Wesam Frandah, MD
Gastroenterology · Huntington, WVNPI 1457589426
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (56.5%), food and beverage and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 24 manufacturers reported payments, led by Endogastric Solutions, Inc at 42.7% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $9,458 and has fallen 95.4% since, to $434 in 2025. Among gastroenterology clinicians in WV with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 10% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 229 payments — averaging $123.70 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Endogastric Solutions, Inc$12K
- Olympus America Inc.$5K
- Boston Scientific$3K
- Merit Medical Systems Inc$2K
- Olympus Corporation Of The Americas$2K
- AbbVie$2K
- plus $1K from 18 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$15,99456%
- Speaking & faculty fees$1,9137%
- Travel & lodging$4,72117%
- Food & beverage$5,70120%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Endogastric Solutions, Inc | 21 | $12,092 |
| Olympus America Inc. | 22 | $4,870 |
| Boston Scientific | 18 | $3,445 |
| Merit Medical Systems Inc | 1 | $2,464 |
| Olympus Corporation Of The Americas | 27 | $2,326 |
| AbbVie | 115 | $1,850 |
| Apollo Endosurgery US Inc | 6 | $364 |
| Janssen Scientific Affairs, LLC | 1 | $103 |
| Bristol Myers Squibb | 1 | $103 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $99 |
| Gilead | 1 | $90 |
| Steris Corporation | 1 | $80 |
| Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc. | 1 | $78 |
| Echosens North America, Inc. | 1 | $72 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 1 | $62 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $56 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 3 | $49 |
| Novo Nordisk | 1 | $25 |
| Aimmune Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Shionogi Inc | 1 | $18 |
| Daiichi Sankyo Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| QOL Medical, LLC | 1 | $17 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Pfizer | 1 | $15 |
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.
- ESOPHYX$14,432
- VISIGLIDE$3,955
- EXALT Model D$2,519
- Olympus EMR & ESD Devices$1,792
- Olympus Hemostasis Devices$1,792
- Olympus EndoTherapy Accessories$1,125
- GENERAL - BILIARY DEVICES$232
- Olympus GI Accessories$156
- Endocuff Vision$149
- DISPOSABLE TRIPLE LUMEN SPHINCTEROTOME$149
- Single Use Electrosurgical Knife KD-655$149
- Single Use Electrosurgical Hemostatic Forceps$149
- OverStitch Endoscopic Suturing System$143
- ORBERA Intragastric Balloon System$143
- GENERAL - THERAPIES$135
- WATCHMAN FLX$131
- Rinvoq$125
- EXPECT$119
- STELARA$103
- ZEPOSIA$103
How this compares
$28,328 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 72 gastroenterology providers in West Virginia.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| RinvoqUpadacitinib | 13 | $78,589 |
| CreonLipase/Protease/Amylase | 19 | $25,203 |
| Gavilyte-GPeg3350/Sod Sulf,bicarb,cl/Kcl | 277 | $5,255 |
| Dexlansoprazole DrDexlansoprazole | 17 | $4,783 |
| Peg-3350 And ElectrolytesPeg3350/Sod Sulf,bicarb,cl/Kcl | 99 | $2,048 |
| Sod Sulf-Potass Sulf-Mag SulfSodium, Potassium,mag Sulfates | 11 | $935 |
| Pantoprazole Sodium | 76 | $761 |
| Esomeprazole Magnesium | 19 | $513 |
| Gabapentin | 19 | $207 |
| Omeprazole | 23 | $166 |
| Metronidazole | 16 | $136 |
| Levofloxacin | 14 | $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 |
|---|---|---|
| AbbVieRinvoq, Creon | $1,850 | $103,79232 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 90th percentile of 72 gastroenterology providers in West Virginia.
Other gastroenterology in Huntington
- Ahmed SherifHuntington$10K
- Matthew RohrbachHuntington$7K
- John EastoneHuntington$7K
- Charles HuhHuntington$7K
- Umapathy SundaramHuntington$5K
- Maen KamalHuntington$3K
- Pramod PantangiHuntington$3K
- Helgi SigmundssonHuntington$3K
- Larry CarterHuntington$2K
- Adnan ElghezewiHuntington$1K
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.