Hani El-Halawany, MD
Gastroenterology · Richmond Heights, MONPI 1558633008
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Boston Scientific accounts for 82.1% of it on its own, with 5 other manufacturers making up the rest. 2025 is the largest year on record at $906, more than ten times the $14 reported in 2019. That places this record below the midpoint for gastroenterology clinicians in MO, where the typical reported total is $1,415.
Across 20 payments — averaging $87.43 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Boston Scientific$1K
- Olympus America Inc.$137
- Gilead$118
- Conmed Corporation$22
- Merck$17
- Ambu Inc.$17
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$78745%
- Food & beverage$96255%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Boston Scientific | 12 | $1,436 |
| Olympus America Inc. | 4 | $137 |
| Gilead | 1 | $118 |
| Conmed Corporation | 1 | $22 |
| Merck | 1 | $17 |
| Ambu 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.
- OverStitch Endoscopic Suturing System$888
- EXALT Model D$136
- AXIOS$121
- EXALT$106
How this compares
$1,749 in reported general payments places this provider in the 50th 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 |
|---|---|---|
| LinzessLinaclotide | 12 | $10,812 |
| Sod Sulf-Potass Sulf-Mag SulfSodium, Potassium,mag Sulfates | 51 | $3,178 |
| ClenpiqSod Picosulf/Mag Ox/Citric Ac | 18 | $3,141 |
| Gavilyte-GPeg3350/Sod Sulf,bicarb,cl/Kcl | 82 | $1,034 |
| CholestyramineCholestyramine (With Sugar) | 12 | $696 |
| Peg 3350-ElectrolyteSodium Chloride/Nahco3/Kcl/Peg | 43 | $663 |
| Omeprazole | 46 | $537 |
| Pantoprazole Sodium | 30 | $385 |
| Peg-3350 And ElectrolytesPeg3350/Sod Sulf,bicarb,cl/Kcl | 26 | $322 |
| Amitriptyline Hcl | 13 | $134 |
| Metoclopramide Hcl | 12 | $88 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other gastroenterology in Richmond Heights
- 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
- Bradley AndersonColumbia$194K
- Mauricio Lisker MelmanSaint Louis$179K
- Matthew CiorbaSaint Louis$156K
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.