Question 1

Has Yahya Bakdalieh, MD received payments from drug or device companies?

Accepted Answer

Yes. Drug and device makers reported $1,327 in general payments to Yahya Bakdalieh, MD across 24 transactions between 2019–2025. Most Open Payments records nationally are meals worth under $20; a reported payment is not evidence of wrongdoing.

Question 2

Does a payment mean Yahya Bakdalieh, MD did something wrong?

Accepted Answer

No. Federal law requires drug and device makers to report almost every transfer of value to a physician, including a $14 sandwich at a lunch presentation. Consulting fees, research funding and royalties to device inventors are ordinary, legal parts of medicine. This site reports what was disclosed; it makes no allegation.

Question 3

Where does this information about Yahya Bakdalieh, MD come from?

Accepted Answer

The U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. Payments come from Open Payments, published under the Physician Payments Sunshine Act. Billing and prescribing figures come from the Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners and Part D Prescriber public use files for 2024.

Company	Payments	Total
Boston Scientific	10	$1,063
Medtronic(2 entities)	10	$163
SPR Therapeutics, Inc	2	$51
Stryker	1	$31
Nevro Corp.	1	$18

Drug	Claims	Cost to plans & patients
Gabapentin	212	$1,574
Tizanidine Hcl	342	$1,244
Baclofen	92	$398
Chlorzoxazone	12	$230
Meloxicam	49	$153
Cyclobenzaprine Hcl	19	$124
Nabumetone	18	$101
Methocarbamol	15	$94
Methylprednisolone	12	$54
Amitriptyline Hcl	13	$50
Cephalexin	17	$29

Yahya Bakdalieh, MD

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