Rima Couzi, MD
Medical Oncology · Towson, MDNPI 1356401608
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 98.0% of the total across 15 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 8 manufacturers reported payments, led by Genentech USA, Inc. at 41.5% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $244 and has fallen 94.3% since, to $14 in 2025. That places this record below the midpoint for medical oncology clinicians in MD, where the typical reported total is $4,199.
Across 15 payments — averaging $39.48 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Genentech USA, Inc.$246
- Gilead$152
- Amgen$103
- Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc.$24
- Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.$20
- Array Biopharma Inc$17
- plus $29 from 2 others
Across 5 payments — averaging $16,741 each. Payments tied to a research study. These frequently flow through the physician to a hospital or research institution rather than to the physician personally.
- Roche Products Limited$80K
- Merck$4K
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$58098%
- Education$122%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 2 | $246 |
| Gilead | 3 | $152 |
| Amgen | 5 | $103 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 1 | $24 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Array Biopharma Inc | 1 | $17 |
| AstraZeneca | 1 | $15 |
| Tactile Systems Technology 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.
How this compares
$592 in reported general payments places this provider in the 35th percentile of 180 medical oncology 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 |
|---|---|---|
| OrserduElacestrant Hcl | 19 | $424,654 |
| Exemestane | 38 | $5,344 |
| Anastrozole | 222 | $4,501 |
| Letrozole | 147 | $4,276 |
| Tamoxifen Citrate | 31 | $766 |
| Ondansetron Hcl | 18 | $196 |
| Citalopram HbrCitalopram Hydrobromide | 13 | $167 |
| Alendronate Sodium | 11 | $88 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other medical oncology in Towson
- Mario EisenbergerBaltimore$2.9M
- Adrian SenderowiczBethesda$1.6M
- Mohit NarangOwing Mills$1.3M
- David SidranskyBaltimore$520K
- Carole MillerBaltimore$331K
- Mark LevisBaltimore$323K
- Tanguy Lim-SeiwertBaltimore$301K
- Shruti ChaturvediBaltimore$265K
- Sandy KotiahBaltimore$247K
- Bruce SmithBaltimore$235K
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.