Official source Data mirrored from Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Open Payments · General Payments · as published 2026-01-23 View official record Methodology

Covered recipient · General Payments record

FARES WALID AYOUB

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians Internal Medicine Gastroenterology

NPI
1679936868
CMS profile
6028387
Location
HOUSTON, TX

General Payments · PY2021–2024

$13,064.83

  • Reported across 158 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2024

$2,083.86

50 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.

By nature of payment

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

Nature of paymentAmountRecords
Food and Beverage $2,070.10 49
Education $13.76 1

By paying entity

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2021 $392.97 2
PY2022 $4,067.32 25
PY2023 $6,520.68 81
PY2024 $2,083.86 50

Payment records · PY2024 (50)

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
3-D Matrix, Inc. $248.97 12/29/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1154456329 CMS
ABBVIE INC. $20.50 01/18/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1103256405 CMS
ABBVIE INC. $121.83 02/15/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1103256407 CMS
ABBVIE INC. $19.30 03/08/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1103256409 CMS
ABBVIE INC. $15.89 07/17/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1103256411 CMS
ABBVIE INC. $47.93 11/07/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1103256413 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $1.47 03/11/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092621284 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $1.31 03/12/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092621282 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $44.24 03/12/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092621320 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $1.47 03/13/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092621286 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $21.80 03/13/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092621306 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $13.56 03/23/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092621300 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $21.17 03/23/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092621304 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $160.55 04/17/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092621336 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $123.92 05/03/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092621334 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $2.49 08/27/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092621290 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $27.79 08/27/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092621314 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $45.73 08/27/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092621322 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $74.90 09/24/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092621328 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $8.26 09/26/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092621296 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $11.55 10/15/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092621298 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $22.68 10/16/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092621310 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $0.39 10/22/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092621280 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $1.58 10/22/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092621288 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $2.66 10/22/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092621292 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $3.18 10/22/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092621294 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $22.32 10/22/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092621308 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $47.39 10/22/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092621324 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $100.04 10/24/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092621330 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $112.45 10/30/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092621332 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $40.80 11/15/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092621318 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $24.75 12/03/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092621312 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $50.82 12/03/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092621326 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $16.00 12/05/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092621302 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $29.32 12/05/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092621316 CMS
CONMED Corporation $8.80 03/19/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1142396437 CMS
CONMED Corporation $1.72 04/23/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1142396439 CMS
CONMED Corporation $103.47 04/24/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1142396441 CMS
CONMED Corporation $8.80 10/09/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1142396443 CMS
CONMED Corporation $36.21 11/03/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1142396445 CMS
CONMED Corporation $7.68 12/04/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1142396447 CMS
Endogastric Solutions, Inc $60.79 02/02/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1144677154 CMS
Endogastric Solutions, Inc $18.68 02/02/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1144677156 CMS
Endogastric Solutions, Inc $5.84 04/02/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1144677158 CMS
GENZYME CORPORATION $19.55 09/23/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1140002221 CMS
LUMENDI LLC $167.58 09/24/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1128202975 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $14.00 10/16/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119432261 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $94.26 11/04/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119432263 CMS
Salix Pharmaceuticals, a division of Bausch Health US, LLC $13.71 04/24/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1153693120 CMS
Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. $13.76 04/17/2024 Education Undisputed 01/23/2026 1137476949 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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