RxDoctor Payments Data

Suzanne Rizkalla, MD

Internal Medicine · Loma Linda, CANPI 1043324742

Payments from drug & device makers

$9,635in general payments, 2019–2025

Across 549 payments — averaging $17.55 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.

  • Novo Nordisk$1K
  • AbbVie$1K
  • AstraZeneca$706
  • Amgen$686
  • Lilly USA, LLC$490
  • Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC$487
  • plus $5K from 54 others

What the payments were for

  • Food & beverage$9,599100%
  • Education$360%

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

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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.

CompanyPaymentsTotal
Novo Nordisk83$1,170
AbbVie(2 entities)63$1,015
AstraZeneca(2 entities)36$706
Amgen39$686
Lilly USA, LLC23$490
Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC27$487
Novartis33$466
Merck18$371
Phathom Pharmaceuticals, Inc.17$323
GSK15$257
Johnson & Johnson(2 entities)11$246
Arbor Pharmaceuticals, Inc.22$230
Pfizer11$228
Abbott9$217
Almatica Pharma LLC10$200
Scilex Pharmaceuticals Inc.11$192
Bayer9$185
Boehringer Ingelheim8$177
Amarin Pharma, Inc.11$172
Exact Sciences6$117
Redhill Biopharma Inc.7$113
Ironwood Pharmaceuticals, Inc6$110
Paratek Pharmaceuticals, Inc.5$97
Melinta Therapeutics, LLC5$95
Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.5$91
Acella Pharmaceuticals, LLC5$86
Eisai Inc.5$82
Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC3$67
Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company Ltd.3$61
Idorsia Pharmaceuticals US Inc3$59
Astellas Pharma US Inc2$56
Biohaven Pharmaceuticals, Inc.3$48
Si-bone, Inc.2$48
Ardelyx, Inc.2$48
Optinose US, Inc.2$47
Xeris Pharmaceuticals, Inc.2$40
Bausch Health US, LLC2$38
Antares Pharma, Inc.2$37
Dexcom, Inc.1$34
Abiomed1$30
Halozyme Inc1$25
Azurity Pharmaceuticals, Inc.1$25
Phadia US Inc.1$24
Axsome Therapeutics, Inc.1$24
Ascendis Pharma Endocrinology Inc1$23
Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc.1$23
Medtronic1$22
Radius Health, Inc.1$22
E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C.1$21
Lexicon Pharmaceuticals, Inc.1$20
Lundbeck LLC1$20
Tanabe Pharma America, Inc.1$20
Hologic Sales And Service, LLC1$19
IBSA Pharma Inc.1$18
Vertiflex, Inc.1$17
Cequr Corporation1$17
Tactile Systems Technology Inc1$16
Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc.1$16
Vistapharm, Inc.1$16
Nevro Corp.1$13

How this compares

$9,635 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 13,581 internal medicine providers in California.

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Medicare billing

Part B allowed, 2024
$352,634
Medicare patients
535
Services billed
5,048

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

DrugClaimsCost to plans & patients
OzempicSemaglutide632$641,108
TrulicityDulaglutide354$359,359
Diclofenac Sodium644$242,273
EliquisApixaban245$212,203
JardianceEmpagliflozin170$148,942
JanuviaSitagliptin Phosphate111$117,963
MounjaroTirzepatide85$92,088
Metformin Er GastricMetformin Hcl164$76,773
EntrestoSacubitril/Valsartan78$70,086
XareltoRivaroxaban78$70,069
Basaglar Kwikpen U-100Insulin Glargine,hum.Rec.Anlog158$67,743
LinzessLinaclotide85$60,006
ProliaDenosumab36$58,861
Repatha SureclickEvolocumab69$37,780
CreonLipase/Protease/Amylase16$36,193

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.

CompanyPaid to this providerPart D cost of their drugs
Novo NordiskOzempic$1,170$641,108632 claims
Lilly USA, LLCTrulicity, Mounjaro$490$451,447439 claims
PfizerEliquis, Nurtec Odt$228$226,732256 claims
Boehringer IngelheimJardiance, Tradjenta$177$166,243189 claims
MerckJanuvia, Janumet, Janumet Xr$371$152,683162 claims
AbbVieLinzess, Creon$1,015$96,199101 claims
NovartisEntresto$466$70,08678 claims
Johnson & JohnsonXarelto$246$70,06978 claims
AmgenProlia$686$58,86136 claims
AstraZenecaFarxiga, Brilinta$706$41,84760 claims
GSKTrelegy Ellipta$257$28,72142 claims
Arbor Pharmaceuticals, Inc.Edarbi$230$24,20260 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 90th percentile of 13,581 internal medicine providers in California.

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