Michal Fishel Bartal
Maternal & Fetal Medicine · Houston, TXNPI 1255838124
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (40.7%), education and food and beverage — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. AMAG Pharmaceuticals, Inc. accounts for 72.8% of it on its own, with 3 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2020 at $141 and has fallen 85.9% since, to $20 in 2024.
Across 6 payments — averaging $57.59 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AMAG Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$252
- Tandem Diabetes Care, Inc.$61
- Hologic Sales And Service, LLC$20
- Coopersurgical, Inc.$14
Across 17 payments — averaging $40,991 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.
- Dexcom, Inc.$697K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$14141%
- Food & beverage$9427%
- Education$11132%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AMAG Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 3 | $252 |
| Tandem Diabetes Care, Inc. | 1 | $61 |
| Hologic Sales And Service, LLC | 1 | $20 |
| Coopersurgical, 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.
- MAKENA$141
How this compares
$346 in reported general payments places this provider in the 75th percentile of 228 maternal & fetal medicine providers in Texas.
Other maternal & fetal medicine in Houston
- Baha SibaiHouston$132K
- Jimmy EspinozaHouston$79K
- Sean BlackwellHouston$16K
- Saul SnowiseHouston$15K
- Anushka ChelliahHouston$8K
- Lara FrielHouston$5K
- Brian KirshonHouston$5K
- Karin FoxHouston$4K
- Irene StaffordHouston$4K
- Ignatia van Den VeyverHouston$4K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.