Tanzeen Ahmed, MD
Hospitalist · Fort Myers, FLNPI 1437140480
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $2,462 of the $3,358 with a category attached, or 73.3%. 7 manufacturers reported payments, led by Johnson & Johnson at 41.8% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $1,476 and has fallen 83.6% since, to $242 in 2025. Among hospitalist clinicians in FL with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 5% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 32 payments — averaging $104.94 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Johnson & Johnson$1K
- Intuitive Surgical$897
- AstraZeneca$474
- Paratek Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$324
- Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc.$121
- United Therapeutics Corporation$98
- plus $41 from 1 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$89727%
- Food & beverage$2,46273%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Johnson & Johnson(2 entities) | 18 | $1,403 |
| Intuitive Surgical | 2 | $897 |
| AstraZeneca | 4 | $474 |
| Paratek Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 3 | $324 |
| Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc. | 1 | $121 |
| United Therapeutics Corporation | 1 | $98 |
| Pfizer | 3 | $41 |
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
$3,358 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 1,570 hospitalist 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 |
|---|---|---|
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 12 | $11,651 |
| Novolog Mix 70-30 FlexpenInsulin Aspart Prot/Insuln Asp | 13 | $1,723 |
| Amlodipine Besylate | 105 | $1,076 |
| Metoprolol Succinate | 61 | $880 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 87 | $847 |
| Omeprazole | 33 | $587 |
| Tamsulosin Hcl | 35 | $485 |
| Losartan Potassium | 66 | $447 |
| Oxybutynin Chloride | 14 | $396 |
| Levothyroxine Sodium | 26 | $379 |
| Mirtazapine | 13 | $353 |
| Rosuvastatin Calcium | 28 | $340 |
| Lisinopril | 34 | $257 |
| Pantoprazole Sodium | 46 | $251 |
| Fluticasone Propionate | 13 | $221 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other hospitalist in Fort Myers
- Oliver AbelaFort Myers$77K
- Iahn GonsenhauserFort Myers$8K
- Vinod KumarFort Myers$4K
- Katharine van FossenFort Myers$3K
- Murray EpsteinMiami$370K
- Joshua LenchusFort Lauderdale$73K
- Tuncay TaskesenThe Villages$22K
- Diego MunozApopka$17K
- Francisco Perez LoretoMiami$17K
- Tereese AllenTampa$11K
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.