Sohair Rostom, MD
Internal Medicine · Cortland, OHNPI 1306876693
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 185 payments — averaging $18.48 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Amarin Pharma, Inc.$736
- AbbVie$557
- AstraZeneca$537
- Amgen$267
- Merck$175
- Abbott$164
- plus $983 from 18 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$3,419100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Amarin Pharma, Inc. | 44 | $736 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 37 | $557 |
| AstraZeneca(2 entities) | 13 | $537 |
| Amgen | 11 | $267 |
| Merck | 13 | $175 |
| Abbott | 7 | $164 |
| Novartis | 16 | $161 |
| Bayer | 2 | $121 |
| GSK | 9 | $120 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 1 | $103 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 5 | $68 |
| Novo Nordisk | 4 | $58 |
| Pfizer | 4 | $57 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 4 | $52 |
| Daiichi Sankyo Inc. | 2 | $42 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 3 | $40 |
| Nestle Healthcare Nutrition Inc. | 2 | $32 |
| Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 2 | $26 |
| Sanofi Pasteur Inc. | 1 | $24 |
| Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 1 | $16 |
| Avanir Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 1 | $15 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 1 | $14 |
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
$3,419 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th 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 |
|---|---|---|
| EliquisApixaban | 494 | $243,639 |
| OzempicSemaglutide | 97 | $154,446 |
| TrulicityDulaglutide | 69 | $86,719 |
| JanuviaSitagliptin Phosphate | 106 | $58,633 |
| CreonLipase/Protease/Amylase | 32 | $53,959 |
| Toujeo Max SolostarInsulin Glargine,hum.Rec.Anlog | 27 | $41,487 |
| Toujeo SolostarInsulin Glargine,hum.Rec.Anlog | 27 | $39,806 |
| XifaxanRifaximin | 20 | $38,791 |
| Tresiba Flextouch U-200Insulin Degludec | 19 | $37,944 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 41 | $33,823 |
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 43 | $29,759 |
| Lantus SolostarInsulin Glargine,hum.Rec.Anlog | 225 | $24,886 |
| Repatha SureclickEvolocumab | 18 | $21,716 |
| Tetrabenazine | 28 | $21,397 |
| EntrestoSacubitril/Valsartan | 35 | $18,688 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| PfizerEliquis | $57 | $243,639494 claims |
| Novo NordiskOzempic | $58 | $154,44697 claims |
| Lilly USA, LLCTrulicity | $52 | $86,71969 claims |
| MerckJanuvia, Janumet | $175 | $73,511118 claims |
| Boehringer IngelheimJardiance, Spiriva Respimat, Tradjenta | $103 | $54,018105 claims |
| AbbVieCreon | $557 | $53,95932 claims |
| AstraZenecaFarxiga, Symbicort, Breztri Aerosphere | $537 | $38,84696 claims |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLCXifaxan | $14 | $38,79120 claims |
| Johnson & JohnsonXarelto | $68 | $33,82341 claims |
| GSKTrelegy Ellipta, Breo Ellipta | $120 | $25,72937 claims |
| NovartisEntresto | $161 | $18,68835 claims |
| Astellas Pharma US IncMyrbetriq | $15 | $5,20122 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 4,428 internal medicine providers in Ohio.
Other internal medicine in Cortland
- Antoinette PragalosCincinnati$27.8M
- Steven FolkerthBeavercreek$9.1M
- Charles EgerCincinnati$8.7M
- Vadim KoshkinCleveland$6.1M
- Nizar DaboulMaumee$4.7M
- Douglas LoganCincinnati$4.7M
- Seref BornovaliLoveland$4.4M
- Yevgeniy BukhmanCanton$3.7M
- Leela VrishabhendraCincinnati$3.4M
- Narinder SainiSpringfield$3.2M
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.