Wael Yacoub, MD
Family Medicine · Whitehall, PANPI 1770546533
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 933 payments — averaging $19.42 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Boehringer Ingelheim$4K
- AstraZeneca$3K
- Novo Nordisk$3K
- AbbVie$2K
- Lilly USA, LLC$882
- Johnson & Johnson$617
- plus $6K from 36 others
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$1,4058%
- Food & beverage$16,48491%
- Education$2281%
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.
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
$18,117 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 4,967 family medicine providers in Pennsylvania.
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 | 339 | $328,327 |
| LinzessLinaclotide | 352 | $275,536 |
| EliquisApixaban | 242 | $218,001 |
| FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol | 189 | $191,783 |
| JanumetSitagliptin Phos/Metformin Hcl | 186 | $182,205 |
| MounjaroTirzepatide | 119 | $171,998 |
| OzempicSemaglutide | 120 | $163,387 |
| TrulicityDulaglutide | 118 | $142,566 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 120 | $128,084 |
| Breztri AerosphereBudesonide/Glycopyr/Formoterol | 146 | $90,453 |
| JanuviaSitagliptin Phosphate | 81 | $83,708 |
| VascepaIcosapent Ethyl | 160 | $71,257 |
| Synjardy XrEmpagliflozin/Metformin Hcl | 62 | $47,142 |
| ZenpepLipase/Protease/Amylase | 30 | $43,403 |
| Toujeo Max SolostarInsulin Glargine,hum.Rec.Anlog | 34 | $38,441 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Boehringer IngelheimJardiance, Synjardy Xr, Tradjenta, Trijardy Xr, Stiolto Respimat | $3,506 | $461,961502 claims |
| Lilly USA, LLCMounjaro, Trulicity | $882 | $314,564237 claims |
| AbbVieLinzess, Creon | $1,743 | $309,595407 claims |
| MerckJanumet, Januvia, Janumet Xr | $293 | $289,835315 claims |
| AstraZenecaFarxiga, Breztri Aerosphere | $2,910 | $282,236335 claims |
| PfizerEliquis | $413 | $218,001242 claims |
| Novo NordiskOzempic, Rybelsus | $2,727 | $192,763151 claims |
| Johnson & JohnsonXarelto, Invokana | $617 | $154,265146 claims |
| GSKBreo Ellipta, Trelegy Ellipta, Anoro Ellipta | $516 | $91,988186 claims |
| Aimmune Therapeutics, Inc.Zenpep | $149 | $43,40330 claims |
| Astellas Pharma US IncMyrbetriq | $392 | $29,78856 claims |
| NovartisEntresto | $170 | $20,98222 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 4,967 family medicine providers in Pennsylvania.
Other family medicine in Whitehall
- Kem YenalPhila$12.6M
- Marcy FleckerSmithfield$6.9M
- Tiffany PlutoScottdale$4.8M
- Bryce PalchickPittsburgh$4.7M
- Harris CohenHorsham$3.7M
- Shari RozenPittsburgh$2.9M
- Richard CookUniontown$2.1M
- Bruce GebhardtErie$2.1M
- Peter CognettiScranton$1.9M
- Bradley FoxErie$1.7M
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.