Mohsen Ghafouri, MD
Rheumatology · Manassas, VANPI 1912929233
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 98.4% of the total across 700 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 32 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 17.3% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $3,668 and has fallen 55.1% since, to $1,648 in 2025.
Across 700 payments — averaging $20.07 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Johnson & Johnson$2K
- Amgen$2K
- AbbVie$2K
- Novartis$1K
- Pfizer$1K
- Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc.$1K
- plus $4K from 26 others
Across 1 payment — averaging $5000.00 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.
- Eli Lilly$5K
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$13,82498%
- Education$2212%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Johnson & Johnson(2 entities) | 151 | $2,429 |
| Amgen(2 entities) | 106 | $2,199 |
| AbbVie | 92 | $2,134 |
| Novartis | 50 | $1,110 |
| Pfizer | 73 | $1,030 |
| Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc. | 31 | $1,014 |
| UCB, Inc. | 32 | $765 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 28 | $564 |
| GSK | 22 | $507 |
| Mallinckrodt Enterprises LLC | 9 | $388 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 17 | $284 |
| Bristol Myers Squibb | 20 | $264 |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 16 | $243 |
| AstraZeneca(2 entities) | 9 | $170 |
| ANI Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 7 | $157 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 6 | $130 |
| Radius Health, Inc. | 6 | $114 |
| Fresenius Kabi USA, LLC | 3 | $82 |
| Aurinia Pharma U.S., Inc. | 3 | $70 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 3 | $65 |
| Sobi, Inc | 3 | $61 |
| Cumberland Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $51 |
| Kyowa Kirin, Inc. | 1 | $24 |
| Merck | 2 | $24 |
| Sandoz | 1 | $24 |
| Organon | 1 | $23 |
| Fidia Pharma USA Inc. | 1 | $23 |
| Pacira Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Tonix Medicines, Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 1 | $21 |
| Zyla Life Sciences, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Sanofi | 1 | $15 |
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
$14,046 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 159 rheumatology 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 |
|---|---|---|
| ActharCorticotropin | 13 | $574,661 |
| Enbrel SureclickEtanercept | 28 | $246,176 |
| Cimzia (2 Pack)Certolizumab Pegol | 21 | $125,945 |
| Humira(Cf) PenAdalimumab | 14 | $109,718 |
| OtezlaApremilast | 12 | $58,039 |
| Hydroxychloroquine Sulfate | 305 | $11,718 |
| MethotrexateMethotrexate Sodium | 288 | $7,113 |
| Duloxetine Hcl | 102 | $2,740 |
| Pilocarpine Hcl | 11 | $2,302 |
| Celecoxib | 79 | $2,292 |
| Lidocaine | 11 | $1,764 |
| Alendronate Sodium | 144 | $1,113 |
| Prednisone | 192 | $996 |
| Pregabalin | 37 | $904 |
| Gabapentin | 94 | $867 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc.Acthar | $1,014 | $574,66113 claims |
| UCB, Inc.Cimzia (2 Pack) | $765 | $125,94521 claims |
| AmgenOtezla | $2,199 | $58,03912 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 80th percentile of 159 rheumatology providers in Virginia.
Other rheumatology in Manassas
- Wayne BaileyManassas$18K
- Gineth Pinto-PatarroyoManassas$17K
- Parita VasaManassas$7K
- Peter LipskyCharlottesville$1.3M
- Kristi MizelleNewport News$1.1M
- Phillip KempfArlington$321K
- Sharukh ShroffDanville$216K
- Michael StrachanRichmond$158K
- Karim MasriRichmond$147K
- Michael CannonVirginia Beach$145K
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.