Fayaz Faiz, MD
Neurology · Houston, TXNPI 1467498642
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 78 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. It is spread thinly across 27 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 13.5% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. Reporting peaked in 2024 at $442 and has fallen 55.1% since, to $198 in 2025. That places this record below the midpoint for neurology clinicians in TX, where the typical reported total is $2,170.
Across 78 payments — averaging $23.37 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$247
- SK Life Science, Inc.$228
- Genentech USA, Inc.$147
- Novartis$140
- AstraZeneca$122
- Eisai Inc.$107
- plus $832 from 21 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$1,823100%
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) | 8 | $247 |
| SK Life Science, Inc. | 9 | $228 |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 2 | $147 |
| Novartis | 6 | $140 |
| AstraZeneca | 7 | $122 |
| Eisai Inc. | 5 | $107 |
| Amneal Pharmaceuticals LLC | 4 | $88 |
| UCB, Inc. | 3 | $87 |
| GE HealthCare | 2 | $77 |
| Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 3 | $65 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 3 | $59 |
| Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. | 2 | $53 |
| EMD Serono, Inc. | 3 | $45 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $43 |
| Biogen | 2 | $41 |
| Lundbeck LLC | 2 | $39 |
| Avion Pharmaceuticals | 2 | $35 |
| Neurelis, Inc. | 2 | $33 |
| Argenx US, Inc. | 1 | $25 |
| Aprecia Pharmaceuticals, LLC | 1 | $23 |
| Acadia Pharmaceuticals Inc | 1 | $22 |
| Banner Life Sciences, LLC | 1 | $21 |
| Livanova USA, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Sanofi | 1 | $16 |
| Aucta Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 4 | $16 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Insightec,inc | 1 | $14 |
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
$1,823 in reported general payments places this provider in the 45th 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 |
|---|---|---|
| GlatopaGlatiramer Acetate | 11 | $41,166 |
| Tizanidine Hcl | 446 | $7,187 |
| Rivastigmine | 18 | $5,457 |
| Donepezil Hcl | 203 | $5,439 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 355 | $4,765 |
| Butalbital-Acetaminophen-CaffeButalb/Acetaminophen/Caffeine | 87 | $3,314 |
| Carbamazepine ErCarbamazepine | 17 | $3,076 |
| Levetiracetam | 35 | $2,300 |
| Carbamazepine | 29 | $2,000 |
| Divalproex Sodium ErDivalproex Sodium | 22 | $1,657 |
| Carisoprodol | 151 | $1,525 |
| Carbidopa-LevodopaCarbidopa/Levodopa | 61 | $1,483 |
| Amitriptyline Hcl | 110 | $1,208 |
| Gabapentin | 66 | $1,068 |
| Oxcarbazepine | 21 | $1,008 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other neurology in Houston
- William OndoHouston$1.4M
- Pankaj SatijaHouston$1.1M
- Annette HowardHouston$826K
- Randolph EvansHouston$493K
- Leorah FreemanHouston$401K
- Mazen DimachkieHouston$388K
- Zsila SadighiHouston$361K
- Joseph JankovicHouston$323K
- Raja MehannaHouston$300K
- Eddie PattonHouston$299K
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.