RxDoctor Payments Data

Mushtaq Khan

Hospitalist · Los Angeles, CANPI 1407920333

Payments from drug & device makers

What this record shows

Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 147 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 24 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 16.0% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. 2025 is the largest year on record at $908, 2.5 times the $363 reported in 2019. Among hospitalist clinicians in CA 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.

$2,738in general payments, 2019–2025

Across 147 payments — averaging $18.62 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.

  • Amgen$439
  • Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc.$407
  • GSK$265
  • Bayer$245
  • Gilead$145
  • Vanda Pharmaceuticals Inc.$132
  • plus $1K from 18 others
$10,991in research payments, 2019–2025

Across 3 payments — averaging $3663.81 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$11K

What the payments were for

  • Food & beverage$2,738100%

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.

How this compares

$2,738 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 2,469 hospitalist providers in California.

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Most prescribed under Part D

DrugClaimsCost to plans & patients
JanuviaSitagliptin Phosphate158$95,084
Zileuton ErZileuton22$81,315
Diclofenac Sodium37$41,659
KerendiaFinerenone55$35,673
JardianceEmpagliflozin55$34,623
FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol47$27,088
RybelsusSemaglutide25$24,191
EliquisApixaban31$20,824
Trelegy ElliptaFluticasone/Umeclidin/Vilanter28$17,767
Breztri AerosphereBudesonide/Glycopyr/Formoterol27$17,298
Albuterol Sulfate HfaAlbuterol Sulfate222$9,533
TradjentaLinagliptin15$8,688
LinzessLinaclotide15$7,562
VascepaIcosapent Ethyl19$6,391
Repatha SureclickEvolocumab11$5,852

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
AstraZenecaFarxiga, Breztri Aerosphere$111$44,38674 claims
Boehringer IngelheimJardiance, Tradjenta$44$43,31170 claims
BayerKerendia$245$35,67355 claims
Novo NordiskRybelsus$122$24,19125 claims
PfizerEliquis$27$20,82431 claims
GSKTrelegy Ellipta$265$17,76728 claims
AbbVieLinzess$56$7,56215 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 2,469 hospitalist providers in California.

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