Total Payments
$255,887
2024 Payments
$28,485
Companies
27
Transactions
426
Medicare Patients
84
Medicare Billing
$16,010

Payment Breakdown by Category

Other$186,770 (73.0%)
Travel$41,643 (16.3%)
Consulting$18,648 (7.3%)
Food & Beverage$8,791 (3.4%)
Education$35.95 (0.0%)

Payments by Nature

Nature of Payment Amount Transactions Share
Compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program $185,370 86 72.4%
Travel and Lodging $41,643 105 16.3%
Consulting Fee $18,648 7 7.3%
Food and Beverage $8,791 226 3.4%
Honoraria $1,400 1 0.5%
Education $35.95 1 0.0%

Top Paying Companies

Company Total Records Latest Year
Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $223,767 250 $0 (2024)
ARGENX US, INC. $18,351 28 $0 (2024)
CSL Behring $6,642 9 $0 (2024)
UCB, Inc. $4,285 14 $0 (2024)
ABBVIE INC. $693.74 43 $0 (2024)
SK Life Science, Inc. $499.23 22 $0 (2024)
EDW Pharma, Inc. $201.74 1 $0 (2024)
Neurelis, Inc. $196.15 8 $0 (2023)
Grifols USA, LLC $192.41 2 $0 (2023)
Sarepta Therapeutics, Inc. $167.61 5 $0 (2024)

Payment History by Year

Year Amount Transactions Top Company
2024 $28,485 68 Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. ($20,227)
2023 $67,813 98 Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. ($58,981)
2022 $86,633 129 Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. ($73,548)
2021 $14,265 20 Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. ($14,183)
2020 $12,018 18 Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. ($10,497)
2019 $46,542 85 Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. ($46,329)
2018 $50.00 3 GENZYME CORPORATION ($22.14)
2017 $79.97 5 UCB, Inc. ($52.72)

All Payment Transactions

426 individual payment records from CMS Open Payments — Page 1 of 18

Date Company Product Nature Form Amount Type
12/09/2024 ARGENX US, INC. VYVGART HYTRULO (Drug) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $23.74 General
Category: Neurology
12/02/2024 UCB, Inc. Briviact (Drug) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $25.57 General
Category: Neurology
11/18/2024 UCB, Inc. Briviact (Drug) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $29.24 General
Category: Neurology
11/11/2024 ARGENX US, INC. VYVGART HYTRULO (Drug) Consulting Fee Cash or cash equivalent $1,750.00 General
Category: Neurology
11/11/2024 EDW Pharma, Inc. Tiglutik (Drug) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $201.74 General
Category: Neurology
10/30/2024 ABBVIE INC. QULIPTA (Drug) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $13.32 General
Category: NEUROSCIENCE
10/29/2024 Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. ULTOMIRIS (Biological) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $121.83 General
Category: Rare Disease
10/24/2024 SK Life Science, Inc. Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $16.81 General
10/22/2024 ARGENX US, INC. VYVGART HYTRULO (Drug) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $17.94 General
Category: Neurology
10/21/2024 UCB, Inc. Briviact (Drug) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $30.47 General
Category: Neurology
10/21/2024 ABBVIE INC. QULIPTA (Drug), UBRELVY Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $10.25 General
Category: NEUROSCIENCE
10/16/2024 ARGENX US, INC. VYVGART HYTRULO (Drug) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $39.92 General
Category: Neurology
10/12/2024 ABBVIE INC. BOTOX (Biological) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $7.22 General
Category: BOTOX THERAPEUTIC
09/26/2024 Eisai Inc. Leqembi (Drug) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $19.78 General
Category: Neurology
09/26/2024 ABBVIE INC. QULIPTA (Drug), UBRELVY Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $18.55 General
Category: NEUROSCIENCE
09/26/2024 ITF Therapeutics LLC Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $15.78 General
09/24/2024 UCB, Inc. Briviact (Drug) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $23.43 General
Category: Neurology
09/23/2024 ARGENX US, INC. VYVGART HYTRULO (Drug) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $33.23 General
Category: Neurology
09/23/2024 UCB, Inc. Briviact (Drug) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $27.13 General
Category: Neurology
08/27/2024 Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program Cash or cash equivalent $2,940.00 General
08/27/2024 Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Travel and Lodging In-kind items and services $869.13 General
08/27/2024 Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $112.46 General
08/16/2024 Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. ULTOMIRIS (Biological) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $22.45 General
Category: Rare Disease
08/01/2024 EMD Serono, Inc. Food and Beverage Cash or cash equivalent $20.64 General
07/29/2024 ARGENX US, INC. VYVGART HYTRULO (Drug) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $15.12 General
Category: Neurology

Medicare Billing by Year

Year Procedures Beneficiaries Services Submitted Medicare Paid
2023 1 23 38 $15,789 $4,698
2022 1 16 30 $10,546 $3,443
2021 1 24 42 $13,902 $5,276
2020 1 21 27 $8,937 $2,593
Total Patients
84
Total Services
137
Medicare Billing
$16,010
Procedure Codes
4

All Medicare Procedures & Services

4 procedure records from CMS Medicare Utilization

HCPCS Description Setting Year Patients Services Charges Medicare Paid Ratio
99215 Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 40-54 minutes Office 2023 23 38 $15,789 $4,698 29.8%
99215 Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 40-54 minutes Office 2022 16 30 $10,546 $3,443 32.7%
99215 Established patient outpatient visit, total time 40-54 minutes Office 2021 24 42 $13,902 $5,276 37.9%
99215 Established patient office or other outpatient, visit typically 40 minutes Office 2020 21 27 $8,937 $2,593 29.0%

About Dr. Rima El-Abassi, M.D

Dr. Rima El-Abassi, M.D is a Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program healthcare provider based in New Orleans, Louisiana. This provider has been registered with the National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES) since 09/25/2007. The National Provider Identifier (NPI) number assigned to this provider is 1417143330.

According to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Open Payments database, Dr. Rima El-Abassi, M.D has received a total of $255,887 in payments from pharmaceutical and medical device companies, with $28,485 received in 2024. These payments were reported across 426 transactions from 27 companies. The most common payment nature is "Compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program" ($185,370).

As a Medicare-enrolled provider, El-Abassi has provided services to 84 Medicare beneficiaries, totaling 137 services with total Medicare billing of $16,010. Data is available for 4 years (2020–2023), covering 4 distinct procedure/service records.

Practice Information

Products in Payments

  • Soliris (Drug) $53,386
  • ULTOMIRIS (Biological) $52,812
  • VYVGART (Drug) $10,711
  • SOLIRIS (Biological) $8,348
  • Hizentra (Biological) $6,642
  • Zilbrysq (Drug) $4,056
  • VYVGART HYTRULO (Drug) $1,880
  • UBRELVY (Drug) $358.39
  • Briviact (Drug) $229.42
  • QULIPTA (Drug) $227.60
  • Tiglutik (Drug) $201.74
  • VALTOCO (Drug) $196.15
  • Gamunex-C (Biological) $192.41
  • BOTOX (Biological) $171.40
  • Aimovig (Biological) $145.50
  • PANZYGA (Biological) $124.02
  • NUEDEXTA (Drug) $102.56
  • VYEPTI (Biological) $78.61
  • NURTEC ODT (Drug) $69.01
  • Fycompa (Drug) $43.09

Data Sources

Provider data from NPPES. Payment data from CMS Open Payments. Medicare data from CMS Medicare Provider Utilization. All data is public and updated periodically.

Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program Doctors in New Orleans