Wassem Juakiem, MD
Gastroenterology · Biloxi, MSNPI 1508177387
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $504,170 of the $519,254 with a category attached, or 97.1%. Capsovision, Inc. accounts for 96.8% of it on its own, with 31 other manufacturers making up the rest. 2025 is the largest year on record at $166,763, more than ten times the $1,768 reported in 2019. Among gastroenterology clinicians in MS 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 233 payments — averaging $2228.56 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Capsovision, Inc.$503K
- Boston Scientific$6K
- Olympus Corporation Of The Americas$3K
- Apollo Endosurgery US Inc$2K
- Micro-tech Endoscopy USA, Inc.$1K
- Steris Corporation$620
- plus $4K from 26 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$504,17097%
- Travel & lodging$8,5272%
- Food & beverage$6,5561%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Capsovision, Inc. | 64 | $502,645 |
| Boston Scientific | 55 | $6,248 |
| Olympus Corporation Of The Americas | 21 | $2,644 |
| Apollo Endosurgery US Inc | 9 | $1,533 |
| Micro-tech Endoscopy USA, Inc. | 4 | $1,377 |
| Steris Corporation | 5 | $620 |
| Wilson Cook Medical Incorporated | 2 | $612 |
| Olympus America Inc. | 5 | $566 |
| Capsopro Services LLC | 1 | $500 |
| Endogastric Solutions, Inc | 5 | $430 |
| AbbVie | 11 | $360 |
| Ferring Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 4 | $329 |
| Bristol Myers Squibb | 16 | $261 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 8 | $141 |
| Cook Medical LLC | 2 | $140 |
| Madrigal Pharmaceuticals | 1 | $125 |
| Stemline Therapeutics Inc. | 1 | $124 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 1 | $112 |
| Ipsen Biopharmaceuticals, Inc | 1 | $111 |
| Fujifilm Healthcare Americas Corporation | 1 | $85 |
| Sanofi | 4 | $75 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 1 | $35 |
| Merck | 2 | $29 |
| Pentax Of America, Inc. | 1 | $26 |
| Ironwood Pharmaceuticals, Inc | 1 | $19 |
| Ardelyx, Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $18 |
| Exact Sciences | 1 | $16 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| AstraZeneca | 1 | $15 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $12 |
| Organon | 1 | $11 |
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.
- CapsoCam Plus$353,257
- CapsoCam Colon$148,764
- GENERAL - THERAPIES$1,217
- Overstitch$1,198
- Single Use Electrosurgical Knife KD-655$1,194
- Single Use Electrosurgical Hemostatic Forceps$1,194
- ORISE$1,053
- AXIOS$958
- SPYGLASS$867
- Instinct$737
- DISPOSABLE DISTAL ATTACHMENT$652
- Olympus$652
- Single Use Aspiration Needle NA-U200H$595
- EXALT Model D$363
- TRUFREEZE$360
- GENERAL - BILIARY DEVICES$299
- Single Use Biliary Stent V$277
- ESOPHYX$274
- Padlock Clip$243
- REBYOTA$173
How this compares
$519,254 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 127 gastroenterology providers in Mississippi.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| ClenpiqSod Picosulf/Mag Ox/Citric Ac | 17 | $2,919 |
| Omeprazole | 14 | $105 |
| Levofloxacin | 11 | $24 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Ferring Pharmaceuticals Inc.Clenpiq | $329 | $2,91917 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 127 gastroenterology providers in Mississippi.
Other gastroenterology in Biloxi
- Marc HopkinsBiloxi$8K
- Jordan RousselBiloxi$5K
- Reed HoganFlowood$216K
- John PhillipsTupelo$150K
- Brian BorgJackson$68K
- Pegah Hosseini-CarrollJackson$62K
- Shou Jiang TangJackson$50K
- Vonda ReevesFlowood$39K
- Ernest WilliamsOxford$38K
- Reed HoganFlowood$35K
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.