Romy Abou Mrad, MD
Rheumatology · Harrisonburg, VANPI 1851655518
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by speaking fees: $11,363 of the $17,995 with a category attached, or 63.1%. Amgen accounts for 76.3% of it on its own, with 18 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $11,366 and has fallen 98.7% since, to $145 in 2025.
Across 326 payments — averaging $55.20 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Amgen$14K
- AbbVie$995
- Pfizer$817
- Novartis$476
- Johnson & Johnson$433
- UCB, Inc.$379
- plus $1K from 13 others
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$11,36363%
- Travel & lodging$8855%
- Food & beverage$5,73332%
- Education$140%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Amgen(2 entities) | 81 | $13,730 |
| AbbVie | 38 | $995 |
| Pfizer | 78 | $817 |
| Novartis | 25 | $476 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 21 | $433 |
| UCB, Inc. | 26 | $379 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 18 | $340 |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 10 | $159 |
| GSK | 8 | $156 |
| AstraZeneca | 2 | $147 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 7 | $119 |
| ANI Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 3 | $73 |
| Janssen Scientific Affairs, LLC | 2 | $49 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 2 | $32 |
| Sandoz | 1 | $19 |
| Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals, Ltd. | 1 | $18 |
| Mallinckrodt Enterprises LLC | 1 | $18 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 1 | $18 |
| Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals International, PLC | 1 | $16 |
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
$17,995 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 159 rheumatology providers in Virginia.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Humira(Cf) PenAdalimumab | 53 | $434,770 |
| RinvoqUpadacitinib | 37 | $246,482 |
| Humira(Cf)Adalimumab | 22 | $176,969 |
| Leflunomide | 57 | $4,416 |
| MethotrexateMethotrexate Sodium | 151 | $2,978 |
| Hydroxychloroquine Sulfate | 173 | $2,126 |
| Febuxostat | 11 | $1,354 |
| Prednisone | 221 | $1,050 |
| Celecoxib | 26 | $959 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 23 | $283 |
| Allopurinol | 49 | $283 |
| Methylprednisolone | 39 | $255 |
| Alendronate Sodium | 21 | $222 |
| Duloxetine Hcl | 25 | $177 |
| Gabapentin | 17 | $161 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AbbVieRinvoq, Humira(Cf) | $995 | $423,45059 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 85th percentile of 159 rheumatology providers in Virginia.
Other rheumatology in Harrisonburg
- Tracey RobinsonHarrisonburg$13K
- Peter LipskyCharlottesville$1.3M
- Kristi MizelleNewport News$1.1M
- Phillip KempfArlington$321K
- Sharukh ShroffDanville$216K
- Michael StrachanRichmond$158K
- Karim MasriRichmond$147K
- Michael CannonVirginia Beach$145K
- Phong NguyenReston$127K
- Chase CorreiaHampton$70K
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.