Samy El-Halawani, DO
Critical Care Medicine · Saint Paul, MNNPI 1477505121
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by speaking fees: $192,974 of the $247,877 with a category attached, or 77.9%. 10 manufacturers reported payments, led by Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc. at 26.3% of the total. Among critical care medicine clinicians in MN 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 342 payments — averaging $724.79 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc.$65K
- United Therapeutics Corporation$64K
- Boehringer Ingelheim$53K
- Insmed, Inc.$33K
- Gilead$22K
- Merck$10K
- plus $1K from 4 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$16,0586%
- Speaking & faculty fees$192,97478%
- Travel & lodging$33,66514%
- Food & beverage$5,0492%
- Education$1310%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc. | 60 | $65,266 |
| United Therapeutics Corporation | 101 | $63,688 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 57 | $53,379 |
| Insmed, Inc. | 56 | $32,529 |
| Gilead | 45 | $21,614 |
| Merck | 13 | $10,250 |
| Inari Medical, Inc. | 6 | $1,095 |
| Philips North America LLC | 2 | $25 |
| CSL Behring | 1 | $20 |
| Itamar Medical Inc | 1 | $10 |
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.
- OPSUMIT$64,295
- UPTRAVI$63,535
- OFEV$48,945
- Arikayce$29,509
- TYVASO$16,738
- WINREVAIR$10,198
- ORENITRAM$3,145
- REMODULIN$1,388
- FLOWTRIEVER CATHETER, S$890
- CT THROMBECTOMY SYSTEM KIT$890
How this compares
$247,877 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 83 critical care medicine providers in Minnesota.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| OpsumitMacitentan | 70 | $979,861 |
| OfevNintedanib Esylate | 70 | $900,404 |
| Tyvaso DpiTreprostinil | 35 | $844,012 |
| Orenitram ErTreprostinil Diolamine | 65 | $679,081 |
| Trelegy ElliptaFluticasone/Umeclidin/Vilanter | 334 | $386,554 |
| AdempasRiociguat | 30 | $281,917 |
| Prolastin CAlpha-1-Proteinase Inhibitor | 12 | $180,843 |
| Dupixent PenDupilumab | 41 | $160,557 |
| Ambrisentan | 74 | $113,383 |
| Breo ElliptaFluticasone/Vilanterol | 101 | $71,483 |
| Anoro ElliptaUmeclidinium Brm/Vilanterol Tr | 63 | $50,378 |
| Tadalafil | 51 | $40,777 |
| Bosentan | 18 | $39,118 |
| Breztri AerosphereBudesonide/Glycopyr/Formoterol | 41 | $37,377 |
| Spiriva RespimatTiotropium Bromide | 45 | $33,870 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc.Opsumit, Bosentan | $65,266 | $1,018,97988 claims |
| Boehringer IngelheimOfev, Spiriva Respimat, Jardiance | $53,379 | $950,125130 claims |
| MerckDulera | $10,250 | $7,47314 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 83 critical care medicine providers in Minnesota.
Other critical care medicine in Saint Paul
- Felix ZamoraSaint Paul$12K
- Jonathan ShelverSaint Paul$11K
- Tempest VarnerSaint Paul$902
- Joseph LasnierSaint Paul$70
- Theodore McMenomySaint Paul$58
- John MariniSt Paul$28K
- Steven SkolasinskiMinneapolis$20K
- Ploypin LertjitbanjongMankato$5K
- Firas ElmufdiMinneapolis$4K
- Eric SwansonDuluth$4K
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.