Safwan Khader, MD
Internal Medicine · Akron, OHNPI 1144501594
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $2,882 of the $4,396 with a category attached, or 65.6%. 16 manufacturers reported payments, led by Abbott at 57.5% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $2,897, more than ten times the $73 reported in 2019. Among internal medicine clinicians in OH with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 10% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 50 payments — averaging $87.92 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Abbott$3K
- E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C.$320
- Abiomed$251
- ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp)$181
- Shockwave Medical, Inc$172
- Stryker$162
- plus $783 from 10 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$1,13926%
- Food & beverage$2,88266%
- Education$3749%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Abbott | 19 | $2,527 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 4 | $320 |
| Abiomed | 3 | $251 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 2 | $181 |
| Shockwave Medical, Inc | 1 | $172 |
| Stryker | 5 | $162 |
| Cardiva Medical, Inc. | 2 | $152 |
| Penumbra, Inc. | 1 | $143 |
| Boston Scientific | 2 | $129 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 1 | $113 |
| Inari Medical, Inc. | 1 | $73 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 3 | $64 |
| Novartis | 3 | $61 |
| Merck | 1 | $19 |
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| EKOS Corporation | 1 | $12 |
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
$4,396 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 4,428 internal medicine 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 |
|---|---|---|
| FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol | 17 | $14,911 |
| Metoprolol Succinate | 29 | $229 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 25 | $184 |
| Lisinopril | 13 | $155 |
| Amlodipine Besylate | 11 | $143 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other internal medicine in Akron
- Hassan MalikAkron$1.7M
- Amy HiteAkron$253K
- Mark ArredondoAkron$215K
- Cyrus HarrisCleveland$726K
- Nina DeepWesterville$614K
- Necklall KhooblallAustintown$448K
- Daniel WeissMentor$406K
- Richard KimDayton$326K
- Marina MagreyCleveland$312K
- Lisa LarkinCincinnati$276K
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.