Omar Meer, MD
Internal Medicine · East Providence, RINPI 1699824474
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $12,772 of the $15,392 with a category attached, or 83.0%. 60 manufacturers reported payments, led by Pfizer at 27.3% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2020 at $4,441 and has fallen 56.8% since, to $1,921 in 2025. Among internal medicine clinicians in RI 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 719 payments — averaging $21.41 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Pfizer$4K
- AstraZeneca$2K
- Lilly USA, LLC$781
- Johnson & Johnson$773
- Novo Nordisk$704
- GSK$698
- plus $7K from 54 others
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$2,50016%
- Travel & lodging$1141%
- Food & beverage$12,77283%
- Education$60%
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.
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
$15,392 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 808 internal medicine providers in Rhode Island.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 42 | $30,314 |
| TrulicityDulaglutide | 26 | $29,893 |
| EliquisApixaban | 41 | $23,679 |
| Trelegy ElliptaFluticasone/Umeclidin/Vilanter | 29 | $18,204 |
| FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol | 18 | $15,766 |
| Tresiba Flextouch U-100Insulin Degludec | 13 | $9,158 |
| Toujeo SolostarInsulin Glargine,hum.Rec.Anlog | 11 | $8,720 |
| Breztri AerosphereBudesonide/Glycopyr/Formoterol | 14 | $8,425 |
| LyricaPregabalin | 12 | $6,740 |
| JanuviaSitagliptin Phosphate | 12 | $5,960 |
| Lantus SolostarInsulin Glargine,hum.Rec.Anlog | 31 | $4,818 |
| Omeprazole | 183 | $3,102 |
| Amlodipine Besylate | 261 | $2,198 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 176 | $2,090 |
| Metformin Hcl | 174 | $2,065 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| PfizerEliquis, Lyrica | $4,202 | $30,41953 claims |
| Boehringer IngelheimJardiance | $191 | $30,31442 claims |
| Lilly USA, LLCTrulicity | $781 | $29,89326 claims |
| AstraZenecaFarxiga, Breztri Aerosphere | $1,510 | $24,19132 claims |
| GSKTrelegy Ellipta | $698 | $18,20429 claims |
| MerckJanuvia | $252 | $5,96012 claims |
| AbbVieSynthroid | $234 | $1,60120 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 808 internal medicine providers in Rhode Island.
Other internal medicine in East Providence
- Daniela TuracovaEast Providence$6K
- William BeliveauJohnson$951K
- Katarzyna Gilek-SeibertProvidence$131K
- Randall InghamProvidence$100K
- Frank D'alessandroLincoln$93K
- Gregory AllenCranston$38K
- Richard RuggieriProvidence$30K
- Gerry OvideProvidence$29K
- Todd ViccioneEast Greenwich$22K
- Brian McCauleyProvidence$20K
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.