Nora Taha, MD
Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation · Elmwood Park, NJNPI 1962632695
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $3,825 of the $5,242 with a category attached, or 73.0%. 24 manufacturers reported payments, led by Abbott at 30.4% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $2,505 and has fallen 93.3% since, to $168 in 2025. Among physical medicine & rehabilitation clinicians in NJ 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.
Across 142 payments — averaging $36.92 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Abbott$2K
- Vertos Medical, Inc.$1K
- Nevro Corp.$530
- Medtronic$497
- Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc.$328
- AbbVie$190
- plus $736 from 18 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$1,41727%
- Food & beverage$3,82573%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Abbott | 46 | $1,595 |
| Vertos Medical, Inc. | 13 | $1,366 |
| Nevro Corp. | 8 | $530 |
| Medtronic | 6 | $497 |
| Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 23 | $328 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 13 | $190 |
| Boston Scientific | 4 | $170 |
| Stratus Medical, LLC | 1 | $74 |
| Arbor Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 5 | $68 |
| SPR Therapeutics, Inc | 2 | $66 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 3 | $63 |
| Pfizer | 3 | $41 |
| Scilex Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 3 | $40 |
| Biodelivery Sciences International, Inc. | 2 | $40 |
| Biotronik NRO, Inc. | 1 | $30 |
| Vertiflex, Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 1 | $22 |
| Azurity Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Almatica Pharma LLC | 1 | $15 |
| Shionogi Inc | 1 | $14 |
| IBSA Pharma Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Curonix LLC | 1 | $14 |
| Assertio Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $13 |
| Orthogenrx Inc. | 1 | $12 |
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
$5,242 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 434 physical medicine & rehabilitation providers in New Jersey.
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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 |
|---|---|---|
| BelbucaBuprenorphine Hcl | 33 | $30,374 |
| MovantikNaloxegol Oxalate | 21 | $13,082 |
| Buprenorphine | 29 | $10,641 |
| Xtampza ErOxycodone Myristate | 16 | $10,521 |
| NucyntaTapentadol Hcl | 14 | $8,228 |
| ButransBuprenorphine | 13 | $4,149 |
| Pregabalin | 208 | $3,987 |
| Morphine Sulfate ErMorphine Sulfate | 44 | $2,244 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 104 | $2,243 |
| Gabapentin | 127 | $1,627 |
| Duloxetine Hcl | 23 | $1,081 |
| Lidocaine | 12 | $854 |
| Hydromorphone Hcl | 18 | $222 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 29 | $180 |
| Methylprednisolone | 17 | $172 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc.Belbuca, Xtampza Er, Nucynta | $328 | $49,12363 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 434 physical medicine & rehabilitation providers in New Jersey.
Other physical medicine & rehabilitation in Elmwood Park
- Steven EscaldiEdison$70K
- Yekyung KongWest Orange$61K
- Joseph IbrahimBayonne$50K
- Steven KirshblumWest Orange$47K
- Joseph ValenzaChester$29K
- Christine GreissEdison$28K
- Bianca MartinezManasquan$25K
- Jason SmithCedar Knolls$19K
- Sandeep RathiLakewood$14K
- Anand PooleriCamden$13K
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.