Payment overview · 2025
General Payments
We did not find matching Open Payments records for this doctor in the selected program year.
Healthcare provider profile · identity verified
Shahid Muhammad, MD
Endocrinology · HOUSTON, TX · NPI 1922194109
Verified facts
What the public records show
We did not find matching Open Payments records for this doctor in 2025.
These records do not establish that a payment influenced prescribing or medical care.
Separate record types
Research & Ownership
Research Payments (direct recipient): not present in the loaded data
Associated Research Funding (for example, named PI): not present in the loaded data
Ownership / Investment: not present in the loaded data
These categories are never added into the General Payments headline. Associated research funding must not be described as money the doctor personally received unless the source record supports that conclusion.
Analysis 1 · Payment-linked products
Products named in Open Payments records
No payment-linked product analysis is available because no matching General Payment records were found for the selected year.
Public prescribing for products named in payments
There is no explicit payment-product set available for a Part D comparison.
The presence of the same drug in both datasets does not show that a payment caused or influenced a prescription.
Analysis 2 · Same-company prescribing overlap
Drugs reported in other payments from the same company that also appear in Medicare Part D
This analysis is independent from products named on this doctor’s individual payment records. A row appears only when the exact Open Payments reporting entity paid this doctor, that same reporting entity reported the drug or biological on at least 10 loaded General Payment records involving at least 2 distinct recipient NPIs, and this doctor has the same non-generic brand in public Part D data. This does not mean the company owns or manufactures the drug.
There is no payer-company set available for this comparison.
These facts do not show that a payment was for the drug, that the company owns or manufactures the drug, or that a payment caused or influenced prescribing.
Public Medicare Part D data
Provider-and-drug rows loaded for 2024
| Brand | Generic | Claims | Beneficiaries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Levothyroxine Sodium | Levothyroxine Sodium | 717 | 218 |
| Xultophy 100-3.6 | Insulin Degludec/Liraglutide | 462 | 102 |
| Novolog Flexpen | Insulin Aspart | 456 | 125 |
| Ozempic | Semaglutide | 414 | 86 |
| Metformin Hcl | Metformin Hcl | 360 | 118 |
| Alendronate Sodium | Alendronate Sodium | 280 | 97 |
| Jardiance | Empagliflozin | 237 | 53 |
| Glipizide | Glipizide | 234 | 83 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | Atorvastatin Calcium | 219 | 66 |
| Rybelsus | Semaglutide | 194 | 52 |
| Tresiba Flextouch U-100 | Insulin Degludec | 179 | 53 |
| Ultra-Fine Mini Pen Needle | Pen Needle, Diabetic | 148 | 66 |
| Basaglar Kwikpen U-100 | Insulin Glargine,hum.Rec.Anlog | 146 | 47 |
| Trulicity | Dulaglutide | 146 | 33 |
| Metformin Hcl Er | Metformin Hcl | 143 | 53 |
| Rosuvastatin Calcium | Rosuvastatin Calcium | 138 | 44 |
| Glimepiride | Glimepiride | 120 | 43 |
| Methimazole | Methimazole | 113 | 34 |
| Lisinopril | Lisinopril | 109 | 34 |
| Liothyronine Sodium | Liothyronine Sodium | 103 | 33 |
| Losartan Potassium | Losartan Potassium | 102 | 36 |
| Hydrochlorothiazide | Hydrochlorothiazide | 99 | 30 |
| Amlodipine Besylate | Amlodipine Besylate | 96 | 31 |
| Metoprolol Succinate | Metoprolol Succinate | 95 | 32 |
| Nano 2nd Gen Pen Needle | Pen Needle, Diabetic | 85 | 44 |
| Nateglinide | Nateglinide | 79 | 37 |
| Mounjaro | Tirzepatide | 75 | 16 |
| Lisinopril-Hydrochlorothiazide | Lisinopril/Hydrochlorothiazide | 71 | 19 |
| Simvastatin | Simvastatin | 67 | 19 |
| Soliqua 100-33 | Insulin Glargine/Lixisenatide | 66 | 26 |
| Synthroid | Levothyroxine Sodium | 66 | 16 |
| Fenofibrate | Fenofibrate | 65 | 23 |
| Farxiga | Dapagliflozin Propanediol | 63 | 16 |
| Potassium Chloride | Potassium Chloride | 60 | 23 |
| Pioglitazone Hcl | Pioglitazone Hcl | 57 | 19 |
| Ultra-Fine Nano Pen Needle | Pen Needle, Diabetic | 56 | 26 |
| Vitamin D2 | Ergocalciferol (Vitamin D2) | 55 | 27 |
| Hydrocortisone | Hydrocortisone | 53 | suppressed |
| Pravastatin Sodium | Pravastatin Sodium | 52 | 15 |
| Furosemide | Furosemide | 50 | 17 |
| Omeprazole | Omeprazole | 50 | 15 |
| Ezetimibe | Ezetimibe | 49 | 14 |
| Fiasp Flextouch | Insulin Aspart (Niacinamide) | 47 | suppressed |
| Lantus Solostar | Insulin Glargine,hum.Rec.Anlog | 45 | 25 |
| Carvedilol | Carvedilol | 42 | 14 |
| Novolog Mix 70-30 Flexpen | Insulin Aspart Prot/Insuln Asp | 41 | 14 |
| Calcitriol | Calcitriol | 38 | 11 |
| Raloxifene Hcl | Raloxifene Hcl | 36 | 11 |
| Testosterone Cypionate | Testosterone Cypionate | 35 | suppressed |
| Gabapentin | Gabapentin | 34 | 11 |
| Duloxetine Hcl | Duloxetine Hcl | 32 | suppressed |
| Metoprolol Tartrate | Metoprolol Tartrate | 32 | 12 |
| Losartan-Hydrochlorothiazide | Losartan/Hydrochlorothiazide | 31 | suppressed |
| Ultra-Fine Short Pen Needle | Pen Needle, Diabetic | 29 | 13 |
| Valsartan-Hydrochlorothiazide | Valsartan/Hydrochlorothiazide | 27 | suppressed |
| Clopidogrel | Clopidogrel Bisulfate | 26 | suppressed |
| Ibandronate Sodium | Ibandronate Sodium | 25 | suppressed |
| Januvia | Sitagliptin Phosphate | 25 | suppressed |
| Pantoprazole Sodium | Pantoprazole Sodium | 24 | suppressed |
| Glipizide Er | Glipizide | 23 | 11 |
| Testosterone | Testosterone | 22 | suppressed |
| Fenofibrate | Fenofibrate Nanocrystallized | 20 | suppressed |
| Novofine 32 | Pen Needle, Diabetic | 20 | suppressed |
| Spironolactone | Spironolactone | 20 | suppressed |
| Amlodipine Besylate-Benazepril | Amlodipine Besylate/Benazepril | 19 | suppressed |
| Trazodone Hcl | Trazodone Hcl | 18 | suppressed |
| Cyanocobalamin Injection | Cyanocobalamin (Vitamin B-12) | 17 | suppressed |
| Levemir Flexpen | Insulin Detemir | 17 | 13 |
| Fludrocortisone Acetate | Fludrocortisone Acetate | 16 | suppressed |
| Repatha Sureclick | Evolocumab | 16 | suppressed |
| Humalog Mix 50-50 Kwikpen | Insulin Lispro Protamin/Lispro | 15 | suppressed |
| Dexamethasone | Dexamethasone | 14 | suppressed |
| Lyumjev Kwikpen U-200 | Insulin Lispro-Aabc | 14 | suppressed |
| Tresiba Flextouch U-200 | Insulin Degludec | 14 | suppressed |
| Allopurinol | Allopurinol | 13 | suppressed |
| Chlorthalidone | Chlorthalidone | 13 | suppressed |
| Insulin Syringe | Syringe And Needle,insulin,1ml | 13 | suppressed |
| Novolog Mix 70-30 | Insulin Aspart Prot/Insuln Asp | 13 | suppressed |
| Atenolol-Chlorthalidone | Atenolol/Chlorthalidone | 12 | suppressed |
| Clonidine | Clonidine | 12 | suppressed |
| Doxazosin Mesylate | Doxazosin Mesylate | 12 | suppressed |
| Glipizide-Metformin | Glipizide/Metformin Hcl | 12 | suppressed |
| Janumet Xr | Sitagliptin Phos/Metformin Hcl | 12 | suppressed |
| Synjardy | Empagliflozin/Metformin Hcl | 12 | suppressed |
| Synjardy Xr | Empagliflozin/Metformin Hcl | 12 | suppressed |
| Benazepril Hcl | Benazepril Hcl | 11 | suppressed |
| Humalog Kwikpen U-100 | Insulin Lispro | 11 | suppressed |
| Tamsulosin Hcl | Tamsulosin Hcl | 11 | suppressed |
Timeline
Payment and prescribing data by year
Open Payments and Medicare Part D may refer to different years. They are shown separately rather than aligned as if they describe the same period.
| Year | General Payments | Main payer | Explicit products | Company overlaps | Part D coverage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2024 | — | — | — | — | Complete |
Questions to ask
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Sources and limitations
How to read this page
- Payment and Medicare prescribing data can cover different years; every comparison shows both years explicitly.
- Part D does not represent a doctor’s entire practice; it excludes many patients and is subject to CMS public-release thresholds.
- Company–drug relationships must have an auditable source, a precise relationship type, and a valid evidence period. Unresolved mappings are not published.
- Generic drug claims are not attributed to a specific manufacturer without manufacturer-level evidence.
- When a source extract is incomplete, missing rows are never treated as proof of no payments or no prescriptions.
Loaded source releases
| Dataset | Year | Publication | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| CMS Open Payments — General Payments | 2025 | 2026-06-30 | Original source |
| Medicare Part D Prescribers by Provider and Drug | 2024 | 2026-05-06 | Original source |
| NPPES Data Dissemination V2 | current / reference data | 2026-08-10 | Original source |
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