Akshay Shah, MD
Gastroenterology · Peoria, AZNPI 1003040981
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $2,474 of the $3,674 with a category attached, or 67.3%. 16 manufacturers reported payments, led by QOL Medical, LLC at 32.7% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2020 at $1,367 and has fallen 80.6% since, to $266 in 2025. That places this record below the midpoint for gastroenterology clinicians in AZ, where the typical reported total is $3,568.
Across 68 payments — averaging $54.03 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- QOL Medical, LLC$1K
- Boston Scientific$549
- AbbVie$408
- Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc.$298
- Sanofi$220
- Medtronic$213
- plus $786 from 10 others
Across 97 payments — averaging $2475.61 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.
- AbbVie$221K
- Bristol Myers Squibb$20K
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$1,20033%
- Food & beverage$2,47467%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| QOL Medical, LLC | 1 | $1,200 |
| Boston Scientific | 8 | $549 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 19 | $408 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 7 | $298 |
| Sanofi | 6 | $220 |
| Medtronic | 3 | $213 |
| Conmed Corporation | 5 | $170 |
| Madrigal Pharmaceuticals | 1 | $144 |
| Intercept Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $132 |
| SK Life Science, Inc. | 5 | $123 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 5 | $94 |
| Nestle Healthcare Nutrition Inc. | 2 | $42 |
| Intuitive Surgical | 1 | $32 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Ferring Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Shire North American Group Inc | 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.
How this compares
$3,674 in reported general payments places this provider in the 50th percentile of 355 gastroenterology providers in Arizona.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| GattexTeduglutide | 12 | $540,283 |
| RemicadeInfliximab | 13 | $133,455 |
| CreonLipase/Protease/Amylase | 21 | $100,927 |
| XifaxanRifaximin | 28 | $73,146 |
| XeljanzTofacitinib Citrate | 12 | $61,384 |
| LinzessLinaclotide | 44 | $56,162 |
| Sod Sulf-Potass Sulf-Mag SulfSodium, Potassium,mag Sulfates | 92 | $6,171 |
| Nitroglycerin | 11 | $4,395 |
| Pantoprazole Sodium | 287 | $4,222 |
| Lubiprostone | 13 | $3,154 |
| Famotidine | 120 | $2,925 |
| Omeprazole | 126 | $2,295 |
| CholestyramineCholestyramine (With Sugar) | 25 | $1,925 |
| Sucralfate | 52 | $1,542 |
| Diphenoxylate-AtropineDiphenoxylate Hcl/Atropine | 28 | $1,513 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.Gattex | $18 | $540,28312 claims |
| AbbVieCreon, Linzess | $408 | $157,08965 claims |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLCXifaxan | $94 | $73,14628 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 50th percentile of 355 gastroenterology providers in Arizona.
Other gastroenterology in Peoria
- Joel BrillParadise Valley$847K
- Daniel MelineScottsdale$795K
- David FleischerScottsdale$410K
- Neil SharmaGilbert$405K
- Chirag TrivediSun City$400K
- David LeffMesa$377K
- Pankaj PasrichaScottsdale$304K
- Norio FukamiScottsdale$215K
- Toufic KachaamyScottsdale$210K
- Christina HaScottsdale$198K
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.