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Thomas Ahn, MD

Internal Medicine · Los Angeles, CANPI 1669556866

Payments from drug & device makers

$15,354in general payments, 2019–2025

Across 739 payments — averaging $20.78 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.

  • AbbVie$3K
  • Lilly USA, LLC$2K
  • Amgen$2K
  • Novo Nordisk$1K
  • Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC$990
  • Mannkind Corporation$639
  • plus $7K from 54 others

What the payments were for

  • Food & beverage$15,26399%
  • Education$320%
  • Gifts$590%

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
AbbVie(2 entities)141$2,504
Lilly USA, LLC75$1,631
Amgen(2 entities)73$1,610
Novo Nordisk54$1,099
Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC48$990
Mannkind Corporation30$639
Boehringer Ingelheim24$578
AstraZeneca28$571
IBSA Pharma Inc.26$546
Bayer22$494
Dexcom, Inc.19$393
Abbott12$294
Ardelyx, Inc.12$259
BETA Bionics, Inc.6$230
Pfizer9$210
Merck12$206
Novartis8$190
Amarin Pharma, Inc.12$167
Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc.7$152
Zealand Pharma US, Inc.7$150
Eisai Inc.8$135
Madrigal Pharmaceuticals5$128
Antares Pharma, Inc.7$127
Arbor Pharmaceuticals, Inc.7$124
Tandem Diabetes Care, Inc.4$111
Akebia Therapeutics Inc4$105
Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc.4$97
Halozyme Inc4$93
Biomerieux Inc1$90
Medtronic4$89
Ascendis Pharma Endocrinology Inc3$83
Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company Ltd.3$83
Vistapharm, Inc.6$81
Idorsia Pharmaceuticals US Inc5$78
Radius Health, Inc.3$77
Vifor Pharma, Inc.4$77
Xeris Pharmaceuticals, Inc.4$68
Shire North American Group Inc3$65
Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc.3$60
Acerus Pharmaceuticals Corporation2$55
Calliditas Therapeutics US Inc.2$47
Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc.2$43
OPKO Pharmaceuticals, LLC2$39
Biohaven Pharmaceuticals, Inc.2$38
GSK2$38
Verity Pharmaceuticals Inc.1$35
Johnson & Johnson2$34
Ceribell, Inc.1$32
Tanabe Pharma America, Inc.1$29
GRT US Holding, Inc.1$28
Impel Pharmaceuticals Inc.1$25
Boston Scientific1$22
Ascensia Diabetes Care US Inc.1$22
Kyowa Kirin, Inc.1$21
Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Inc.1$21
Nalpropion Pharmaceuticals LLC1$19
Seqirus USA Inc1$18
Ironwood Pharmaceuticals, Inc1$18
Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.1$17
Acadia Pharmaceuticals Inc1$17

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

$15,354 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 13,581 internal medicine providers in California.

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Medicare billing

Part B allowed, 2024
$219,165
Medicare patients
437
Services billed
9,480

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
OzempicSemaglutide89$142,374
MounjaroTirzepatide109$125,833
JardianceEmpagliflozin86$87,616
JanuviaSitagliptin Phosphate63$62,474
Tresiba Flextouch U-200Insulin Degludec42$37,315
TrulicityDulaglutide18$32,688
Repatha SureclickEvolocumab26$28,642
Humalog Kwikpen U-200Insulin Lispro14$28,004
FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol24$24,144
SynthroidLevothyroxine Sodium251$23,748
EliquisApixaban12$19,786
Toujeo Max SolostarInsulin Glargine,hum.Rec.Anlog22$16,738
MyrbetriqMirabegron14$16,302
Humulin R U-500 KwikpenInsulin Regular, Human14$16,095
Fiasp FlextouchInsulin Aspart (Niacinamide)14$13,079

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
Lilly USA, LLCMounjaro, Trulicity$1,631$158,521127 claims
Novo NordiskOzempic$1,099$142,37489 claims
Boehringer IngelheimJardiance, Trijardy Xr$578$100,391102 claims
MerckJanuvia, Janumet$206$72,07475 claims
AstraZenecaFarxiga$571$24,14424 claims
AbbVieSynthroid$2,504$23,748251 claims
PfizerEliquis, Paxlovid$210$22,53453 claims
Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLCSoliqua 100-33$990$12,61412 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 95th percentile of 13,581 internal medicine providers in California.

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