Sabeen Najam, MD
Rheumatology · Baytown, TXNPI 1124222708
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 98.3% of the total across 864 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. It is spread thinly across 33 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 19.7% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations.
Across 864 payments — averaging $18.44 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Amgen$3K
- GSK$1K
- Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc.$1K
- UCB, Inc.$1K
- AbbVie$1K
- Pfizer$1K
- plus $7K from 27 others
Across 692 payments — averaging $5167.00 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.
- Eli Lilly$1.7M
- GSK$428K
- Amgen$364K
- Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Inc.$307K
- Astrazeneca UK Limited$229K
- Pfizer$83K
- plus $442K from 11 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$15,65498%
- Education$2762%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Amgen(2 entities) | 199 | $3,145 |
| GSK | 73 | $1,389 |
| Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc. | 48 | $1,265 |
| UCB, Inc. | 54 | $1,219 |
| AbbVie | 64 | $1,169 |
| Pfizer | 68 | $1,087 |
| Johnson & Johnson(2 entities) | 58 | $1,038 |
| AstraZeneca(2 entities) | 45 | $998 |
| Novartis | 42 | $790 |
| Aurinia Pharma U.S., Inc. | 27 | $568 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 29 | $551 |
| ANI Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 26 | $466 |
| Radius Health, Inc. | 22 | $399 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 17 | $323 |
| Mallinckrodt Enterprises LLC | 12 | $261 |
| Organon | 33 | $259 |
| Sanofi | 10 | $223 |
| Fresenius Kabi USA, LLC | 8 | $186 |
| Tersera Therapeutics LLC | 5 | $142 |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 5 | $109 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 3 | $67 |
| Merck | 3 | $45 |
| Medexus Pharma, Inc. | 3 | $43 |
| Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals International, PLC | 1 | $38 |
| Sobi, Inc | 1 | $22 |
| Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Bristol Myers Squibb | 1 | $21 |
| Almatica Pharma LLC | 1 | $16 |
| Antares Pharma, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Zyla Life Sciences, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Assertio Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $14 |
| Hikma Pharmaceuticals USA | 1 | $13 |
How this compares
$15,930 in reported general payments places this provider in the 75th percentile of 512 rheumatology 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Enbrel SureclickEtanercept | 100 | $781,610 |
| Humira(Cf) PenAdalimumab | 82 | $618,039 |
| KrystexxaPegloticase | 11 | $598,054 |
| Xeljanz XrTofacitinib Citrate | 92 | $546,931 |
| Enbrel MiniEtanercept | 60 | $455,587 |
| Simponi AriaGolimumab | 49 | $390,951 |
| BenlystaBelimumab | 100 | $377,444 |
| Cimzia (2 Pack)Certolizumab Pegol | 31 | $200,539 |
| SimponiGolimumab | 31 | $198,971 |
| Orencia ClickjectAbatacept | 24 | $158,924 |
| RemicadeInfliximab | 24 | $149,368 |
| Cosentyx Sensoready PenSecukinumab | 20 | $144,635 |
| SaphneloAnifrolumab-Fnia | 28 | $142,400 |
| ActemraTocilizumab | 45 | $111,468 |
| OrenciaAbatacept/Maltose | 22 | $94,108 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Johnson & JohnsonSimponi Aria, Simponi, Remicade | $1,038 | $739,290104 claims |
| AmgenKrystexxa, Prolia | $3,145 | $640,06036 claims |
| GSKBenlysta | $1,389 | $377,444100 claims |
| UCB, Inc.Cimzia (2 Pack) | $1,219 | $200,53931 claims |
| AstraZenecaSaphnelo | $998 | $142,40028 claims |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C.Orencia | $323 | $94,10822 claims |
| AbbVieRinvoq | $1,169 | $89,67012 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 75th percentile of 512 rheumatology providers in Texas.
Other rheumatology in Baytown
- John CushDallas$3.7M
- Sanjay ChabraEl Paso$3.3M
- Dhiman BasuColleyville$1.8M
- Frank WellborneNew Braunfels$1.4M
- Christopher ParkerWest Lake Hills$1.4M
- Pendleton WickershamSan Antonio$954K
- Henry TownsendPlano$738K
- Zoran KurepaDallas$483K
- Giovanni GeslaniDallas$415K
- Dianne PetroneDallas$401K
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.