Sakeba Issa
Rheumatology · Joliet, ILNPI 1164475505
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 177 payments — averaging $20.69 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Amgen$866
- UCB Biosciences Inc.$500
- AbbVie$398
- Pfizer$348
- Novartis$285
- Johnson & Johnson$214
- plus $1K from 16 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$3,08798%
- Education$752%
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) | 50 | $866 |
| UCB Biosciences Inc. | 1 | $500 |
| AbbVie | 20 | $398 |
| Pfizer | 19 | $348 |
| Novartis | 9 | $285 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 17 | $214 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 12 | $192 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 7 | $142 |
| Bristol Myers Squibb | 13 | $140 |
| Sanofi | 6 | $109 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 1 | $75 |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 4 | $63 |
| Mallinckrodt Enterprises LLC | 3 | $62 |
| Antares Pharma, Inc. | 3 | $47 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 2 | $45 |
| UCB, Inc. | 2 | $39 |
| Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc. | 1 | $29 |
| Hikma Pharmaceuticals USA | 2 | $28 |
| Sebela Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 2 | $28 |
| Sobi, Inc | 1 | $20 |
| Merck | 1 | $19 |
| Radius Health, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
How this compares
$3,662 in reported general payments places this provider in the 65th percentile of 287 rheumatology providers in Illinois.
Other rheumatology in Joliet
- Manish JainChicago$36.5M
- Angela CrowleyWillowbrook$7.5M
- Robert HozmanSkokie$3.2M
- Robert TrappSpringfield$1.8M
- Lori SiegelBannockburn$1.5M
- Kamran ChaudharySchaumburg$1.4M
- Ira FentonLibertyville$678K
- Alfonso BelloGlenview$642K
- Theodore PincusChicago$524K
- Saad TariqRockford$510K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.