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Covered recipient · General Payments record

FARID ABUSHAMAT

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians Internal Medicine Gastroenterology

NPI
1629574975
CMS profile
11302865
Location
HOUSTON, TX

General Payments · PY2021–2024

$16,889.14

  • Reported across 94 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2024

$16,099.63

55 records · 0 disputed

Financial relationships do not necessarily indicate an improper relationship; the data is open to interpretation.

How these totals are calculated
  • The total is the sum of the General Payments records CMS published for the labeled program year(s), exactly as published. Nothing is estimated, weighted, or combined across categories.
  • General Payments only. Research and Ownership/Investment are separate datasets and are never summed with these figures; amounts are kept separate per program year.
  • Featured-page threshold (a presentation gate, not a judgment): records>=3 OR total>=100 (all years).
  • Methodology & Data — sourcing, labeling, and limitations.

Related groups: Gastroenterology TX All categories

By nature of payment

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

Nature of paymentAmountRecords
Grant $12,500.00 1
Travel and Lodging $1,888.40 11
Food and Beverage $1,711.23 43

By paying entity

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

Paying entityAmountRecords
BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION $15,620.79 28
Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. $161.72 8
Salix Pharmaceuticals, a division of Bausch Health US, LLC $133.38 10
ABBVIE INC. $120.96 6
Merck Sharp & Dohme Corporation $37.97 2
Janssen Biotech, Inc. $24.81 1

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2021 $32.80 2
PY2022 $286.77 15
PY2023 $469.94 22
PY2024 $16,099.63 55

Payment records · PY2024 (55)

Sorted by paying entity, then date · as published by CMS

Program year 2024 202120222023 Record-level detail is published for PY2024; earlier years are summarised in “By program year”.
Paying entity Amount Date Nature of payment Dispute status Published Record ID Source
ABBVIE INC. $20.50 01/18/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1103170784 CMS
ABBVIE INC. $15.42 01/25/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1103170786 CMS
ABBVIE INC. $15.37 03/01/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1103170788 CMS
ABBVIE INC. $24.80 05/02/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1103170790 CMS
ABBVIE INC. $29.61 10/03/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1103170792 CMS
ABBVIE INC. $15.26 10/10/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1103170794 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $28.56 02/27/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092614472 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $18.90 03/19/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092614468 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $12,500.00 08/01/2024 Grant Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092614460 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $183.15 08/15/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092614442 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $248.95 08/15/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092614450 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $103.84 08/16/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092614438 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $126.91 08/16/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092614440 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $183.15 08/16/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092614444 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $80.44 08/16/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092614490 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $79.90 08/17/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092614488 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $96.56 08/17/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092614492 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $74.90 09/24/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092614486 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $42.91 09/26/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092614480 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $56.99 09/26/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092614482 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $286.95 10/10/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092614454 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $306.75 10/10/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092614456 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $10.22 10/10/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092614462 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $183.27 10/11/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092614446 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $261.61 10/11/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092614452 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $306.75 10/11/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092614458 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $226.77 10/12/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092614448 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $30.26 10/12/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092614474 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $11.55 10/15/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092614464 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $22.48 10/18/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092614470 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $14.44 10/30/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092614466 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $31.80 11/14/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092614476 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $61.98 11/14/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092614484 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $40.80 11/15/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092614478 CMS
Janssen Biotech, Inc. $24.81 10/22/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1078727510 CMS
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC $16.95 02/15/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1141905050 CMS
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC $21.02 04/18/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1141815597 CMS
Salix Pharmaceuticals, a division of Bausch Health US, LLC $18.17 01/03/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1153577487 CMS
Salix Pharmaceuticals, a division of Bausch Health US, LLC $16.96 02/21/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1153542786 CMS
Salix Pharmaceuticals, a division of Bausch Health US, LLC $0.94 02/21/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1153743307 CMS
Salix Pharmaceuticals, a division of Bausch Health US, LLC $20.05 03/06/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1153629751 CMS
Salix Pharmaceuticals, a division of Bausch Health US, LLC $14.71 03/06/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1153740924 CMS
Salix Pharmaceuticals, a division of Bausch Health US, LLC $13.71 04/24/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1153430007 CMS
Salix Pharmaceuticals, a division of Bausch Health US, LLC $4.09 06/26/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1153523235 CMS
Salix Pharmaceuticals, a division of Bausch Health US, LLC $8.35 06/26/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1153546053 CMS
Salix Pharmaceuticals, a division of Bausch Health US, LLC $19.80 07/09/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1153604943 CMS
Salix Pharmaceuticals, a division of Bausch Health US, LLC $16.60 08/28/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1153721460 CMS
Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. $20.50 01/11/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1137460435 CMS
Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. $28.57 01/24/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1137460439 CMS
Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. $13.21 02/01/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1137460442 CMS
Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. $23.21 02/22/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1137460447 CMS
Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. $18.41 03/28/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1137460450 CMS
Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. $20.56 04/10/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1137460453 CMS
Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. $20.90 05/09/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1137460458 CMS
Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. $16.36 06/05/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1137460462 CMS

Source & provenance

Dataset
CMS Open Payments — General Payments
Publisher of source data
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
CMS publication date
2026-01-23
Program years on this page
2021, 2022, 2023, 2024
Source files
Dataset page · Bulk file · PY2021 , PY2022 , PY2023 , PY2024
Generated from
OP_DTL_GNRL_PGYR2024_P01232026_01102026.csv

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