Wagdy Kades, MD
Rheumatology · Los Angeles, CANPI 1326080060
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — food and beverage (59.0%), consulting fees and speaking fees — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 38 manufacturers reported payments, led by Amgen at 27.9% of the total. Among rheumatology clinicians in CA 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 1,365 payments — averaging $33.33 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Amgen$13K
- GSK$10K
- Johnson & Johnson$5K
- AbbVie$4K
- Pfizer$2K
- AstraZeneca$2K
- plus $11K from 32 others
Across 8 payments — averaging $4253.94 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.
- AbbVie$33K
- EMD Serono, Inc.$1K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$10,06322%
- Speaking & faculty fees$6,25914%
- Grants$2401%
- Travel & lodging$1,5783%
- Food & beverage$26,82659%
- Education$5011%
- Gifts$340%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Amgen(2 entities) | 334 | $12,710 |
| GSK | 97 | $10,305 |
| Johnson & Johnson(2 entities) | 98 | $5,145 |
| AbbVie | 181 | $3,528 |
| Pfizer | 77 | $1,617 |
| AstraZeneca(2 entities) | 71 | $1,519 |
| UCB, Inc. | 63 | $1,484 |
| Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc. | 61 | $1,316 |
| Novartis | 71 | $1,192 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 48 | $1,010 |
| ANI Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 43 | $880 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 28 | $697 |
| Sanofi | 24 | $603 |
| Radius Health, Inc. | 22 | $564 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 28 | $531 |
| Aurinia Pharma U.S., Inc. | 18 | $384 |
| Fresenius Kabi USA, LLC | 16 | $346 |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 10 | $243 |
| Hikma Pharmaceuticals USA | 11 | $189 |
| Sobi, Inc | 8 | $176 |
| Mallinckrodt Enterprises LLC | 13 | $176 |
| Medexus Pharma, Inc. | 8 | $157 |
| Ascend Therapeutics US, LLC | 8 | $138 |
| Organon | 5 | $92 |
| Antares Pharma, Inc. | 4 | $81 |
| Scilex Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 4 | $80 |
| Bristol Myers Squibb | 2 | $48 |
| Sebela Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 2 | $46 |
| Tersera Therapeutics LLC | 1 | $36 |
| Fidia Pharma USA Inc. | 1 | $31 |
| Abbott | 1 | $28 |
| Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc. | 1 | $27 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 1 | $25 |
| Octapharma USA, Inc. | 1 | $24 |
| Gilead | 1 | $23 |
| Tonix Medicines, Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Merck | 1 | $15 |
| Avion Pharmaceuticals | 1 | $14 |
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
$45,501 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 808 rheumatology providers in California.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| ProliaDenosumab | 211 | $330,576 |
| Xeljanz XrTofacitinib Citrate | 59 | $329,131 |
| Enbrel SureclickEtanercept | 44 | $322,787 |
| EnbrelEtanercept | 33 | $260,395 |
| RinvoqUpadacitinib | 40 | $245,273 |
| Evenity (2 Syringes)Romosozumab-Aqqg | 91 | $208,071 |
| ActemraTocilizumab | 25 | $116,369 |
| Humira(Cf) PenAdalimumab | 14 | $92,256 |
| Cosentyx Unoready PenSecukinumab | 11 | $80,214 |
| HumiraAdalimumab | 12 | $78,029 |
| OtezlaApremilast | 13 | $57,671 |
| KevzaraSarilumab | 11 | $46,091 |
| TymlosAbaloparatide | 14 | $38,348 |
| Diclofenac Sodium | 477 | $22,191 |
| Mycophenolate Mofetil | 122 | $12,872 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AmgenProlia, Enbrel, Evenity (2 Syringes), Otezla | $12,710 | $856,712348 claims |
| AbbVieRinvoq, Humira, Savella | $3,528 | $328,85363 claims |
| SanofiKevzara | $603 | $46,09111 claims |
| Radius Health, Inc.Tymlos | $564 | $38,34814 claims |
| Hikma Pharmaceuticals USAMitigare | $189 | $6,66916 claims |
| Medexus Pharma, Inc.Rasuvo | $157 | $6,51913 claims |
| Ascend Therapeutics US, LLCBinosto | $138 | $3,13511 claims |
| Scilex Pharmaceuticals Inc.Colchicine | $80 | $2,24030 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 808 rheumatology providers in California.
Other rheumatology in Los Angeles
- Haoling WengLos Angeles$562K
- Glenn EhresmannLos Angeles$450K
- Elizabeth VolkmannLos Angeles$400K
- Daniel ArkfeldLos Angeles$378K
- Maureen McMahonLos Angeles$374K
- Leanna WiseLos Angeles$286K
- Jon GilesLos Angeles$248K
- Christina Charles-SchoemanLos Angeles$231K
- Karina Marianne TorralbaLos Angeles$142K
- Thomas RomanoLos Angeles$131K
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.