Abdul Hamid El Chafic, MD
Gastroenterology · Richardson, TXNPI 1215168760
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (38.9%), food and beverage and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 20 manufacturers reported payments, led by Boston Scientific at 48.5% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $5,197 and has fallen 79.1% since, to $1,085 in 2025.
Across 108 payments — averaging $163.62 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Boston Scientific$9K
- Medtronic$5K
- Olympus Corporation Of The Americas$2K
- Lumendi LLC$593
- ERBE USA Inc$490
- AbbVie$393
- plus $1K from 14 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$6,88039%
- Speaking & faculty fees$2,55014%
- Travel & lodging$2,94717%
- Food & beverage$5,27830%
- Education$160%
General payments by program year
Who reported the general payments
Companies are grouped under their corporate parent — a single manufacturer often files under several CMS reporting entities. Research and ownership payments are counted separately and are not in this table.
| Company | Payments | Total |
|---|---|---|
| Boston Scientific | 43 | $8,573 |
| Medtronic | 16 | $4,846 |
| Olympus Corporation Of The Americas | 13 | $1,725 |
| Lumendi LLC | 6 | $593 |
| ERBE USA Inc | 2 | $490 |
| AbbVie | 11 | $393 |
| Olympus America Inc. | 1 | $149 |
| Amgen | 2 | $139 |
| Gilead | 1 | $125 |
| Covidien LP | 1 | $123 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 1 | $117 |
| Fujifilm Healthcare Americas Corporation | 1 | $108 |
| Angiodynamics, Inc. | 1 | $80 |
| Madrigal Pharmaceuticals | 2 | $62 |
| Aimmune Therapeutics, Inc. | 2 | $40 |
| Ardelyx, Inc. | 1 | $30 |
| Ferring Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $24 |
| Phathom Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $23 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $15 |
What the payments were tied to
Products named in the reported payments. Only payments of $100 or more are attributed here — the typical reported payment nationally is a meal worth about $16, and listing those product-by-product would be noise.
- ACQUIRE$2,700
- Olympus EMR & ESD Devices$1,374
- Olympus Hemostasis Devices$1,374
- Olympus EndoTherapy Accessories$1,374
- GENERAL - THERAPIES$737
- EXALT Model D$397
- DiLumen$385
- ERBE$359
- Beacon$236
- Endocuff Vision$149
- DISPOSABLE TRIPLE LUMEN SPHINCTEROTOME$149
- Single Use Electrosurgical Knife KD-655$149
- Single Use Electrosurgical Hemostatic Forceps$149
- Resolution 360 Clip$145
- VIO3 APC3 ErbeJet2$131
- GENERAL - BILIARY DEVICES$125
- AXIOS$124
- UPLIZNA$119
- CODMAN CERTAS$117
- CUSA CLARITY$117
How this compares
$17,671 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 1,350 gastroenterology providers in Texas.
Medicare billing
What this is not: this is the amount Original Medicare Part B allowed for services this provider billed in 2024. It is not their income. It excludes Medicare Advantage — now more than half of all Medicare enrollment — along with Medicaid and all commercial insurance, and it is gross practice revenue before staff, rent, supplies and malpractice premiums. CMS also suppresses any figure covering ten or fewer patients, so low-volume providers appear smaller than they are.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| CreonLipase/Protease/Amylase | 14 | $21,018 |
| Pantoprazole Sodium | 85 | $857 |
| Gavilyte-GPeg3350/Sod Sulf,bicarb,cl/Kcl | 49 | $746 |
| Esomeprazole Magnesium | 14 | $563 |
| Peg-3350 And ElectrolytesPeg3350/Sod Sulf,bicarb,cl/Kcl | 29 | $472 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Companies that both paid and supply prescribed drugs
These companies both reported payments to this provider and make drugs the provider prescribed under Medicare Part D in 2024. For most specialties this overlap is expected — a cardiologist who is paid by a cardiology drugmaker also treats heart disease. It is shown so the reader can see it, not because it implies anything on its own.
| Company | Paid to this provider | Part D cost of their drugs |
|---|---|---|
| AbbVieCreon | $393 | $21,01814 claims |
Reading this fairly. The Part D column is what drug plans and patients paid pharmacies — this provider received none of it, and it reflects how many patients they treat and what those drugs cost. Against peers, this provider's reported payments sit in the 85th percentile of 1,350 gastroenterology providers in Texas.
Other gastroenterology in Richardson
- John FordtranDallas$9.9M
- Michael BrownDallas$5.5M
- Bincy AbrahamHouston$1.6M
- Mazen NoureddinHouston$1.5M
- Stephen PappasHouston$1.4M
- Anish PatelFort Sam Houston$1.3M
- Timothy RitterSouthlake$961K
- Parvez MantryDallas$958K
- Nadege GunnWaco$933K
- Brooks CashHouston$867K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Billing: Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners, data year 2024. Original Medicare Part B only.
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.