Qamar Arfeen, MD
Pulmonary Disease · Beaumont, TXNPI 1295738649
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 289 payments — averaging $17.50 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- GSK$980
- Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc.$609
- Boehringer Ingelheim$566
- Insmed, Inc.$538
- AstraZeneca$440
- Sanofi$252
- plus $2K from 23 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$5,057100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| GSK | 69 | $980 |
| Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc. | 30 | $609 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 33 | $566 |
| Insmed, Inc. | 35 | $538 |
| AstraZeneca | 26 | $440 |
| Sanofi | 13 | $252 |
| Philips North America LLC | 17 | $234 |
| Pfizer | 9 | $167 |
| Johnson & Johnson(2 entities) | 5 | $167 |
| Mylan Specialty L.p. | 8 | $151 |
| Inspire Medical Systems, Inc. | 5 | $151 |
| United Therapeutics Corporation | 1 | $123 |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 8 | $112 |
| Amgen | 5 | $108 |
| Gilead | 3 | $49 |
| Merck | 3 | $49 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 2 | $43 |
| AbbVie | 2 | $42 |
| Viatris Specialty LLC | 2 | $39 |
| Inogen, Inc. | 2 | $36 |
| Circassia Inc. | 2 | $31 |
| Novartis | 2 | $31 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 1 | $30 |
| Verona Pharma, Inc. | 1 | $25 |
| Melinta Therapeutics, LLC | 1 | $20 |
| Electromed, Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Bayer | 1 | $17 |
| Pulmonx Corporation | 1 | $16 |
| Boston Scientific | 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.
- TYVASO$123
How this compares
$5,057 in reported general payments places this provider in the 60th percentile of 904 pulmonary disease 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 |
|---|---|---|
| OfevNintedanib Esylate | 30 | $418,941 |
| Trelegy ElliptaFluticasone/Umeclidin/Vilanter | 417 | $359,857 |
| OpsumitMacitentan | 19 | $233,999 |
| Dupixent PenDupilumab | 31 | $163,192 |
| ZemairaAlpha-1-Proteinase Inhibitor | 13 | $111,352 |
| NucalaMepolizumab | 23 | $83,201 |
| Breo ElliptaFluticasone/Vilanterol | 111 | $58,078 |
| Breztri AerosphereBudesonide/Glycopyr/Formoterol | 46 | $41,329 |
| Spiriva RespimatTiotropium Bromide | 30 | $15,366 |
| SymbicortBudesonide/Formoterol Fumarate | 43 | $12,318 |
| Combivent RespimatIpratropium/Albuterol Sulfate | 20 | $9,853 |
| Incruse ElliptaUmeclidinium Bromide | 21 | $7,904 |
| Anoro ElliptaUmeclidinium Brm/Vilanterol Tr | 15 | $7,865 |
| Albuterol Sulfate HfaAlbuterol Sulfate | 201 | $6,962 |
| Montelukast Sodium | 559 | $6,267 |
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.
| Company | Paid to this provider | Part D cost of their drugs |
|---|---|---|
| GSKTrelegy Ellipta, Nucala, Breo Ellipta, Incruse Ellipta, Anoro Ellipta | $980 | $516,906587 claims |
| Boehringer IngelheimOfev, Spiriva Respimat, Combivent Respimat | $566 | $444,16080 claims |
| Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc.Opsumit | $609 | $233,99919 claims |
| AstraZenecaBreztri Aerosphere, Symbicort | $440 | $53,64689 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 60th percentile of 904 pulmonary disease providers in Texas.
Other pulmonary disease in Beaumont
- Juan IribarrenBeaumont$976K
- Charles AndrewsSan Antonio$17M
- Ivan RosasHouston$13.8M
- Shahrukh KureishyMcKinney$12.4M
- Raksha JainDallas$3.4M
- Kelly ChinDallas$2.7M
- Julie PhilleyTyler$2.4M
- Nicola HananiaHouston$2.2M
- Sandeep SahayHouston$2.1M
- Antonio AnzuetoSan Antonio$1.8M
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.