Faraz Yousefian
General Practice · San Antonio, TXNPI 1508432204
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $5,628 of the $8,628 with a category attached, or 65.2%. 27 manufacturers reported payments, led by Biofrontera Inc. at 36.2% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2024 at $6,209 and has fallen 81.0% since, to $1,182 in 2025. Among general practice 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 203 payments — averaging $42.50 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Biofrontera Inc.$3K
- AbbVie$637
- Arcutis Biotherapeutics, Inc.$627
- Sanofi$507
- LEO Pharma Inc.$422
- E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C.$354
- plus $3K from 21 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$3,00035%
- Food & beverage$5,62865%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Biofrontera Inc. | 5 | $3,123 |
| AbbVie | 28 | $637 |
| Arcutis Biotherapeutics, Inc. | 23 | $627 |
| Sanofi | 11 | $507 |
| LEO Pharma Inc. | 12 | $422 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 23 | $354 |
| Pfizer | 5 | $325 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 10 | $318 |
| Amgen | 8 | $300 |
| Dermavant Sciences, Inc. | 4 | $300 |
| Journey Medical Corporation | 20 | $294 |
| Janssen Scientific Affairs, LLC | 2 | $239 |
| UCB, Inc. | 18 | $227 |
| Galderma Laboratories, L.p. | 5 | $171 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 6 | $158 |
| Incyte Corporation | 6 | $130 |
| Novo Nordisk | 1 | $117 |
| Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Inc. | 4 | $92 |
| Novartis | 3 | $78 |
| EPI Health, LLC | 1 | $42 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 1 | $39 |
| Ortho Dermatologics, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 1 | $39 |
| Almirall LLC | 1 | $19 |
| Strata Skin Sciences, Inc. | 2 | $19 |
| Mayne Pharma Commercial LLC | 1 | $18 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 1 | $17 |
| Organon | 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
$8,628 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 8,074 general practice providers in Texas.
Other general practice in San Antonio
- Alan DouglasSan Antonio$609K
- John BaekeSan Antonio$62K
- Joseph BoyleSan Antonio$26K
- Marcus LastimadoFort Bliss$2.3M
- Christina DeanFrisco$1.9M
- Paul ShrodeMissouri City$1.2M
- C Mike MeekAustin$509K
- Young KwonDallas$288K
- Matthew HicksFriendswood$268K
- Kathleen Szelei-StevensHouston$253K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.