Rita Abbud, MD
Infectious Disease · Lorain, OHNPI 1740256734
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 153 payments — averaging $16.68 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Gilead$734
- Merck$395
- Viiv Healthcare Company$332
- Johnson & Johnson$309
- Janssen Products, LP$189
- Melinta Therapeutics, LLC$126
- plus $468 from 9 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$2,22487%
- Education$32913%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Gilead | 75 | $734 |
| Merck | 22 | $395 |
| Viiv Healthcare Company | 17 | $332 |
| Johnson & Johnson(2 entities) | 12 | $309 |
| Janssen Products, LP | 2 | $189 |
| Melinta Therapeutics, LLC | 5 | $126 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 2 | $112 |
| Insmed, Inc. | 5 | $87 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 4 | $82 |
| Shionogi Inc | 4 | $80 |
| Ferring Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $34 |
| Aimmune Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $27 |
| Nabriva Therapeutics, PLC | 1 | $20 |
| Tetraphase Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $13 |
| Sanofi Pasteur Inc. | 1 | $12 |
How this compares
$2,552 in reported general payments places this provider in the 70th percentile of 308 infectious disease providers in Ohio.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| TriumeqAbacavir/Dolutegravir/Lamivudi | 61 | $214,964 |
| GenvoyaElviteg/Cob/Emtri/Tenof Alafen | 42 | $158,656 |
| JulucaDolutegravir/Rilpivirine | 37 | $137,080 |
| BiktarvyBictegrav/Emtricit/Tenofov Ala | 32 | $133,423 |
| SymtuzaDarunavir/Cob/Emtri/Tenof Alaf | 28 | $124,063 |
| OdefseyEmtricitab/Rilpiviri/Tenof Ala | 27 | $95,201 |
| DescovyEmtricitabine/Tenofov Alafenam | 18 | $38,504 |
| IsentressRaltegravir Potassium | 16 | $30,191 |
| Darunavir | 24 | $27,831 |
| EdurantRilpivirine Hcl | 12 | $17,237 |
| ErtapenemErtapenem Sodium | 19 | $13,687 |
| Meropenem | 16 | $8,974 |
| Cefepime Hcl | 35 | $8,750 |
| Voriconazole | 11 | $5,105 |
| Piperacillin-TazobactamPiperacillin Sodium/Tazobactam | 22 | $4,588 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Viiv Healthcare CompanyTriumeq, Juluca | $332 | $352,04498 claims |
| GileadGenvoya, Biktarvy, Descovy | $734 | $330,58392 claims |
| Janssen Products, LPSymtuza | $189 | $124,06328 claims |
| MerckIsentress | $395 | $30,19116 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 308 infectious disease providers in Ohio.
Other infectious disease in Lorain
- Robert SalataCleveland$2.8M
- Carl FichtenbaumCincinnati$1.6M
- Curtis DonskeyCleveland$1.6M
- Moises Huaman JooCincinnati$1.2M
- Robin JumpCleveland$1.2M
- Grace McComseyCleveland$1M
- Robert BonomoCleveland$1M
- Ian BairdColumbus$810K
- Thomas HerchlineDayton$789K
- John CafardiCincinnati$719K
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.