Physician profile

Joseph A Elias

Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation · Sugar Land, TX

NPI 1386970705

$2,888.94

in general payments reported to CMS, 2019-2025

20 companies · $1,471 in 2025

The $1,471 reported for 2025 was more than what 91% of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation providers received nationally (typical 2025 total: $138).

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Payments by year

General payments by program year, as reported to CMS.

What the payments were for

Nature of payment as categorized by the reporting companies: meals, consulting, travel, and so on.

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Payment typeAmount (2023-2025)
Food and Beverage$2,139.52
Education$237.84

Payment-type detail covers 2023-2025; earlier years are included in totals but not broken out here.

Who reported paying

General payments only, as reported to CMS. Product names cover 2023-2025.

CompanyGeneral paymentsYearsTop products
Abbott Laboratories $949.23 2024-2025 Ensite, Mitraclip, Esprit
Boston Scientific Corporation $464.13 2024-2025 General - Balloon Catheters, Watchman, Watchman Flx
Abbvie INC. $300.63 2022-2025
Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, INC. $207.82 2019-2025 Jardiance
Bridgebio Pharma, INC. $163.26 2025 Attruby
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $150.95 2025 Sapien 3 Ultra Resilia
Merz Pharmaceuticals, LLC $140.00 2022
Biosense Webster, INC. $133.18 2025 Carto 3
Allergan, INC. $111.89 2022
Medtronic, INC. $62.10 2025
Grt US Holding, INC. $28.04 2022
Aquestive Therapeutics, INC. $24.37 2022
Janssen Pharmaceuticals, INC $24.17 2024 Xarelto
Lilly USA, LLC $23.28 2024 Kisunla, Amyvid
Terumo Medical Corporation $19.24 2025 Metacross Otw, Glidesheath Slender, Heartrail
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CompanyGeneral paymentsYearsTop products
Astrazeneca Pharmaceuticals LP $18.54 2024 Farxiga
Ipsen Biopharmaceuticals, INC $18.09 2024 Dysport
Bayer Healthcare Pharmaceuticals INC. $17.37 2025
Abiomed $16.93 2024 Impella
Mallinckrodt Hospital Products INC. $15.72 2022

Drugs and devices associated with these payments

CMS records which products a payment was associated with, not how the money was allocated. Association is not allocation: one payment can be associated with several products, and a product listing does not mean the payment was made because of that product. Product detail covers 2023-2025.

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Payment summary

Joseph A Elias

$2,888.94

in general payments reported 2019-2025

Years
2019-2025
Top company
Abbott Laboratories
Context
The $1,471 reported for 2025 was more than what 91% of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation providers received nationally (typical 2025 total: $138).

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Source: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019-2025. Payments are legal and often routine.

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Source: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019-2025, as reported to CMS by drug and device makers (published June 30, 2026). Drug and device detail covers 2023-2025.