Wahid Kassar, MD
Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism · Chicago, ILNPI 1144203647
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 2,139 payments — averaging $413.36 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Lilly USA, LLC$479K
- Novo Nordisk$159K
- AstraZeneca$64K
- Abbott$52K
- Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC$31K
- Mannkind Corporation$18K
- plus $80K from 44 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$27,1613%
- Speaking & faculty fees$737,16983%
- Travel & lodging$78,1019%
- Food & beverage$41,0195%
- Education$6690%
- Gifts$590%
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.
- MOUNJARO$213,215
- TRULICITY$153,918
- Ozempic$66,694
- FARXIGA$62,128
- RYBELSUS$50,294
- FREESTYLE LIBRE 3$38,948
- SOLIQUA 100/33$20,002
- AFREZZA$17,033
- Kerendia$15,019
- JARDIANCE$14,455
- Saxenda$14,412
- INVOKANA$13,980
- TOUJEO$12,834
- Tresiba$12,152
- Pogo Automatic Blood Glucose Monitoring System$11,324
- FreeStyle Libre Pro$10,484
- CeQur Simplicity$10,302
- GVOKE HYPOPEN$9,467
- Tirosint$4,000
- iLet Bionic Pancreas$756
How this compares
$884,178 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 347 endocrinology, diabetes & metabolism providers in Illinois.
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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 | 375 | $601,030 |
| MounjaroTirzepatide | 306 | $376,824 |
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 254 | $316,503 |
| FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol | 175 | $217,913 |
| Toujeo Max SolostarInsulin Glargine,hum.Rec.Anlog | 150 | $179,943 |
| TrulicityDulaglutide | 114 | $173,274 |
| Tresiba Flextouch U-100Insulin Degludec | 119 | $111,331 |
| RybelsusSemaglutide | 57 | $106,184 |
| Soliqua 100-33Insulin Glargine/Lixisenatide | 64 | $90,903 |
| Fiasp FlextouchInsulin Aspart (Niacinamide) | 55 | $64,932 |
| KerendiaFinerenone | 35 | $51,265 |
| Humulin R U-500 KwikpenInsulin Regular, Human | 27 | $49,627 |
| Tresiba Flextouch U-200Insulin Degludec | 25 | $46,258 |
| Basaglar Kwikpen U-100Insulin Glargine,hum.Rec.Anlog | 61 | $45,903 |
| Novolog FlexpenInsulin Aspart | 140 | $43,746 |
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, Rybelsus | $159,024 | $707,214432 claims |
| Lilly USA, LLCMounjaro, Trulicity, Humalog | $479,056 | $561,037445 claims |
| Boehringer IngelheimJardiance, Synjardy Xr, Tradjenta, Synjardy | $6,627 | $381,635305 claims |
| AstraZenecaFarxiga | $64,480 | $217,913175 claims |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLCSoliqua 100-33 | $31,233 | $90,90364 claims |
| BayerKerendia | $16,052 | $51,26535 claims |
| MerckJanuvia | $19 | $38,58931 claims |
| AbbVieSynthroid | $448 | $5,04759 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 347 endocrinology, diabetes & metabolism providers in Illinois.
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- George BakrisChicago$429K
- William LoweChicago$372K
- Rajesh JainChicago$285K
- Louis PhilipsonChicago$236K
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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.