Tahir Salmani, MD
Internal Medicine · Cross City, FLNPI 1437307097
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 78 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. It is spread thinly across 17 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 20.5% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. 2025 is the largest year on record at $529, 4.7 times the $112 reported in 2019.
Across 78 payments — averaging $22.30 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- GSK$356
- AstraZeneca$229
- AbbVie$166
- Amgen$140
- Lilly USA, LLC$117
- Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc.$112
- plus $619 from 11 others
Across 7 payments — averaging $6517.38 each. Payments tied to a research study. These frequently flow through the physician to a hospital or research institution rather than to the physician personally.
- Cleerly, Inc.$46K
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$1,739100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| GSK | 16 | $356 |
| AstraZeneca | 10 | $229 |
| AbbVie | 6 | $166 |
| Amgen | 8 | $140 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 6 | $117 |
| Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $112 |
| Exact Sciences | 5 | $104 |
| Pfizer | 4 | $82 |
| Novo Nordisk | 4 | $75 |
| Kyowa Kirin, Inc. | 4 | $70 |
| Merck | 3 | $67 |
| Philips North America LLC | 3 | $65 |
| Novartis | 3 | $57 |
| Phathom Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $42 |
| Protega Pharmaceutials Inc | 1 | $28 |
| Bayer | 1 | $15 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 1 | $14 |
How this compares
$1,739 in reported general payments places this provider in the 75th percentile of 8,530 internal medicine providers in Florida.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| OzempicSemaglutide | 152 | $186,672 |
| FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol | 214 | $156,267 |
| Trelegy ElliptaFluticasone/Umeclidin/Vilanter | 78 | $107,927 |
| EliquisApixaban | 179 | $100,813 |
| MounjaroTirzepatide | 67 | $80,518 |
| Breztri AerosphereBudesonide/Glycopyr/Formoterol | 73 | $52,961 |
| JanuviaSitagliptin Phosphate | 52 | $49,706 |
| Xtampza ErOxycodone Myristate | 69 | $45,431 |
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 56 | $45,260 |
| NuedextaDextromethorphan Hbr/Quinidine | 41 | $35,079 |
| RybelsusSemaglutide | 21 | $24,727 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 24 | $19,777 |
| TrulicityDulaglutide | 19 | $19,063 |
| Breo ElliptaFluticasone/Vilanterol | 23 | $15,572 |
| MovantikNaloxegol Oxalate | 37 | $14,100 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AstraZenecaFarxiga, Breztri Aerosphere, Symbicort | $229 | $215,702306 claims |
| Novo NordiskOzempic, Rybelsus | $75 | $211,398173 claims |
| GSKTrelegy Ellipta, Breo Ellipta, Anoro Ellipta, Incruse Ellipta | $356 | $134,416124 claims |
| Lilly USA, LLCMounjaro, Trulicity, Humulin 70-30 | $117 | $102,662102 claims |
| PfizerEliquis | $82 | $100,813179 claims |
| MerckJanuvia | $67 | $49,70652 claims |
| AbbVieLinzess | $166 | $8,81811 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 75th percentile of 8,530 internal medicine providers in Florida.
Other internal medicine in Cross City
- Haytham ElgammalMiami$2.2M
- Keith RubinFort Lauderdale$2M
- Michael SensionFort Lauderdale$1M
- Quang NguyenOcala$434K
- Luis Correa LunaSanford$412K
- Michael OleksykFort Myers$365K
- Andrew KuykendallTampa$322K
- Howard FederoffCoconut Grove$302K
- Bianka EperjesiovaGainesville$260K
- Julio ConradoFort Myers$247K
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.