Rahat Hussain, MD
Internal Medicine · Houston, TXNPI 1669620761
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 168 payments — averaging $1433.91 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- United Therapeutics Corporation$238K
- Boehringer Ingelheim$974
- Abbott$464
- Merit Medical Systems Inc$187
- Astellas Pharma US Inc$137
- Boston Scientific$130
- plus $602 from 15 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$6,58660%
- Travel & lodging$1,43513%
- Food & beverage$2,88126%
- Education$30%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| United Therapeutics Corporation | 86 | $238,402 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 41 | $974 |
| Abbott | 4 | $464 |
| Merit Medical Systems Inc | 1 | $187 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 5 | $137 |
| Boston Scientific | 5 | $130 |
| GSK | 4 | $92 |
| Paratek Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 4 | $82 |
| Pulmonx Corporation | 1 | $63 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 1 | $50 |
| Bayer | 2 | $41 |
| Grifols USA, LLC | 1 | $39 |
| ADMA Biomanufacturing LLC | 3 | $36 |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 2 | $36 |
| Philips North America LLC | 2 | $33 |
| Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc. | 1 | $30 |
| Shionogi Inc | 1 | $28 |
| AbbVie | 1 | $24 |
| Sandoz | 1 | $17 |
| AstraZeneca | 1 | $16 |
| Pfizer | 1 | $15 |
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.
- TYVASO$7,935
- AERO Stent and Delivery System$187
- AVEIR$167
- HeartMate Touch$117
- OFEV$112
How this compares
$240,896 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 7,675 internal medicine providers in Texas.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| OfevNintedanib Esylate | 96 | $1,286,158 |
| Tyvaso DpiTreprostinil | 11 | $265,141 |
| Orenitram ErTreprostinil Diolamine | 22 | $207,068 |
| CresembaIsavuconazonium Sulfate | 15 | $102,802 |
| Gamunex-CImmune Globul G/Gly/Iga Avg 46 | 19 | $85,840 |
| AmbisomeAmphotericin B Liposome | 21 | $82,425 |
| Atovaquone | 79 | $65,028 |
| OzempicSemaglutide | 47 | $60,952 |
| Trelegy ElliptaFluticasone/Umeclidin/Vilanter | 86 | $60,265 |
| EliquisApixaban | 53 | $40,380 |
| Valganciclovir Hcl | 61 | $32,654 |
| Evenity (2 Syringes)Romosozumab-Aqqg | 12 | $28,122 |
| Pirfenidone | 15 | $21,050 |
| Tacrolimus | 110 | $18,804 |
| Voriconazole | 21 | $18,411 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Boehringer IngelheimOfev, Spiriva Respimat, Stiolto Respimat | $974 | $1,299,986119 claims |
| Astellas Pharma US IncCresemba | $137 | $102,80215 claims |
| Grifols USA, LLCGamunex-C | $39 | $85,84019 claims |
| GSKTrelegy Ellipta, Anoro Ellipta | $92 | $69,805108 claims |
| PfizerEliquis | $15 | $40,38053 claims |
| AstraZenecaSymbicort, Lokelma | $16 | $17,47653 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 7,675 internal medicine providers in Texas.
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- Nicholas ShortHouston$17.6M
- Isabella GlitzaHouston$14.8M
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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.