RxDoctor Payments Data

Mustafa Rahim, MD

Internal Medicine · Beckley, WVNPI 1831289891

Payments from drug & device makers

What this record shows

Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 96.4% of the total across 264 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 48 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 9.4% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. Among internal medicine clinicians in WV with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 10% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.

$4,882in general payments, 2019–2025

Across 264 payments — averaging $18.49 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.

  • AstraZeneca$459
  • Novartis$368
  • AbbVie$353
  • Novo Nordisk$270
  • Abbott$263
  • Avanir Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$207
  • plus $3K from 42 others

What the payments were for

  • Speaking & faculty fees$200%
  • Food & beverage$4,70796%
  • Education$1543%

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.

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

$4,882 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 573 internal medicine providers in West Virginia.

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Medicare billing

Part B allowed, 2024
$571,925
Medicare patients
721
Services billed
6,900

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

DrugClaimsCost to plans & patients
EliquisApixaban1,038$506,956
OzempicSemaglutide409$435,092
Trelegy ElliptaFluticasone/Umeclidin/Vilanter454$335,398
TradjentaLinagliptin444$233,759
JardianceEmpagliflozin280$197,224
EntrestoSacubitril/Valsartan313$161,822
LinzessLinaclotide239$137,735
NuplazidPimavanserin Tartrate55$129,269
OtezlaApremilast38$120,507
JanuviaSitagliptin Phosphate221$115,351
AustedoDeutetrabenazine37$112,176
XareltoRivaroxaban211$101,026
Tresiba Flextouch U-100Insulin Degludec144$88,768
TrulicityDulaglutide140$88,585
MyrbetriqMirabegron168$75,621

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
PfizerEliquis$77$506,9561,038 claims
Boehringer IngelheimTradjenta, Jardiance, Combivent Respimat$143$451,291763 claims
Novo NordiskOzempic$270$435,092409 claims
GSKTrelegy Ellipta, Arexvy, Breo Ellipta$124$382,727583 claims
Johnson & JohnsonXarelto, Invega Sustenna, Risperdal Consta$161$176,704241 claims
AstraZenecaBreztri Aerosphere, Farxiga, Brilinta$459$165,612293 claims
NovartisEntresto$368$161,822313 claims
AbbVieLinzess$353$137,735239 claims
Acadia Pharmaceuticals IncNuplazid$26$129,26955 claims
AmgenOtezla$97$120,50738 claims
MerckJanuvia$74$115,351221 claims
Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc.Austedo$160$112,17637 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 90th percentile of 573 internal medicine providers in West Virginia.

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