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Ramy Sayed

Internal Medicine · Smyrna, TNNPI 1518398437

Payments from drug & device makers

$15,352in general payments, 2019–2025

Across 923 payments — averaging $16.63 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.

  • Novo Nordisk$2K
  • AstraZeneca$1K
  • AbbVie$1K
  • Lilly USA, LLC$815
  • Amgen$733
  • Novartis$685
  • plus $9K from 54 others

What the payments were for

  • Food & beverage$15,287100%
  • Education$650%

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

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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.

CompanyPaymentsTotal
Novo Nordisk124$1,851
AstraZeneca58$1,193
AbbVie(2 entities)86$1,178
Lilly USA, LLC62$815
Amgen50$733
Novartis40$685
Pfizer46$621
Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc.28$598
Esperion Therapeutics, Inc.36$591
Cequr Corporation3$518
Bayer26$498
Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.38$492
Boehringer Ingelheim27$489
GSK31$465
Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC20$337
Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc.20$313
Lundbeck LLC18$302
Axsome Therapeutics, Inc.14$290
Currax Pharmaceuticals LLC27$274
Johnson & Johnson19$274
Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC18$261
Optinose US, Inc.10$234
Exact Sciences12$229
Merck9$213
Abbott11$194
Dexcom, Inc.8$156
Antares Pharma, Inc.5$122
ITI, Inc. (d/b/a Intra-cellular Therapies, Inc.)5$112
Corcept Therapeutics5$103
Ironwood Pharmaceuticals, Inc5$86
Astellas Pharma US Inc3$68
Intra-sana Laboratories4$64
Phathom Pharmaceuticals, Inc.4$63
Medtronic3$61
Amarin Pharma, Inc.3$60
Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc.4$56
Upsher-smith Laboratories LLC3$47
Nestle Healthcare Nutrition Inc.2$46
E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C.3$43
Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc.2$39
Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company Ltd.2$39
Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc.2$37
Azurity Pharmaceuticals, Inc.2$36
Alkermes, Inc.1$34
Endogastric Solutions, Inc2$34
Arbor Pharmaceuticals, Inc.2$31
Vertex1$31
Xeris Pharmaceuticals, Inc.2$30
Verona Pharma, Inc.1$24
Phadia US Inc.1$24
Mylan Specialty L.p.1$23
Boston Scientific1$21
Biohaven Pharmaceuticals, Inc.1$20
Ardelyx, Inc.1$20
Evoke Pharma, Inc.1$20
Corium, LLC1$19
Philips North America LLC1$18
Hikma Pharmaceuticals USA1$17
Insulet Corporation1$17
Jazz Pharmaceuticals Inc.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.

How this compares

$15,352 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 2,216 internal medicine providers in Tennessee.

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Medicare billing

Part B allowed, 2024
$194,983
Medicare patients
334
Services billed
3,286

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

DrugClaimsCost to plans & patients
OzempicSemaglutide191$272,696
EliquisApixaban242$253,772
FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol157$185,558
XareltoRivaroxaban153$170,508
MounjaroTirzepatide92$158,144
Trelegy ElliptaFluticasone/Umeclidin/Vilanter143$144,620
JardianceEmpagliflozin95$107,860
Repatha SureclickEvolocumab99$99,075
LinzessLinaclotide88$73,327
Synjardy XrEmpagliflozin/Metformin Hcl57$72,171
MyrbetriqMirabegron87$69,262
Breztri AerosphereBudesonide/Glycopyr/Formoterol64$62,605
JanuviaSitagliptin Phosphate56$60,852
ProliaDenosumab35$59,967
TrulicityDulaglutide27$57,752

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.

CompanyPaid to this providerPart D cost of their drugs
Novo NordiskOzempic, Rybelsus$1,851$292,847202 claims
PfizerEliquis, Premarin$621$261,991256 claims
AstraZenecaFarxiga, Breztri Aerosphere$1,193$248,163221 claims
Lilly USA, LLCMounjaro, Trulicity$815$215,896119 claims
GSKTrelegy Ellipta, Breo Ellipta, Anoro Ellipta$465$184,568212 claims
Boehringer IngelheimJardiance, Synjardy Xr$489$180,032152 claims
Johnson & JohnsonXarelto$274$170,508153 claims
AbbVieLinzess$1,178$73,32788 claims
MerckJanuvia, Verquvo$213$69,66267 claims
Astellas Pharma US IncMyrbetriq$68$69,26287 claims
AmgenProlia$733$59,96735 claims
Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc.Rexulti$598$55,02230 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 2,216 internal medicine providers in Tennessee.

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