Ahmad El Kouzi, MD
Neurology · Springfield, ILNPI 1861834152
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (42.5%), travel and lodging and food and beverage — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 8 manufacturers reported payments, led by AbbVie at 46.3% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $2,515 and has fallen 93.3% since, to $169 in 2025.
Across 35 payments — averaging $205.05 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$3K
- Sage Therapeutics, LLC$1K
- Boston Scientific$1K
- Medtronic$573
- MDD US Operations, LLC$183
- Abbott$136
- plus $138 from 2 others
Across 25 payments — averaging $10,426 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.
- Genentech, Inc.$219K
- Sage Therapeutics, LLC$31K
- AbbVie$11K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$3,05042%
- Travel & lodging$2,10729%
- Food & beverage$2,02028%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AbbVie | 9 | $3,320 |
| Sage Therapeutics, LLC | 4 | $1,460 |
| Boston Scientific | 6 | $1,367 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 9 | $573 |
| MDD US Operations, LLC | 2 | $183 |
| Abbott | 2 | $136 |
| Amneal Pharmaceuticals LLC | 1 | $92 |
| Kyowa Kirin, Inc. | 2 | $46 |
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.
How this compares
$7,177 in reported general payments places this provider in the 75th percentile of 790 neurology providers in Illinois.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| RytaryCarbidopa/Levodopa | 18 | $21,065 |
| Carbidopa-LevodopaCarbidopa/Levodopa | 216 | $6,179 |
| Lacosamide | 18 | $3,792 |
| Carbidopa-Levodopa ErCarbidopa/Levodopa | 38 | $2,723 |
| Rasagiline Mesylate | 18 | $2,210 |
| Primidone | 31 | $715 |
| Baclofen | 18 | $501 |
| Pregabalin | 13 | $488 |
| Gabapentin | 22 | $418 |
| Ropinirole Hcl | 15 | $349 |
| Donepezil Hcl | 21 | $325 |
| Memantine Hcl | 11 | $264 |
| Clonazepam | 18 | $117 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Amneal Pharmaceuticals LLCRytary | $92 | $21,06518 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 75th percentile of 790 neurology providers in Illinois.
Other neurology in Springfield
- Rodger ElbleSpringfield$47K
- Augusto MiravalleChicago$1.4M
- Lori GuytonHerrin$1.1M
- Daniel WynnNorthbrook$812K
- Arthur ItkinPalos Heights$808K
- Andrew GordonLake Barrington$765K
- Martha McGrawWinfield$625K
- Reuben ValenzuelaPeoria$590K
- Adil JavedChicago$584K
- Tyler KaplanMaywood$549K
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.