Ashraf Almomani
Gastroenterology · Columbia, MONPI 1669025003
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 97.3% of the total across 147 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 16 manufacturers reported payments, led by AbbVie at 35.8% of the total.
Across 147 payments — averaging $21.45 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$1K
- Johnson & Johnson$844
- Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.$311
- Merck$104
- Bristol Myers Squibb$102
- Janssen Scientific Affairs, LLC$100
- plus $562 from 10 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$3,06997%
- Education$843%
Most of this is food and beverage — typically meals provided during product presentations at a clinic or hospital. Nationally that is the single largest category of reported payments by count.
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(2 entities) | 63 | $1,130 |
| Johnson & Johnson(2 entities) | 33 | $844 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 11 | $311 |
| Merck | 5 | $104 |
| Bristol Myers Squibb | 5 | $102 |
| Janssen Scientific Affairs, LLC | 1 | $100 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 5 | $95 |
| AstraZeneca | 5 | $95 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 6 | $90 |
| ERBE USA Inc | 1 | $85 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 5 | $61 |
| Celltrion USA Inc. | 2 | $51 |
| Pfizer | 2 | $24 |
| Aimmune Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $23 |
| Ardelyx, Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Intercept Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
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
$3,153 in reported general payments places this provider in the 60th percentile of 374 gastroenterology providers in Missouri.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Gavilyte-GPeg3350/Sod Sulf,bicarb,cl/Kcl | 21 | $313 |
| Omeprazole | 13 | $229 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other gastroenterology in Columbia
- Bradley AndersonColumbia$194K
- Michael WilliamsColumbia$52K
- Yezaz GhouriColumbia$32K
- Gregory SayukSaint Louis$1.1M
- Katie SchroederSaint Louis$730K
- David AlpersSaint Louis$616K
- Kamran QureshiLake St Louis$279K
- Laith Al MomaniKansas City$249K
- Ahmed SaeedKansas City$246K
- Parakkal DeepakSaint Louis$205K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.