphereBudesonide/Glycopyr/Formoterol | 56 | $39,708 |
| TrulicityDulaglutide | 16 | $31,690 |
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 | $1,214 | $323,530278 claims |
| AstraZenecaFarxiga, Breztri Aerosphere, Symbicort, Brilinta | $2,938 | $213,806271 claims |
| Boehringer IngelheimJardiance, Synjardy Xr, Tradjenta | $414 | $178,504131 claims |
| PfizerEliquis | $707 | $160,875105 claims |
| AbbVieCreon, Linzess, Vraylar | $908 | $121,29073 claims |
| Lilly USA, LLCMounjaro, Trulicity | $690 | $111,73079 claims |
| GSKTrelegy Ellipta, Breo Ellipta, Anoro Ellipta | $1,221 | $85,252139 claims |
| AmgenProlia | $1,540 | $68,01840 claims |
| Johnson & JohnsonXarelto | $634 | $65,86572 claims |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLCSoliqua 100-33 | $720 | $47,35847 claims |
| MerckJanuvia, Janumet Xr | $141 | $45,56854 claims |
| Astellas Pharma US IncMyrbetriq | $667 | $18,12415 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 1,071 internal medicine providers in Nevada.
Other internal medicine in Las Vegas
- Darin BrimhallLas Vegas$39.7M
- Alton WaltersLas Vegas$8.9M
- Michael JacobsLas Vegas$8.1M
- Nirupa PaulrajLas Vegas$5.8M
- Atoya AdamsLas Vegas$5.4M
- Roger EstevezLas Vegas$3.7M
- Syed PervaizLas Vegas$3.1M
- Vrijendra HoonLas Vegas$1.8M
- Robby Ann QuintosLas Vegas$1.4M
- Kent SwaineLas Vegas$1.2M
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.