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Nicolas Nammour, MD

Neurology · Houston, TXNPI 1962426692

Payments from drug & device makers

What this record shows

This record is dominated by speaking fees: $193,945 of the $246,219 with a category attached, or 78.8%. AbbVie accounts for 70.5% of it on its own, with 59 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $74,151 and has fallen 57.7% since, to $31,332 in 2025. Among neurology 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.

$246,219in general payments, 2019–2025

Across 2,559 payments — averaging $96.22 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.

  • AbbVie$173K
  • Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company Ltd.$18K
  • Biohaven Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$13K
  • EMD Serono, Inc.$3K
  • UCB, Inc.$3K
  • Novartis$2K
  • plus $33K from 54 others
$620,655in research payments, 2019–2025

Across 203 payments — averaging $3057.41 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.

  • Pfizer$211K
  • AbbVie$197K
  • Otsuka Pharmaceutical Development & Commercialization, Inc.$81K
  • Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company Ltd.$68K
  • Novartis$37K
  • Avanir Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$18K
  • plus $8K from 1 others

What the payments were for

  • Consulting fees$1,8001%
  • Speaking & faculty fees$193,94579%
  • Travel & lodging$3,6141%
  • Food & beverage$46,62219%
  • Education$2380%

General payments by program year

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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.

CompanyPaymentsTotal
AbbVie(2 entities)527$173,480
Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company Ltd.53$17,710
Biohaven Pharmaceuticals, Inc.43$12,949
EMD Serono, Inc.94$3,341
UCB, Inc.115$2,882
Novartis139$2,273
Medtronic(2 entities)31$2,197
Abbott64$2,117
Boston Scientific61$1,876
AstraZeneca(2 entities)71$1,664
Biogen97$1,650
Sanofi57$1,189
Acadia Pharmaceuticals Inc66$1,137
Pfizer80$1,125
CSL Behring56$1,076
Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc.60$1,059
Genentech USA, Inc.66$1,031
Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc.57$1,001
Amneal Pharmaceuticals LLC58$915
Eisai Inc.59$907
Lilly USA, LLC51$801
SK Life Science, Inc.42$770
Lundbeck LLC44$767
Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.28$728
Grifols USA, LLC24$708
Argenx US, Inc.27$708
Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc.30$653
Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc.23$591
Amgen25$555
Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc.27$514
Merz Pharmaceuticals, LLC19$490
MDD US Operations, LLC24$478
Bristol Myers Squibb24$446
Johnson & Johnson(2 entities)22$387
Kyowa Kirin, Inc.18$383
Adamas Pharmaceuticals, Inc.17$381
Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc.21$379
TG Therapeutics, Inc.19$379
Catalyst Pharmaceuticals, Inc.14$296
Axsome Therapeutics, Inc.10$285
Tanabe Pharma America, Inc.14$280
Banner Life Sciences, LLC16$268
Neurelis, Inc.10$247
Arbor Pharmaceuticals, Inc.14$236
Acorda Therapeutics, Inc11$220
Scilex Pharmaceuticals Inc.9$170
Corium, LLC7$162
Jazz Pharmaceuticals Inc.5$154
Vertiflex, Inc.4$148
GE HealthCare5$144
Impel Pharmaceuticals Inc.8$137
Merz North America, Inc.5$124
Microtransponder, Inc.4$123
Aquestive Therapeutics, Inc.7$113
Avanir Pharmaceuticals, Inc.6$105
Livanova USA, Inc.5$104
Upsher-smith Laboratories LLC6$95
Vertical Pharmaceuticals, LLC4$80
Zyla Life Sciences, Inc.5$76
Penumbra, Inc.1$74

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

$246,219 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 1,246 neurology providers in Texas.

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Medicare billing

Part B allowed, 2024
$449,177
Medicare patients
697
Services billed
22,575

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

DrugClaimsCost to plans & patients
Gamunex-CImmune Globul G/Gly/Iga Avg 4660$530,813
HizentraImmun Glob G(Igg)/Pro/Iga 0-5022$452,567
Radicava OrsEdaravone15$226,654
RexultiBrexpiprazole113$183,688
PrivigenImmun Glob G(Igg)/Pro/Iga 0-5024$177,010
Avonex (4 Pack)Interferon Beta-1a13$120,872
FycompaPerampanel60$100,621
QuliptaAtogepant83$93,049
RytaryCarbidopa/Levodopa47$82,797
NuplazidPimavanserin Tartrate14$68,205
AptiomEslicarbazepine Acetate43$67,615
Nurtec OdtRimegepant Sulfate44$66,811
VraylarCariprazine Hcl19$37,398
BriviactBrivaracetam21$31,520
Dalfampridine ErDalfampridine65$31,517

Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.

Companies that both paid and supply prescribed drugs

These companies both reported payments to this provider and make drugs the provider prescribed under Medicare Part D in 2024. For most specialties this overlap is expected — a cardiologist who is paid by a cardiology drugmaker also treats heart disease. It is shown so the reader can see it, not because it implies anything on its own.

CompanyPaid to this providerPart D cost of their drugs
CSL BehringHizentra, Privigen$1,076$629,57746 claims
Grifols USA, LLCGamunex-C$708$530,81360 claims
Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc.Rexulti$379$183,688113 claims
AbbVieQulipta, Vraylar, Ubrelvy$173,480$153,431127 claims
BiogenAvonex (4 Pack)$1,650$120,87213 claims
Eisai Inc.Fycompa$907$100,62160 claims
Amneal Pharmaceuticals LLCRytary, Pyridostigmine Bromide$915$84,73772 claims
Acadia Pharmaceuticals IncNuplazid$1,137$68,20514 claims
Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc.Aptiom$1,001$67,61543 claims
PfizerNurtec Odt$1,125$66,81144 claims
UCB, Inc.Briviact$2,882$31,52021 claims
SK Life Science, Inc.Xcopri$770$18,59314 claims

Reading this fairly. The Part D column is what drug plans and patients paid pharmacies — this provider received none of it, and it reflects how many patients they treat and what those drugs cost. Against peers, this provider's reported payments sit in the 95th percentile of 1,246 neurology providers in Texas.

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