Alfred Barritt, MD
Gastroenterology · Chapel Hill, NCNPI 1154395879
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — speaking fees (52.8%), consulting fees and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 18 manufacturers reported payments, led by Madrigal Pharmaceuticals at 46.8% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $128,375, 9.4 times the $13,669 reported in 2019. Among gastroenterology clinicians in NC 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 204 payments — averaging $1031.62 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Madrigal Pharmaceuticals$99K
- Boehringer Ingelheim$41K
- Merck$16K
- Intercept Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$14K
- Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH$12K
- Dova Pharmaceuticals$8K
- plus $21K from 12 others
Across 318 payments — averaging $3582.45 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.
- Intercept Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$295K
- GSK$238K
- AbbVie$223K
- Bausch Health US, LLC$197K
- Intercept Pharma Europe Ltd.$64K
- Gilead$41K
- plus $82K from 7 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$61,82029%
- Speaking & faculty fees$111,18453%
- Travel & lodging$30,46614%
- Food & beverage$6,9803%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Madrigal Pharmaceuticals | 64 | $98,513 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 40 | $41,044 |
| Merck | 21 | $16,056 |
| Intercept Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 13 | $13,555 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH | 7 | $11,936 |
| Dova Pharmaceuticals | 6 | $8,400 |
| Mirum Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 11 | $6,177 |
| Gilead | 6 | $4,769 |
| Ipsen Biopharmaceuticals, Inc | 7 | $3,473 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 17 | $3,355 |
| Sarepta Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $1,710 |
| Bristol Myers Squibb | 3 | $836 |
| Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc. | 2 | $249 |
| AbbVie | 2 | $120 |
| Novo Nordisk | 1 | $104 |
| Steris Corporation | 1 | $101 |
| Ionis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $37 |
| Pfizer | 1 | $16 |
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
$210,450 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 610 gastroenterology providers in North Carolina.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| XifaxanRifaximin | 104 | $335,184 |
| RezdiffraResmetirom | 13 | $59,433 |
| Envarsus XrTacrolimus | 15 | $31,978 |
| Sirolimus | 14 | $11,683 |
| Ursodiol | 52 | $11,314 |
| EliquisApixaban | 12 | $6,681 |
| Tacrolimus | 85 | $5,435 |
| Azathioprine | 24 | $3,172 |
| Mycophenolate Mofetil | 32 | $2,017 |
| Mycophenolic AcidMycophenolate Sodium | 28 | $1,851 |
| Lactulose | 36 | $1,042 |
| Spironolactone | 23 | $466 |
| Doxepin Hcl | 13 | $300 |
| Furosemide | 36 | $230 |
| Omeprazole | 18 | $154 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLCXifaxan | $3,355 | $335,184104 claims |
| Madrigal PharmaceuticalsRezdiffra | $98,513 | $59,43313 claims |
| PfizerEliquis | $16 | $6,68112 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 610 gastroenterology providers in North Carolina.
Other gastroenterology in Chapel Hill
- Paul WatkinsChapel Hill$876K
- Evan DellonChapel Hill$431K
- Nicholas ShaheenChapel Hill$145K
- Christine HuntChapel Hill$122K
- Hans HerfarthChapel Hill$78K
- Simon GrayChapel Hill$48K
- Jasmine BarrowChapel Hill$22K
- Stephen DealCharlotte$945K
- Fred FowlerCharlotte$932K
- Nilesh LodhiaCharlotte$735K
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.