Kia Saeian, MD
Gastroenterology · Milwaukee, WINPI 1932152212
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 91.8% of the total across 5 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. Cook Medical LLC accounts for 66.7% of it on its own, with 2 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $120 and has fallen 75.1% since, to $30 in 2025. That places this record below the midpoint for gastroenterology clinicians in WI, where the typical reported total is $253.
Across 5 payments — averaging $36.08 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Cook Medical LLC$120
- AbbVie$30
- Intercept Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$30
Across 32 payments — averaging $5213.49 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.
- Bausch Health US, LLC$83K
- AbbVie$56K
- Gilead$22K
- Covidien LP$6K
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$16692%
- Education$158%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Cook Medical LLC | 2 | $120 |
| AbbVie | 2 | $30 |
| Intercept Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $30 |
How this compares
$180 in reported general payments places this provider in the 40th percentile of 285 gastroenterology providers in Wisconsin.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| XifaxanRifaximin | 58 | $212,605 |
| VemlidyTenofovir Alafenamide | 12 | $19,856 |
| Gavilyte-GPeg3350/Sod Sulf,bicarb,cl/Kcl | 964 | $14,409 |
| PrografTacrolimus | 22 | $12,226 |
| Ursodiol | 55 | $10,926 |
| Peg-3350 And ElectrolytesPeg3350/Sod Sulf,bicarb,cl/Kcl | 426 | $7,134 |
| Peg3350-Sod Sul-Nacl-Kcl-Asb-CPeg3350/Sod Sul/Nacl/Kcl/Asb/C | 74 | $5,817 |
| Peg 3350-ElectrolyteSodium Chloride/Nahco3/Kcl/Peg | 225 | $3,954 |
| Tacrolimus | 40 | $3,714 |
| Mycophenolate Mofetil | 32 | $3,435 |
| Sucralfate | 26 | $1,831 |
| Sod Sulf-Potass Sulf-Mag SulfSodium, Potassium,mag Sulfates | 26 | $1,585 |
| Gavilyte-CPeg3350/Sod Sulf,bicarb,cl/Kcl | 107 | $1,580 |
| Famotidine | 42 | $667 |
| Pantoprazole Sodium | 40 | $580 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other gastroenterology in Milwaukee
- Daniel SteinMilwaukee$227K
- Poonam Beniwal-PatelMilwaukee$108K
- Matthew PellerMilwaukee$63K
- Chetan MittalMilwaukee$53K
- Patrick SanvansonMilwaukee$40K
- Nalini GudaMilwaukee$29K
- Kulwinder DuaMilwaukee$16K
- Lyndon HernandezMilwaukee$15K
- Hassaan ZiaMilwaukee$9K
- Sunil KapurMilwaukee$8K
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.