Syed Husain, MD
Rheumatology · Sterling Heights, MINPI 1174838825
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by speaking fees: $78,188 of the $97,507 with a category attached, or 80.2%. Amgen accounts for 83.1% of it on its own, with 21 other manufacturers making up the rest. 2025 is the largest year on record at $44,990, more than ten times the $153 reported in 2019. Among rheumatology clinicians in MI 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 234 payments — averaging $416.69 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Amgen$81K
- AbbVie$6K
- Novartis$5K
- UCB, Inc.$2K
- Johnson & Johnson$2K
- E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C.$317
- plus $1K from 16 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$11,72512%
- Speaking & faculty fees$78,18880%
- Travel & lodging$3,6154%
- Food & beverage$3,7004%
- Education$2790%
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) | 104 | $81,014 |
| AbbVie | 37 | $5,896 |
| Novartis | 9 | $5,103 |
| UCB, Inc. | 7 | $2,290 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 8 | $1,759 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 20 | $317 |
| AstraZeneca | 12 | $266 |
| Livanova USA, Inc. | 8 | $155 |
| Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals, Ltd. | 5 | $155 |
| Pfizer | 6 | $129 |
| GSK | 4 | $77 |
| Aurinia Pharma U.S., Inc. | 2 | $51 |
| Fresenius Kabi USA, LLC | 2 | $48 |
| Progenacare Global, LLC | 1 | $47 |
| Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals International, PLC | 1 | $35 |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 1 | $29 |
| Hikma Pharmaceuticals USA | 2 | $26 |
| Sanofi | 1 | $23 |
| Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc. | 1 | $23 |
| Mylan Institutional Inc. | 1 | $23 |
| Qiagen, LLC | 1 | $21 |
| ANI Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $20 |
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
$97,507 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 195 rheumatology providers in Michigan.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Enbrel SureclickEtanercept | 50 | $357,338 |
| Humira(Cf) PenAdalimumab | 44 | $293,182 |
| Cosentyx Sensoready (2 Pens)Secukinumab | 20 | $208,943 |
| Xeljanz XrTofacitinib Citrate | 26 | $144,337 |
| RinvoqUpadacitinib | 23 | $142,014 |
| ActemraTocilizumab | 14 | $58,120 |
| Hydroxychloroquine Sulfate | 383 | $21,092 |
| MethotrexateMethotrexate Sodium | 333 | $12,662 |
| Prednisone | 568 | $3,887 |
| Duloxetine Hcl | 149 | $3,224 |
| Leflunomide | 57 | $2,991 |
| Colchicine | 60 | $2,745 |
| Mycophenolate Mofetil | 30 | $2,383 |
| Febuxostat | 12 | $1,483 |
| Allopurinol | 90 | $1,172 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AbbVieRinvoq | $5,896 | $142,01423 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 195 rheumatology providers in Michigan.
Other rheumatology in Sterling Heights
- Mahpara SyedSterling Heights$12K
- Berj NercessianSterling Heights$11K
- Amar MajjhooSaint Clair Shores$1.8M
- Andrew SulichSaint Clair Shores$1.7M
- Dinesh KhannaAnn Arbor$1.2M
- Roman CzubatyjRochester Hills$764K
- Delfin SantosRochester$242K
- Allan MortonWarren$229K
- Elena SchiopuAnn Arbor$180K
- Alireza MeysamiNovi$170K
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.