Woderyelesh Kassa, MD
Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism · Austell, GANPI 1457886780
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 219 payments — averaging $20.43 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Novo Nordisk$574
- Amgen$573
- Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC$384
- Lilly USA, LLC$375
- Abbott$361
- Insulet Corporation$274
- plus $2K from 21 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$4,467100%
- Education$80%
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 | 32 | $574 |
| Amgen | 35 | $573 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 14 | $384 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 20 | $375 |
| Abbott | 23 | $361 |
| Insulet Corporation | 13 | $274 |
| BETA Bionics, Inc. | 4 | $237 |
| Xeris Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 11 | $234 |
| Dexcom, Inc. | 12 | $229 |
| Bayer | 9 | $196 |
| Medtronic | 4 | $125 |
| Novartis | 5 | $122 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 6 | $114 |
| Mannkind Corporation | 4 | $97 |
| Cequr Corporation | 2 | $91 |
| AbbVie | 5 | $71 |
| Ascendis Pharma Endocrinology Inc | 3 | $64 |
| Corcept Therapeutics | 2 | $54 |
| Esperion Therapeutics, Inc. | 3 | $53 |
| Amphastar Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $43 |
| AstraZeneca(2 entities) | 2 | $37 |
| IBSA Pharma Inc. | 2 | $35 |
| Recordati_rare_diseases_inc. | 1 | $34 |
| Acella Pharmaceuticals, LLC | 2 | $28 |
| Madrigal Pharmaceuticals | 1 | $25 |
| Tandem Diabetes Care, Inc. | 1 | $23 |
| Rhythm Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $22 |
How this compares
$4,475 in reported general payments places this provider in the 55th percentile of 222 endocrinology, diabetes & metabolism providers in Georgia.
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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 | 195 | $257,770 |
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 175 | $233,222 |
| RybelsusSemaglutide | 82 | $118,849 |
| MounjaroTirzepatide | 53 | $108,375 |
| TradjentaLinagliptin | 76 | $60,686 |
| TrulicityDulaglutide | 43 | $50,983 |
| JanuviaSitagliptin Phosphate | 28 | $40,269 |
| Lantus SolostarInsulin Glargine,hum.Rec.Anlog | 190 | $25,032 |
| FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol | 23 | $23,296 |
| Basaglar Kwikpen U-100Insulin Glargine,hum.Rec.Anlog | 38 | $22,444 |
| Fiasp FlextouchInsulin Aspart (Niacinamide) | 17 | $18,529 |
| Toujeo SolostarInsulin Glargine,hum.Rec.Anlog | 16 | $15,706 |
| Tresiba Flextouch U-100Insulin Degludec | 17 | $13,953 |
| Novolog FlexpenInsulin Aspart | 37 | $9,927 |
| Tresiba Flextouch U-200Insulin Degludec | 14 | $9,552 |
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, Novolog | $574 | $382,549291 claims |
| Boehringer IngelheimJardiance, Tradjenta | $114 | $293,908251 claims |
| Lilly USA, LLCMounjaro, Trulicity, Humalog, Insulin Lispro | $375 | $168,719126 claims |
| AstraZenecaFarxiga | $37 | $23,29623 claims |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLCLantus | $384 | $2,44318 claims |
| AbbVieSynthroid | $71 | $1,49414 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 55th percentile of 222 endocrinology, diabetes & metabolism providers in Georgia.
Other endocrinology, diabetes & metabolism in Austell
- Bruce BodeAtlanta$18.3M
- Gulliermo UmpierrezAtlanta$6.6M
- John ReedRoswell$5.7M
- Thomas JonesMacon$4.8M
- Steven LeichterColumbus$3.1M
- Jason BernerJasper$2.6M
- Ashwini GoreMacon$2.6M
- Adeniyi OdugbesanLawrenceville$1.8M
- David RobertsonAtlanta$1.7M
- Thomas ZieglerAtlanta$1M
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.