Praveen Bolarum, MD
Family Medicine · Frederick, MDNPI 1073575015
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 171 payments — averaging $17.89 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AstraZeneca$357
- Pfizer$324
- Novo Nordisk$288
- Johnson & Johnson$231
- Boehringer Ingelheim$185
- GSK$174
- plus $2K from 28 others
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$211%
- Food & beverage$2,97597%
- Education$652%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AstraZeneca | 20 | $357 |
| Pfizer | 21 | $324 |
| Novo Nordisk | 16 | $288 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 14 | $231 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 9 | $185 |
| GSK | 9 | $174 |
| Mannkind Corporation | 7 | $149 |
| Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. | 7 | $149 |
| Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 9 | $126 |
| AbbVie | 7 | $116 |
| Amgen(2 entities) | 5 | $107 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 5 | $94 |
| Novartis | 5 | $93 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 5 | $80 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 3 | $53 |
| Nevro Corp. | 2 | $50 |
| Xeris Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 3 | $50 |
| Amarin Pharma, Inc. | 3 | $46 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 3 | $45 |
| Abbott | 2 | $42 |
| Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc. | 2 | $40 |
| Vanda Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $28 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 2 | $23 |
| Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $23 |
| IBSA Pharma Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Arbor Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Alkermes, Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Acorda Therapeutics, Inc | 1 | $21 |
| Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Seqirus USA Inc | 1 | $20 |
| BD | 1 | $18 |
| Inspire Medical Systems, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 1 | $15 |
| Hologic Sales And Service, LLC | 1 | $14 |
How this compares
$3,060 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 1,193 family medicine providers in Maryland.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AustedoDeutetrabenazine | 27 | $118,988 |
| OzempicSemaglutide | 14 | $13,215 |
| MyrbetriqMirabegron | 28 | $6,447 |
| SymbicortBudesonide/Formoterol Fumarate | 16 | $3,518 |
| Mesalamine ErMesalamine | 12 | $3,361 |
| CombiganBrimonidine Tartrate/Timolol | 15 | $3,288 |
| Rasagiline Mesylate | 15 | $2,008 |
| Potassium Chloride | 41 | $1,607 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 92 | $1,232 |
| Doxazosin Mesylate | 27 | $866 |
| Carbidopa-LevodopaCarbidopa/Levodopa | 13 | $775 |
| Gabapentin | 59 | $739 |
| Metoprolol Succinate | 36 | $692 |
| Mirtazapine | 14 | $668 |
| Metoprolol Tartrate | 72 | $605 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc.Austedo | $149 | $118,98827 claims |
| Novo NordiskOzempic | $288 | $13,21514 claims |
| Astellas Pharma US IncMyrbetriq | $80 | $6,44728 claims |
| AstraZenecaSymbicort | $357 | $3,51816 claims |
| AbbVieCombigan | $116 | $3,28815 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 80th percentile of 1,193 family medicine providers in Maryland.
Other family medicine in Frederick
- Amreen AzizFrederick$14K
- Stephen OngOxon Hill$5.9M
- Stephan BartWoodstock$1.7M
- Karen DonaldsonBaltimore$899K
- Rajiv DuaColumbia$765K
- Greg TampusLutherville Timonium$735K
- Louis JacquesBaltimore$522K
- Stephanie MellerOxon Hill$518K
- Sharon ChungGlen Burnie$333K
- Michael ObiefuneBaltimore$291K
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.