Zohaib Zia, MD
Family Practice · Tallahassee, FLNPI 1831759216
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 35 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 9 manufacturers reported payments, led by Pfizer at 47.6% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $193 and has fallen 67.8% since, to $62 in 2025. Among family practice clinicians in FL with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 5% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 35 payments — averaging $20.33 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Pfizer$339
- Gilead$121
- Kestra Medical Technology Services, Inc.$62
- Merck$56
- E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C.$51
- Johnson & Johnson$36
- plus $47 from 3 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$711100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pfizer | 20 | $339 |
| Gilead | 1 | $121 |
| Kestra Medical Technology Services, Inc. | 3 | $62 |
| Merck | 3 | $56 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 3 | $51 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 2 | $36 |
| AbbVie | 1 | $18 |
| Novo Nordisk | 1 | $15 |
| Neurelis, 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.
- Veklury$121
How this compares
$711 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 429 family practice providers in Florida.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| EliquisApixaban | 21 | $13,646 |
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 13 | $7,616 |
| Cefpodoxime Proxetil | 24 | $1,237 |
| Midodrine Hcl | 18 | $771 |
| Potassium Chloride | 27 | $512 |
| Albuterol Sulfate HfaAlbuterol Sulfate | 14 | $505 |
| Doxycycline Hyclate | 34 | $332 |
| Pantoprazole Sodium | 31 | $268 |
| Gabapentin | 21 | $265 |
| Diltiazem 24hr Er (Cd)Diltiazem Hcl | 12 | $206 |
| ClopidogrelClopidogrel Bisulfate | 26 | $193 |
| Famotidine | 17 | $176 |
| Fluticasone Propionate | 20 | $176 |
| Amiodarone Hcl | 20 | $168 |
| Metoprolol Succinate | 23 | $150 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| PfizerEliquis | $339 | $13,64621 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 429 family practice providers in Florida.
Other family practice in Tallahassee
- Nicholas SmithTallahassee$182
- George RustTallahassee$0
- Jennifer MileyPensacola$7K
- Eva LaukhufBradenton$5K
- Hailee BanksHawthorne$5K
- Michael O'NealClearwater$3K
- Peach SupupramaiFort Lauderdale$2K
- Jan PavlinecPompano Beach$1K
- Marisol GomezTampa$1K
- Shannon CherayilSpring Hill$447
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.