Reda Bestawrous, MD
Family Medicine · Watauga, TXNPI 1811995723
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 86 payments — averaging $21.55 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Novo Nordisk$294
- AstraZeneca$220
- AbbVie$179
- Abbott$150
- Dexcom, Inc.$139
- GSK$120
- plus $751 from 24 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$1,853100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Novo Nordisk | 12 | $294 |
| AstraZeneca | 13 | $220 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 7 | $179 |
| Abbott | 7 | $150 |
| Dexcom, Inc. | 2 | $139 |
| GSK | 5 | $120 |
| Amgen | 6 | $98 |
| Shield Therapeutics Inc | 1 | $79 |
| Merck | 4 | $60 |
| Exact Sciences | 3 | $55 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 2 | $46 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 2 | $36 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 2 | $31 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 2 | $31 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 2 | $30 |
| Corcept Therapeutics | 1 | $27 |
| Amarin Pharma, Inc. | 2 | $26 |
| Inspire Medical Systems, Inc. | 1 | $25 |
| Phadia US Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Xeris Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Novartis | 1 | $19 |
| Bayer | 1 | $18 |
| Phathom Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Azurity Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Pfizer | 1 | $17 |
| Seqirus USA Inc | 1 | $16 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Globus Medical | 1 | $15 |
| Lucid Diagnostics Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Antares Pharma, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
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.
- DEXCOM G7 GSS (161)$122
- DEXCOM STELO GLUCOSE BIOSENSOR$122
- Ozempic$117
- UBRELVY$103
How this compares
$1,853 in reported general payments places this provider in the 70th percentile of 8,760 family 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 |
|---|---|---|
| OzempicSemaglutide | 59 | $68,850 |
| JanuviaSitagliptin Phosphate | 62 | $62,726 |
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 49 | $57,145 |
| Trelegy ElliptaFluticasone/Umeclidin/Vilanter | 27 | $38,176 |
| FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol | 25 | $27,835 |
| JanumetSitagliptin Phos/Metformin Hcl | 17 | $25,134 |
| EliquisApixaban | 19 | $21,317 |
| TrulicityDulaglutide | 11 | $16,789 |
| Synjardy XrEmpagliflozin/Metformin Hcl | 11 | $12,882 |
| SymbicortBudesonide/Formoterol Fumarate | 35 | $12,564 |
| LinzessLinaclotide | 14 | $7,592 |
| Toujeo SolostarInsulin Glargine,hum.Rec.Anlog | 11 | $6,862 |
| Lantus SolostarInsulin Glargine,hum.Rec.Anlog | 23 | $5,807 |
| Fluticasone-SalmeterolFluticasone Propion/Salmeterol | 21 | $3,009 |
| Levothyroxine Sodium | 370 | $2,929 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| MerckJanuvia, Janumet | $60 | $87,86079 claims |
| Boehringer IngelheimJardiance, Synjardy Xr | $36 | $70,02760 claims |
| Novo NordiskOzempic | $294 | $68,85059 claims |
| AstraZenecaFarxiga, Symbicort | $220 | $40,40060 claims |
| GSKTrelegy Ellipta | $120 | $38,17627 claims |
| PfizerEliquis | $17 | $21,31719 claims |
| Lilly USA, LLCTrulicity | $31 | $16,78911 claims |
| AbbVieLinzess | $179 | $7,59214 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 8,760 family medicine providers in Texas.
Other family medicine in Watauga
- Douglas DenhamSan Antonio$68.5M
- Vicki MillerPasadena$58.3M
- Hareshkumar BogharaDesoto$30.3M
- Earl MartinTomball$30.1M
- Lisa HollowayHouston$30.1M
- William SegerFort Worth$27.5M
- Veronica FragosoHouston$24.5M
- Joel SolisMcAllen$21.1M
- George AtieeSan Antonio$19.9M
- Bonnie ColvilleHouston$19.6M
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.