Ali Seifi, MD
Neurocritical Care · San Antonio, TXNPI 1295960953
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by speaking fees: $50,844 of the $57,548 with a category attached, or 88.3%. Chiesi USA, Inc. accounts for 97.6% of it on its own, with 6 other manufacturers making up the rest. Among neurocritical care clinicians in TX 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 92 payments — averaging $625.52 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Chiesi USA, Inc.$56K
- Ceribell, Inc.$1K
- UCB, Inc.$160
- Sanofi US Services Inc.$150
- Corium, LLC$31
- Integra Lifesciences Corporation$23
- plus $16 from 1 others
Across 14 payments — averaging $9806.91 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.
- Integra Lifesciences Corporation$137K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$1,0002%
- Speaking & faculty fees$50,84488%
- Travel & lodging$3,3906%
- Food & beverage$2,2944%
- Education$200%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Chiesi USA, Inc. | 85 | $56,168 |
| Ceribell, Inc. | 1 | $1,000 |
| UCB, Inc. | 1 | $160 |
| Sanofi US Services Inc. | 2 | $150 |
| Corium, LLC | 1 | $31 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 1 | $23 |
| Irras USA, 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.
How this compares
$57,548 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 46 neurocritical care 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.
Other neurocritical care in San Antonio
- Kevin ChenSan Antonio$388
- Shaheryar HafeezSan Antonio$72
- Ashutosh MahapatraHouston$27K
- Faheem SheriffEl Paso$12K
- Ritvij BowryHouston$11K
- Huimahn ChoiHouston$2K
- Claudia PerezFort Worth$2K
- Muhammad Ubaid HafeezHouston$2K
- Ishwara SankaraFort Worth$2K
- Walter Duarte CeladaLubbock$2K
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.