Saira Bilal, MD
Rheumatology · Washington, DCNPI 1770899627
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 715 payments — averaging $87.11 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Amgen$48K
- Aurinia Pharma U.S., Inc.$3K
- Johnson & Johnson$3K
- UCB, Inc.$2K
- AbbVie$2K
- Novartis$916
- plus $4K from 23 others
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$45,70873%
- Travel & lodging$1,1652%
- Food & beverage$15,08224%
- Education$3301%
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) | 178 | $48,331 |
| Aurinia Pharma U.S., Inc. | 13 | $2,919 |
| Johnson & Johnson(2 entities) | 118 | $2,582 |
| UCB, Inc. | 79 | $1,533 |
| AbbVie | 79 | $1,518 |
| Novartis | 36 | $916 |
| GSK | 41 | $861 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 23 | $547 |
| ANI Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 36 | $515 |
| AstraZeneca(2 entities) | 19 | $457 |
| Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc. | 11 | $356 |
| Fresenius Kabi USA, LLC | 19 | $342 |
| Pfizer | 12 | $283 |
| Sanofi | 7 | $170 |
| Tersera Therapeutics LLC | 8 | $160 |
| Sandoz | 7 | $155 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 5 | $123 |
| Radius Health, Inc. | 5 | $100 |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 5 | $99 |
| Organon | 4 | $73 |
| Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical Inc. | 2 | $48 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $34 |
| Cumberland Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $29 |
| Bioventus LLC | 1 | $28 |
| Mylan Institutional Inc. | 1 | $27 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 1 | $24 |
| Tonix Medicines, Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Celltrion USA Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Bristol Myers Squibb | 1 | $15 |
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
$62,285 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 41 rheumatology providers in District of Columbia.
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 | 63 | $658,451 |
| Enbrel SureclickEtanercept | 62 | $516,140 |
| EnbrelEtanercept | 41 | $423,963 |
| RinvoqUpadacitinib | 27 | $217,008 |
| Orencia ClickjectAbatacept | 15 | $128,711 |
| MethotrexateMethotrexate Sodium | 371 | $12,482 |
| Hydroxychloroquine Sulfate | 163 | $8,007 |
| Leflunomide | 65 | $5,169 |
| Febuxostat | 23 | $3,472 |
| Duloxetine Hcl | 90 | $2,796 |
| Prednisone | 245 | $1,648 |
| Colchicine | 15 | $1,313 |
| Folic Acid | 103 | $1,237 |
| Pregabalin | 22 | $728 |
| Allopurinol | 61 | $672 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AmgenEnbrel | $48,331 | $423,96341 claims |
| AbbVieRinvoq | $1,518 | $217,00827 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 80th percentile of 41 rheumatology providers in District of Columbia.
Other rheumatology in Washington
- Stephen MitchellWashington$1.6M
- Virginia SteenWashington$785K
- Andrea Leonard-SegalWashington$633K
- Gail KerrWashington$573K
- Rodolfo CurielWashington$378K
- Sharon DowellWashington$257K
- Mercedes QuinonesWashington$100K
- Christopher CollinsWashington$69K
- Megan LockwoodWashington$23K
- Victoria ShanmugamWashington$18K
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.