Mustafa Nakawa
Obesity Medicine · Merrillville, INNPI 1558717603
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 95.7% of the total across 60 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 13 manufacturers reported payments, led by Novo Nordisk at 32.2% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $367 and has fallen 65.9% since, to $125 in 2025.
Across 60 payments — averaging $19.21 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Novo Nordisk$372
- Currax Pharmaceuticals LLC$317
- Abiomed$86
- Lilly USA, LLC$77
- AbbVie$75
- Pfizer$56
- plus $169 from 7 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$1,10296%
- Education$504%
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 | 16 | $372 |
| Currax Pharmaceuticals LLC | 22 | $317 |
| Abiomed | 3 | $86 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 5 | $77 |
| AbbVie | 3 | $75 |
| Pfizer | 3 | $56 |
| Abbott | 2 | $48 |
| Inspire Medical Systems, Inc. | 1 | $42 |
| AstraZeneca | 1 | $21 |
| GSK | 1 | $18 |
| Phathom Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Therapeuticsmd, Inc. | 1 | $13 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 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.
- RYBELSUS$108
How this compares
Too few obesity medicine providers in Indianato place this figure against a meaningful peer group, so we don't.
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 | 381 | $695,957 |
| MounjaroTirzepatide | 109 | $171,316 |
| FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol | 115 | $146,242 |
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 38 | $63,001 |
| EliquisApixaban | 24 | $29,415 |
| RybelsusSemaglutide | 14 | $28,500 |
| Breo ElliptaFluticasone/Vilanterol | 18 | $12,589 |
| Topiramate ErTopiramate | 16 | $12,364 |
| Tresiba Flextouch U-100Insulin Degludec | 14 | $8,196 |
| Potassium Chloride | 112 | $5,454 |
| Duloxetine Hcl | 142 | $5,378 |
| Lantus SolostarInsulin Glargine,hum.Rec.Anlog | 35 | $5,346 |
| SymbicortBudesonide/Formoterol Fumarate | 13 | $3,636 |
| Aripiprazole | 11 | $3,333 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 439 | $2,843 |
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, Rybelsus | $372 | $724,457395 claims |
| Lilly USA, LLCMounjaro | $77 | $171,316109 claims |
| AstraZenecaFarxiga, Symbicort | $21 | $149,879128 claims |
| Boehringer IngelheimJardiance | $13 | $63,00138 claims |
| PfizerEliquis | $56 | $29,41524 claims |
| GSKBreo Ellipta | $18 | $12,58918 claims |
| AbbVieSynthroid | $75 | $2,16925 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. There are too few obesity medicine providers in Indianaon file to place this against a meaningful peer group, so we don't.
Other obesity medicine in Merrillville
- Whitney BlakleyIndianapolis$182K
- Michael SimpsonHobart$4K
- Cynthia GlentzerIndianapolis$1K
- Lisa TrittoChesterton$883
- Eileen ThomasonIndianapolis$566
- Srinivasu KesaCarmel$531
- Mary ReillyZionsville$159
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.