Syed Ahmed, MD
Internal Medicine · Houston, TXNPI 1255378352
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 35 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. It is spread thinly across 14 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 21.2% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations.
Across 35 payments — averaging $20.76 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Novo Nordisk$154
- AbbVie$105
- Lilly USA, LLC$105
- Amgen$50
- Dexcom, Inc.$49
- Supreme Orthopedic Systems, LLC$46
- plus $217 from 8 others
Across 6 payments — averaging $4003.66 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.
- Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc.$15K
- AstraZeneca$9K
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$726100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Novo Nordisk | 9 | $154 |
| AbbVie | 5 | $105 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 5 | $105 |
| Amgen(2 entities) | 3 | $50 |
| Dexcom, Inc. | 2 | $49 |
| Supreme Orthopedic Systems, LLC | 1 | $46 |
| AstraZeneca | 3 | $46 |
| Smith+Nephew | 1 | $36 |
| GSK | 1 | $31 |
| Nestle Healthcare Nutrition Inc. | 1 | $26 |
| Abbott | 1 | $23 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 1 | $23 |
| Electromed, Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Esperion Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $11 |
How this compares
$726 in reported general payments places this provider in the 65th percentile of 7,675 internal medicine 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 55 | $374 |
| Albuterol Sulfate HfaAlbuterol Sulfate | 14 | $365 |
| Tamsulosin Hcl | 28 | $346 |
| Metformin Hcl | 39 | $292 |
| Levothyroxine Sodium | 35 | $263 |
| Lisinopril | 48 | $263 |
| Gabapentin | 15 | $252 |
| Losartan Potassium | 34 | $217 |
| Amlodipine Besylate | 34 | $192 |
| Pantoprazole Sodium | 19 | $188 |
| Omeprazole | 12 | $159 |
| Naproxen | 13 | $153 |
| Trazodone Hcl | 14 | $147 |
| Ibuprofen | 18 | $140 |
| Finasteride | 14 | $138 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
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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.