Zumara Ayers, PA
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 82 payments — averaging $24.83 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Amgen$662
- Novo Nordisk$388
- AstraZeneca$323
- GSK$265
- AbbVie$131
- Lilly USA, LLC$54
- plus $213 from 7 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$2,00899%
- Education$281%
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(2 entities) | 32 | $662 |
| Novo Nordisk | 9 | $388 |
| AstraZeneca | 15 | $323 |
| GSK | 8 | $265 |
| AbbVie | 6 | $131 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 2 | $54 |
| Ardelyx, Inc. | 2 | $53 |
| Merck | 2 | $38 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 2 | $29 |
| Bayer | 1 | $28 |
| Renalytix AI, Inc. | 1 | $23 |
| Novartis | 1 | $21 |
| Amarin Pharma, Inc. | 1 | $21 |
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
$2,036 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 1,544 surgical providers in New York.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 390 | $352,565 |
| OzempicSemaglutide | 233 | $245,814 |
| JanuviaSitagliptin Phosphate | 113 | $109,911 |
| TrulicityDulaglutide | 47 | $77,782 |
| TradjentaLinagliptin | 77 | $69,597 |
| BiktarvyBictegrav/Emtricit/Tenofov Ala | 15 | $60,028 |
| JanumetSitagliptin Phos/Metformin Hcl | 63 | $57,812 |
| LinzessLinaclotide | 89 | $55,239 |
| EliquisApixaban | 47 | $45,123 |
| RybelsusSemaglutide | 29 | $41,973 |
| VascepaIcosapent Ethyl | 76 | $39,147 |
| Breo ElliptaFluticasone/Vilanterol | 79 | $31,093 |
| Basaglar Kwikpen U-100Insulin Glargine,hum.Rec.Anlog | 60 | $25,160 |
| FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol | 12 | $19,938 |
| Tresiba Flextouch U-200Insulin Degludec | 23 | $17,460 |
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 | $388 | $287,788262 claims |
| MerckJanuvia, Janumet | $38 | $167,724176 claims |
| Lilly USA, LLCTrulicity | $54 | $77,78247 claims |
| GSKBreo Ellipta, Trelegy Ellipta, Incruse Ellipta, Anoro Ellipta | $265 | $55,971126 claims |
| AbbVieLinzess | $131 | $55,23989 claims |
| AstraZenecaFarxiga, Nexium, Symbicort | $323 | $27,64534 claims |
| NovartisEntresto | $21 | $14,28312 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 85th percentile of 1,544 surgical providers in New York.
Other surgical in Bronx
- Lindsay SchweikarthAlbany$324K
- Nicole FeinNew York$225K
- Kenneth RuizNew York$93K
- Sarah MartineckWilliamsville$87K
- Terry LinNew York$70K
- Beth PhillipsEast Syracuse$51K
- James DoolittleNew York$46K
- Tanya GeistAmherst$43K
- Irina KommNew York$39K
- Alexandra DemeglioNew York$31K
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.