Ahmed Saeed, MD
Gastroenterology · Kansas City, MONPI 1033423744
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — speaking fees (31.1%), education and consulting fees — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 30 manufacturers reported payments, led by Olympus Corporation Of The Americas at 34.2% of the total. Among gastroenterology clinicians in MO with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 5% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 590 payments — averaging $416.76 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Olympus Corporation Of The Americas$84K
- Boston Scientific$55K
- Olympus America Inc.$42K
- Endogastric Solutions, Inc$25K
- Medtronic$22K
- Merit Medical Systems Inc$6K
- plus $12K from 24 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$57,82624%
- Speaking & faculty fees$76,39631%
- Travel & lodging$28,56612%
- Food & beverage$13,3245%
- Education$69,77628%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Olympus Corporation Of The Americas | 177 | $84,044 |
| Boston Scientific | 89 | $55,023 |
| Olympus America Inc. | 64 | $42,108 |
| Endogastric Solutions, Inc | 34 | $24,916 |
| Medtronic | 109 | $22,211 |
| Merit Medical Systems Inc | 5 | $6,045 |
| Lumendi LLC | 3 | $3,334 |
| Olympus Medical Systems Corporation | 9 | $2,864 |
| Olympus Corporation | 6 | $2,029 |
| Apollo Endosurgery US Inc | 5 | $1,001 |
| AbbVie | 31 | $547 |
| Johnson & Johnson(2 entities) | 10 | $363 |
| Covidien LP | 5 | $336 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 8 | $271 |
| Fujifilm Healthcare Americas Corporation | 2 | $160 |
| Pfizer | 4 | $159 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 5 | $83 |
| Bristol Myers Squibb | 4 | $76 |
| Phathom Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 3 | $40 |
| Daiichi Sankyo Inc. | 2 | $33 |
| Capsovision, Inc. | 1 | $32 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 1 | $32 |
| Braintree Laboratories, Inc. | 2 | $30 |
| Micro-tech Endoscopy USA, Inc. | 5 | $29 |
| AstraZeneca | 1 | $26 |
| Novo Nordisk | 1 | $23 |
| Merck | 1 | $20 |
| Aimmune Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Celltrion USA Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Intercept Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
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.
- DISPOSABLE DISTAL ATTACHMENT$77,863
- Olympus$75,773
- Single Use Electrosurgical Knife KD-655$70,548
- ESOPHYX$30,391
- EndoClot PHS$14,131
- EVIS EXERA III VIDEO SYSTEM CENTER$13,514
- GENERAL - THERAPIES$12,736
- AXIOS$12,545
- Resolution 360 Clip$9,479
- EndoClot SIS$9,329
- Long Clip$6,460
- ORISE$6,241
- GI Genius$6,174
- EVIS EXERA III COLONOVIDEOSCOPE$5,460
- EndoClot Air Compressor$4,796
- EVIS EXERA lll COLONOVIDEOSCOPE$3,427
- DILUMEN ENDOLUMENAL INTERVENTIONAL PLATFORM, 103 CM$3,200
- Olympus EMR & ESD Devices$2,425
- Olympus Hemostasis Devices$2,425
- OverStitch Endoscopic Suturing System$1,853
How this compares
$245,888 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 374 gastroenterology providers in Missouri.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| MotegrityPrucalopride Succinate | 12 | $6,409 |
| Sod Sulf-Potass Sulf-Mag SulfSodium, Potassium,mag Sulfates | 53 | $3,399 |
| SutabSod Sulf/Pot Chloride/Mag Sulf | 18 | $2,924 |
| Gavilyte-GPeg3350/Sod Sulf,bicarb,cl/Kcl | 51 | $761 |
| Pantoprazole Sodium | 44 | $558 |
| Peg-3350 And ElectrolytesPeg3350/Sod Sulf,bicarb,cl/Kcl | 23 | $353 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.Motegrity | $271 | $6,40912 claims |
| Braintree Laboratories, Inc.Sutab | $30 | $2,92418 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 374 gastroenterology providers in Missouri.
Other gastroenterology in Kansas City
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- Tahar MahmoudiKansas City$114K
- Hillary BownikKansas City$85K
- Amit RastogiKansas City$63K
- Rajiv ChhabraKansas City$29K
- Bradley FreilichKansas City$26K
- Prashant PandyaKansas City$21K
- Syed JafriKansas City$20K
- Gregory MerrittKansas City$16K
- Gregory SayukSaint Louis$1.1M
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.