Tamer Said Ahmed, MD
Pulmonary Disease · Toledo, OHNPI 1770998320
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 128 payments — averaging $44.63 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Intuitive Surgical$3K
- AstraZeneca$357
- Baxter Healthcare$199
- Boehringer Ingelheim$186
- Merck$184
- Sanofi$165
- plus $1K from 23 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$2,62646%
- Education$3,00053%
- Gifts$872%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Intuitive Surgical | 3 | $3,133 |
| AstraZeneca(2 entities) | 23 | $357 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 5 | $199 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 10 | $186 |
| Merck | 8 | $184 |
| Sanofi | 8 | $165 |
| GSK | 10 | $162 |
| United Therapeutics Corporation | 3 | $159 |
| Grifols USA, LLC | 7 | $148 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 6 | $144 |
| Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc. | 3 | $116 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 5 | $100 |
| Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc. | 4 | $94 |
| Insmed, Inc. | 5 | $86 |
| Philips North America LLC | 4 | $70 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 3 | $50 |
| Electromed, Inc. | 4 | $45 |
| Inogen, Inc. | 2 | $39 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 2 | $37 |
| Shionogi Inc | 2 | $35 |
| La Jolla Pharmaceutical Company | 2 | $34 |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 2 | $31 |
| Verona Pharma, Inc. | 1 | $26 |
| Viatris Specialty LLC | 1 | $25 |
| Mylan Specialty L.p. | 1 | $22 |
| Amgen | 1 | $19 |
| Axsome Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Caris MPI, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Jazz Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $13 |
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.
- DAVINCI XI$3,000
How this compares
$5,713 in reported general payments places this provider in the 65th percentile of 571 pulmonary disease 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 |
|---|---|---|
| AdempasRiociguat | 12 | $165,725 |
| Trelegy ElliptaFluticasone/Umeclidin/Vilanter | 160 | $139,405 |
| Breztri AerosphereBudesonide/Glycopyr/Formoterol | 87 | $52,851 |
| Stiolto RespimatTiotropium Br/Olodaterol Hcl | 62 | $31,046 |
| Breo ElliptaFluticasone/Vilanterol | 61 | $27,676 |
| Tiotropium Bromide | 22 | $15,408 |
| Anoro ElliptaUmeclidinium Brm/Vilanterol Tr | 28 | $13,529 |
| SymbicortBudesonide/Formoterol Fumarate | 29 | $11,495 |
| Spiriva RespimatTiotropium Bromide | 23 | $11,318 |
| Advair HfaFluticasone Propion/Salmeterol | 27 | $9,415 |
| Albuterol Sulfate HfaAlbuterol Sulfate | 278 | $7,768 |
| Incruse ElliptaUmeclidinium Bromide | 22 | $7,132 |
| Spiriva HandihalerTiotropium Bromide | 12 | $6,037 |
| DuleraMometasone/Formoterol | 12 | $3,883 |
| Budesonide-Formoterol FumarateBudesonide/Formoterol Fumarate | 22 | $3,317 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| GSKTrelegy Ellipta, Breo Ellipta, Anoro Ellipta, Incruse Ellipta | $162 | $187,742271 claims |
| AstraZenecaBreztri Aerosphere, Symbicort | $357 | $64,347116 claims |
| Boehringer IngelheimStiolto Respimat, Spiriva Respimat | $186 | $42,36485 claims |
| MerckDulera | $184 | $3,88312 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 65th percentile of 571 pulmonary disease providers in Ohio.
Other pulmonary disease in Toledo
- James TitaToledo$310K
- Salil AvasthiToledo$220K
- Bruce CorserCincinnati$8.2M
- Edward CordascoColumbus$8M
- Kristin HighlandCleveland$3.2M
- Brian ZenoColumbus$2.9M
- Jean ElwingCincinnati$2.4M
- Roy St JohnColumbus$1.9M
- Nishant GuptaCincinnati$1.5M
- Robert BaughmanCincinnati$1.1M
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.