Ahmad Al-Taee, MD
Gastroenterology · Oklahoma City, OKNPI 1467837880
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — travel and lodging (53.1%), food and beverage and speaking fees — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 15 manufacturers reported payments, led by Boston Scientific at 40.7% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $5,593 and has fallen 99.2% since, to $47 in 2025.
Across 93 payments — averaging $115.14 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Boston Scientific$4K
- Pinnacle Biologics, Inc$2K
- Bristol Myers Squibb$1K
- AbbVie$715
- Medtronic$607
- Olympus America Inc.$423
- plus $940 from 9 others
Across 1 payment — averaging $22.52 each. Payments tied to a research study. These frequently flow through the physician to a hospital or research institution rather than to the physician personally.
- Bristol Myers Squibb$23
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$1,0009%
- Travel & lodging$5,69053%
- Food & beverage$3,91937%
- Education$991%
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 | 28 | $4,359 |
| Pinnacle Biologics, Inc | 8 | $2,331 |
| Bristol Myers Squibb | 3 | $1,333 |
| AbbVie | 21 | $715 |
| Medtronic | 5 | $607 |
| Olympus America Inc. | 8 | $423 |
| Conmed Corporation | 3 | $278 |
| Intercept Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $229 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 6 | $99 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $99 |
| ERBE USA Inc | 1 | $99 |
| Cook Medical LLC | 4 | $83 |
| Merck | 1 | $20 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Daiichi Sankyo Inc. | 1 | $13 |
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.
- Photofrin$2,135
- GENERAL - THERAPIES$1,457
- CC-90001$1,333
- SPYGLASS$978
- GENERAL - BILIARY DEVICES$665
- GI Genius$447
- WALLFLEX$416
- CONMED BILIARY$256
- OCALIVA$229
- Endocuff Vision$149
- DISPOSABLE TRIPLE LUMEN SPHINCTEROTOME$149
- Single Use Electrosurgical Knife KD-655$149
- Single Use Electrosurgical Hemostatic Forceps$149
- VISIGLIDE$145
- CONMED GENERATORS$141
How this compares
$10,708 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 133 gastroenterology providers in Oklahoma.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Omeprazole | 42 | $638 |
| Pantoprazole Sodium | 24 | $490 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other gastroenterology in Oklahoma City
- George SalemOklahoma City$1.2M
- Tauseef AliOklahoma City$536K
- Pooja SinghalOklahoma City$140K
- Hussein BitarOklahoma City$120K
- Trushar PatelOklahoma City$49K
- Matthew McBrideOklahoma City$33K
- Sanjay SikkaOklahoma City$31K
- Tony TranOklahoma City$11K
- Sumit WaliaOklahoma City$10K
- Kenneth SeresOklahoma City$9K
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.