Richard Hamill
Infectious Disease · Houston, TXNPI 1942224795
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $136,500 of the $136,520 with a category attached, or 100.0%. Modernatx, Inc. accounts for 100.0% of it on its own, with 1 other manufacturer making up the rest. Among infectious disease 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 7 payments — averaging $19,503 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Modernatx, Inc.$137K
- Merck$20
Across 50 payments — averaging $17,220 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.
- Modernatx, Inc.$746K
- Pfizer$115K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$136,500100%
- Education$200%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Modernatx, Inc. | 6 | $136,500 |
| Merck | 1 | $20 |
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.
- Moderna Covid-19 Vaccine$136,500
How this compares
$136,520 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 576 infectious disease providers in Texas.
Other infectious disease in Houston
- Joseph GatheHouston$695K
- Roy ChemalyHouston$686K
- Ben BarnettHouston$424K
- Amar SafdarHouston$284K
- Luis OstroskyHouston$173K
- Karen VigilHouston$91K
- John RexHouston$63K
- Pablo OkhuysenHouston$57K
- Rodrigo HasbunHouston$51K
- Edward SeptimusHouston$50K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.