Rachna Zirath, MD
Internal Medicine · Syracuse, NYNPI 1023006830
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 52 payments — averaging $17.44 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- GSK$163
- Boehringer Ingelheim$111
- Exact Sciences$103
- AbbVie$92
- Novo Nordisk$63
- Amgen$54
- plus $320 from 12 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$89599%
- Education$121%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| GSK | 10 | $163 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 6 | $111 |
| Exact Sciences | 5 | $103 |
| AbbVie | 5 | $92 |
| Novo Nordisk | 4 | $63 |
| Amgen | 3 | $54 |
| Merck | 3 | $47 |
| Scilex Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 2 | $41 |
| Amarin Pharma, Inc. | 2 | $37 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 2 | $32 |
| Pfizer | 2 | $27 |
| Grifols USA, LLC | 1 | $25 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 1 | $21 |
| Corcept Therapeutics | 1 | $21 |
| Novartis | 1 | $21 |
| Phathom Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $19 |
| Inspire Medical Systems, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| AstraZeneca | 1 | $14 |
How this compares
$907 in reported general payments places this provider in the 70th percentile of 9,771 internal medicine providers in New York.
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 | 57 | $84,818 |
| RybelsusSemaglutide | 36 | $44,404 |
| EliquisApixaban | 44 | $40,421 |
| Trelegy ElliptaFluticasone/Umeclidin/Vilanter | 27 | $35,138 |
| TradjentaLinagliptin | 34 | $30,667 |
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 17 | $27,038 |
| GlyxambiEmpagliflozin/Linagliptin | 30 | $24,959 |
| Spiriva HandihalerTiotropium Bromide | 15 | $20,250 |
| JanuviaSitagliptin Phosphate | 12 | $18,618 |
| Budesonide-Formoterol FumarateBudesonide/Formoterol Fumarate | 13 | $5,292 |
| Lantus SolostarInsulin Glargine,hum.Rec.Anlog | 17 | $5,085 |
| Levothyroxine Sodium | 286 | $4,922 |
| Lidocaine | 15 | $4,703 |
| SynthroidLevothyroxine Sodium | 53 | $3,672 |
| Rosuvastatin Calcium | 205 | $2,964 |
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 | $63 | $129,22293 claims |
| Boehringer IngelheimTradjenta, Jardiance, Glyxambi | $111 | $82,66481 claims |
| PfizerEliquis | $27 | $40,42144 claims |
| GSKTrelegy Ellipta | $163 | $35,13827 claims |
| MerckJanuvia | $47 | $18,61812 claims |
| AbbVieSynthroid | $92 | $3,67253 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 70th percentile of 9,771 internal medicine providers in New York.
Other internal medicine in Syracuse
- Helena YuNew York$50.9M
- Neha KordeNew York$21.2M
- Karen AutioNew York$18.5M
- Ingo MellinghoffNew York$16.1M
- Gopakumar IyerNew York$12.4M
- David DoveEast Hampton$12.3M
- Robert CupeloEast Syracuse$10.6M
- Patrick ReaganRochester$9.4M
- Sally LauNew York$8.4M
- Angela BrancheRochester$7.9M
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.