Muhammad Bashir, MD
Internal Medicine · Athens, GANPI 1114230430
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 93.4% of the total across 112 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 19 manufacturers reported payments, led by Amgen at 28.2% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $433 and has fallen 56.1% since, to $190 in 2025.
Across 112 payments — averaging $17.35 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Amgen$548
- Fresenius USA Marketing, Inc.$306
- Novartis$229
- Akebia Therapeutics Inc$178
- Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc.$109
- Travere Therapeutics, Inc.$102
- plus $471 from 13 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$1,81493%
- Education$1297%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Amgen(2 entities) | 38 | $548 |
| Fresenius USA Marketing, Inc. | 14 | $306 |
| Novartis | 9 | $229 |
| Akebia Therapeutics Inc | 4 | $178 |
| Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc. | 2 | $109 |
| Travere Therapeutics, Inc. | 18 | $102 |
| Vifor Pharma, Inc. | 6 | $93 |
| Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 4 | $79 |
| OPKO Pharmaceuticals, LLC | 4 | $60 |
| AstraZeneca(2 entities) | 3 | $55 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 1 | $39 |
| Shire North American Group Inc | 2 | $33 |
| Bayer | 1 | $18 |
| AMAG Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| GSK | 1 | $17 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 1 | $17 |
| Daiichi Sankyo Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Calliditas Therapeutics US Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Athena Bioscience, LLC | 1 | $13 |
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.
- AURYXIA$115
How this compares
$1,943 in reported general payments places this provider in the 75th percentile of 3,311 internal medicine providers in Georgia.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol | 62 | $49,474 |
| VelphoroSucroferric Oxyhydroxide | 14 | $36,966 |
| LokelmaSodium Zirconium Cyclosilicate | 19 | $13,881 |
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 21 | $13,495 |
| Sevelamer Carbonate | 19 | $4,086 |
| Febuxostat | 15 | $2,367 |
| Amlodipine-ValsartanAmlodipine Besylate/Valsartan | 44 | $2,045 |
| Hydralazine Hcl | 96 | $1,465 |
| Potassium Chloride | 40 | $1,070 |
| Calcium Acetate | 12 | $1,045 |
| Diltiazem 24hr Er (Cd)Diltiazem Hcl | 58 | $994 |
| Nifedipine ErNifedipine | 24 | $786 |
| Torsemide | 32 | $751 |
| Losartan Potassium | 126 | $689 |
| Metoprolol Succinate | 58 | $675 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AstraZenecaFarxiga, Lokelma | $55 | $63,35581 claims |
| Fresenius USA Marketing, Inc.Velphoro | $306 | $36,96614 claims |
| Boehringer IngelheimJardiance | $39 | $13,49521 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 75th percentile of 3,311 internal medicine providers in Georgia.
Other internal medicine in Athens
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- Michael GibsonSmyrna$2.2M
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- Tracey HenryAtlanta$305K
- Sharon TuckettVilla Rica$265K
- Ebon BourneMarietta$242K
- Jennifer WoehlerSavannah$207K
- Julian HutchinsGreensboro$201K
- Brian PearlmanDalton$199K
- Scott ParryAtlanta$162K
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.