Weihong Zhao
Physician Assistant · Brooklyn, NYNPI 1669191961
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 255 payments — averaging $23.11 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Amgen$869
- Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC$713
- Gilead$692
- Boehringer Ingelheim$606
- Exact Sciences$371
- Esperion Therapeutics, Inc.$348
- plus $2K from 13 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$5,892100%
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 | 24 | $869 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 49 | $713 |
| Gilead | 26 | $692 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 18 | $606 |
| Exact Sciences | 17 | $371 |
| Esperion Therapeutics, Inc. | 19 | $348 |
| Pfizer | 15 | $326 |
| AstraZeneca | 6 | $316 |
| Bayer | 10 | $273 |
| Merck | 11 | $224 |
| GSK | 10 | $224 |
| IBSA Pharma Inc. | 12 | $204 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 10 | $192 |
| Novo Nordisk | 12 | $187 |
| Ardelyx, Inc. | 8 | $174 |
| Phathom Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 5 | $118 |
| AbbVie | 1 | $22 |
| Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Ironwood Pharmaceuticals, Inc | 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
$5,892 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 11,358 physician assistant providers in New York.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| VascepaIcosapent Ethyl | 429 | $161,926 |
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 127 | $101,440 |
| Evenity (2 Syringes)Romosozumab-Aqqg | 26 | $61,733 |
| VemlidyTenofovir Alafenamide | 42 | $60,454 |
| ProliaDenosumab | 35 | $58,349 |
| Diclofenac Epolamine | 82 | $54,056 |
| RybelsusSemaglutide | 42 | $47,403 |
| JanuviaSitagliptin Phosphate | 58 | $38,989 |
| EliquisApixaban | 50 | $34,962 |
| FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol | 57 | $32,338 |
| TrulicityDulaglutide | 28 | $29,865 |
| CreonLipase/Protease/Amylase | 28 | $14,805 |
| Diclofenac Sodium | 87 | $14,391 |
| JanumetSitagliptin Phos/Metformin Hcl | 16 | $13,571 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 23 | $12,413 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AmgenEvenity (2 Syringes), Prolia | $869 | $120,08261 claims |
| Boehringer IngelheimJardiance | $606 | $101,440127 claims |
| GileadVemlidy | $692 | $60,45442 claims |
| MerckJanuvia, Janumet | $224 | $52,56074 claims |
| Novo NordiskRybelsus | $187 | $47,40342 claims |
| PfizerEliquis | $326 | $34,96250 claims |
| AstraZenecaFarxiga | $316 | $32,33857 claims |
| Lilly USA, LLCTrulicity | $192 | $29,86528 claims |
| AbbVieCreon, Linzess | $22 | $24,11346 claims |
| GSKTrelegy Ellipta, Shingrix | $224 | $15,84848 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 11,358 physician assistant providers in New York.
Other physician assistant in Brooklyn
- Kaitlyn NelsonBrooklyn$289K
- Melissa VelezBrooklyn$68K
- Steven KongBrooklyn$66K
- Hong ChenBrooklyn$57K
- Lindsey AxtBrooklyn$52K
- Gregory CelestinBrooklyn$41K
- Henry YuBronx$1M
- Michael AsbachAmherst$962K
- Janelle BunceJamestown$565K
- Kristyl Cuenca-SiskoNew York$478K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.