Omar Ahmed, MD
Otolaryngology · Houston, TXNPI 1689091522
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $70,245 of the $89,123 with a category attached, or 78.8%. Aerin Medical Inc. accounts for 61.2% of it on its own, with 24 other manufacturers making up the rest. 2025 is the largest year on record at $26,686, more than ten times the $1,557 reported in 2019. Among otolaryngology 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.
Across 205 payments — averaging $434.75 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Aerin Medical Inc.$55K
- Spirair, Inc.$10K
- Sanofi$9K
- Optinose US, Inc.$4K
- Medtronic$3K
- Livanova USA, Inc.$2K
- plus $6K from 19 others
Across 1 payment — averaging $10,250 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.
- Neurent Medical Limited$10K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$70,24579%
- Speaking & faculty fees$4,3955%
- Travel & lodging$4,8155%
- Food & beverage$9,66811%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Aerin Medical Inc. | 60 | $54,554 |
| Spirair, Inc. | 2 | $9,674 |
| Sanofi | 20 | $8,988 |
| Optinose US, Inc. | 5 | $4,162 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 23 | $3,416 |
| Livanova USA, Inc. | 2 | $2,379 |
| Stryker | 14 | $1,290 |
| Acclarent, Inc | 10 | $905 |
| Inspire Medical Systems, Inc. | 17 | $765 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 12 | $630 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 8 | $424 |
| Acera Surgical, Inc. | 6 | $362 |
| Intersect ENT, Inc. | 4 | $332 |
| Axogen | 5 | $328 |
| Neurent Medical Limited | 3 | $297 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 3 | $257 |
| Acell, Inc. | 1 | $96 |
| Novo Nordisk | 1 | $79 |
| Tactile Systems Technology Inc | 2 | $43 |
| GSK | 2 | $41 |
| Conmed Corporation | 1 | $26 |
| Paratek Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $25 |
| Hikma Pharmaceuticals USA | 1 | $18 |
| Merck | 1 | $16 |
| Checkpoint Surgical, Inc | 1 | $15 |
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.
- VIVAER STYLUS$37,053
- RHINAER STYLUS$24,503
- SeptAlign$19,347
- TURBALIGN$18,700
- Xhance$4,144
- THN Sleep Therapy$2,360
- STEALTHSTATION S8 PLATFORM$1,948
- StealthStation$754
- NSE - HIGH SPEED DRILLS$712
- Inspire Upper Airway Stimulation System$404
- PROPEL$286
- Restrata Wound Matrix$270
- NEUROMARK Device$267
- NEUROMARK Radiofrequency Console$267
- Acclarent Navwire$267
- TruDi Nav Cable$251
- AVANCE NERVE GRAFT$236
- DUPIXENT$217
- Acclarent Aera$195
- Inspira Air$195
How this compares
$89,123 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 729 otolaryngology 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Ipratropium Bromide | 155 | $4,776 |
| Azelastine Hcl | 95 | $2,915 |
| Fluticasone Propionate | 121 | $1,618 |
| Amoxicillin-Clavulanate PotassAmoxicillin/Potassium Clav | 88 | $907 |
| Levocetirizine Dihydrochloride | 13 | $365 |
| Acetaminophen-CodeineAcetaminophen With Codeine | 53 | $300 |
| Doxycycline Hyclate | 32 | $281 |
| Methylprednisolone | 31 | $269 |
| Levofloxacin | 33 | $174 |
| Mupirocin | 21 | $143 |
| Cephalexin | 16 | $110 |
| Sulfamethoxazole-TrimethoprimSulfamethoxazole/Trimethoprim | 17 | $95 |
| Famotidine | 16 | $87 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other otolaryngology in Houston
- Amber LuongHouston$426K
- Arjuna KuperanHouston$348K
- Ron KarniHouston$317K
- Martin CitardiHouston$245K
- Michael KaplanHouston$202K
- Masayoshi TakashimaHouston$167K
- William YaoHouston$154K
- Andrew HuangHouston$137K
- Manish WaniHouston$100K
- Shane PahlavanHouston$95K
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.