Ahmad Sabouni, MD
Neurology · Lubbock, TXNPI 1124199187
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 1,545 payments — averaging $477.22 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Novartis$585K
- TG Therapeutics, Inc.$87K
- AbbVie$36K
- Biogen$11K
- Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc.$2K
- Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc.$1K
- plus $15K from 54 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$5761%
- Speaking & faculty fees$41,63163%
- Food & beverage$23,70536%
- Education$5871%
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.
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
$737,310 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 1,246 neurology 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 |
|---|---|---|
| AustedoDeutetrabenazine | 56 | $418,362 |
| IngrezzaValbenazine Tosylate | 42 | $380,277 |
| NuplazidPimavanserin Tartrate | 27 | $137,978 |
| Gammagard LiquidImmun Glob G(Igg)/Gly/Iga Ov50 | 24 | $106,484 |
| TecfideraDimethyl Fumarate | 12 | $105,014 |
| Avonex Pen (4 Pack)Interferon Beta-1a | 12 | $99,190 |
| BotoxOnabotulinumtoxina | 55 | $88,353 |
| GocovriAmantadine Hcl | 21 | $84,805 |
| XcopriCenobamate | 55 | $81,310 |
| Dimethyl Fumarate | 28 | $80,296 |
| PanzygaImmun Glob G(Igg)-Ifas/Glycine | 19 | $73,936 |
| Austedo XrDeutetrabenazine | 11 | $72,039 |
| HizentraImmun Glob G(Igg)/Pro/Iga 0-50 | 11 | $64,849 |
| QuliptaAtogepant | 34 | $58,279 |
| Nurtec OdtRimegepant Sulfate | 30 | $48,141 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc.Austedo, Austedo Xr | $1,755 | $490,40167 claims |
| Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc.Ingrezza | $1,347 | $380,27742 claims |
| AbbVieBotox, Qulipta | $35,569 | $146,63289 claims |
| Acadia Pharmaceuticals IncNuplazid | $444 | $137,97827 claims |
| PfizerPanzyga, Nurtec Odt | $486 | $122,07749 claims |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.Gammagard Liquid | $131 | $106,48424 claims |
| BiogenTecfidera | $10,857 | $105,01412 claims |
| MDD US Operations, LLCGocovri | $239 | $84,80521 claims |
| SK Life Science, Inc.Xcopri | $504 | $81,31055 claims |
| CSL BehringHizentra | $127 | $64,84911 claims |
| Amneal Pharmaceuticals LLCRytary, Pyridostigmine Bromide | $380 | $52,273196 claims |
| Grifols USA, LLCGamunex-C | $28 | $44,97423 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 95th percentile of 1,246 neurology providers in Texas.
Other neurology in Lubbock
- Bhupesh DiheniaLubbock$6.9M
- Mirla AvilaLubbock$1.3M
- Ann BassSan Antonio$12.3M
- Kandasami SenthilkumarBeaumont$7.6M
- Bharathy SundaramSherman$7.2M
- Jamshid LotfiHouston$6M
- Nazanin MajdHouston$5.9M
- Aziz ShaibaniHouston$5.5M
- Elizabeth PeckhamRound Rock$5.4M
- Susan IannacconeDallas$5.1M
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.