Wa'el Bakdash, MD
Internal Medicine · Anderson, INNPI 1275552481
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 99.6% of the total across 477 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 37 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 18.7% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. Among internal medicine clinicians in IN 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 477 payments — averaging $16.95 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Novo Nordisk$2K
- Bayer$816
- AbbVie$717
- AstraZeneca$713
- Lilly USA, LLC$661
- Pfizer$459
- plus $3K from 31 others
Across 562 payments — averaging $1097.09 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.
- Novo Nordisk AS$518K
- Pfizer$99K
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$8,055100%
- Education$310%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Novo Nordisk | 88 | $1,511 |
| Bayer | 50 | $816 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 50 | $717 |
| AstraZeneca | 29 | $713 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 43 | $661 |
| Pfizer | 39 | $459 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 18 | $331 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 20 | $278 |
| GSK | 12 | $275 |
| Amgen | 15 | $254 |
| Amarin Pharma, Inc. | 8 | $224 |
| Novartis | 18 | $191 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 7 | $186 |
| Phathom Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 7 | $167 |
| Jazz Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 7 | $154 |
| Merck | 10 | $147 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 7 | $135 |
| Axsome Therapeutics, Inc. | 5 | $118 |
| Corcept Therapeutics | 7 | $109 |
| Exact Sciences | 5 | $79 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 5 | $78 |
| Xeris Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 3 | $62 |
| ITI, Inc. (d/b/a Intra-cellular Therapies, Inc.) | 3 | $61 |
| Mylan Specialty L.p. | 3 | $47 |
| Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 2 | $43 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 2 | $39 |
| Medtronic | 2 | $36 |
| Azurity Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $31 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 2 | $30 |
| Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc. | 1 | $24 |
| Biocryst US Sales Co., LLC | 1 | $21 |
| Lundbeck LLC | 1 | $21 |
| Amneal Pharmaceuticals LLC | 1 | $18 |
| Ardelyx, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Scpharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Idorsia Pharmaceuticals US Inc | 1 | $12 |
| Paratek Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $11 |
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
$8,086 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 1,747 internal medicine providers in Indiana.
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 | 231 | $273,641 |
| EliquisApixaban | 215 | $219,118 |
| TrulicityDulaglutide | 56 | $120,469 |
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 85 | $105,389 |
| JanuviaSitagliptin Phosphate | 48 | $72,689 |
| Tresiba Flextouch U-100Insulin Degludec | 48 | $65,888 |
| CreonLipase/Protease/Amylase | 31 | $57,192 |
| MounjaroTirzepatide | 41 | $43,818 |
| FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol | 26 | $33,217 |
| LinzessLinaclotide | 46 | $29,999 |
| EntrestoSacubitril/Valsartan | 33 | $29,913 |
| MyrbetriqMirabegron | 20 | $26,397 |
| Lantus SolostarInsulin Glargine,hum.Rec.Anlog | 84 | $23,616 |
| Breztri AerosphereBudesonide/Glycopyr/Formoterol | 24 | $17,610 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 16 | $15,147 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Novo NordiskOzempic | $1,511 | $273,641231 claims |
| PfizerEliquis, Abrysvo | $459 | $227,283241 claims |
| Lilly USA, LLCTrulicity, Mounjaro | $661 | $164,28797 claims |
| Boehringer IngelheimJardiance, Spiriva Respimat | $186 | $112,87299 claims |
| AbbVieCreon, Linzess | $717 | $87,19177 claims |
| MerckJanuvia | $147 | $72,68948 claims |
| AstraZenecaFarxiga, Breztri Aerosphere, Symbicort | $713 | $59,76883 claims |
| NovartisEntresto | $191 | $29,91333 claims |
| Astellas Pharma US IncMyrbetriq | $39 | $26,39720 claims |
| GSKShingrix, Breo Ellipta | $275 | $24,41476 claims |
| Johnson & JohnsonXarelto | $278 | $15,14716 claims |
| BayerKerendia | $816 | $14,00815 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 1,747 internal medicine providers in Indiana.
Other internal medicine in Anderson
- Abhinav SinghGreenwood$733K
- Girish KunapareddyTerre Haute$329K
- Raj VuppalanchiIndianapolis$279K
- Joseph Arulandula Porte$251K
- Napoleon MamintaIndianapolis$116K
- Jennifer PaisleyLawrenceburg$112K
- Allon FriedmanIndianapolis$111K
- John AyresIndianapolis$107K
- Emily FrankLebanon$100K
- David IloFort Wayne$86K
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.