Amit Bhatt
Gastroenterology · Cleveland, OHNPI 1134390032
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — speaking fees (48.7%), consulting fees and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 29 manufacturers reported payments, led by Boston Scientific at 40.4% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $53,338, more than ten times the $1,726 reported in 2019. Among gastroenterology clinicians in OH 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 195 payments — averaging $602.66 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Boston Scientific$48K
- Medtronic$33K
- US Endoscopy$14K
- Noah Medical Corporation$5K
- Covidien LP$4K
- Olympus Corporation$2K
- plus $12K from 23 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$35,22030%
- Speaking & faculty fees$57,22549%
- Travel & lodging$13,29011%
- Food & beverage$6,9836%
- Education$4,8004%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Boston Scientific | 65 | $47,515 |
| Medtronic | 61 | $32,610 |
| US Endoscopy | 6 | $14,250 |
| Noah Medical Corporation | 1 | $4,800 |
| Covidien LP | 5 | $4,221 |
| Olympus Corporation | 3 | $2,477 |
| Olympus Medical Systems Corporation | 5 | $2,361 |
| Lumendi LLC | 3 | $2,292 |
| Conmed Corporation | 8 | $1,821 |
| Wilson Cook Medical Incorporated | 1 | $1,695 |
| 3-d Matrix, Inc. | 1 | $793 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 1 | $625 |
| Steris Corporation | 2 | $311 |
| Intuitive Surgical | 1 | $300 |
| Creo Medical Inc. | 6 | $291 |
| Olympus America Inc. | 2 | $167 |
| Fujifilm Healthcare Americas Corporation | 2 | $158 |
| ERBE USA Inc | 2 | $150 |
| AbbVie | 4 | $142 |
| Guard Medical Inc. | 1 | $131 |
| Organon | 2 | $125 |
| Micro-tech Endoscopy USA, Inc. | 1 | $110 |
| Merck | 2 | $35 |
| Nestle Healthcare Nutrition Inc. | 2 | $32 |
| Intercept Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $30 |
| Olympus Corporation Of The Americas | 1 | $26 |
| Cook Medical LLC | 3 | $23 |
| Madrigal Pharmaceuticals | 1 | $15 |
| Shionogi Inc | 1 | $12 |
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.
- GENERAL - THERAPIES$25,135
- ORISE$13,013
- GALAXY$4,800
- NEXPOWDER$2,516
- DiLumen$2,200
- OverStitch Endoscopic Suturing System$1,588
- BEAMER SYSTEM$1,527
- GI Genius$1,230
- Single Use Electrosurgical Knife KD-655$1,058
- XIFAXAN$625
- RESOLUTION CLIP$375
- Da Vinci Surgical System$300
- ProdiGI$261
- Apollo REVISE NXT System$155
- SPEEDBOAT$148
- GENERAL - BILIARY DEVICES$146
- SPYGLASS$139
- Beacon$136
- NPSEAL LARGE$131
- Speedboat Ultraslim (SB1L)$121
How this compares
$117,518 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 657 gastroenterology providers in Ohio.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Sucralfate | 31 | $1,213 |
| Pantoprazole Sodium | 95 | $978 |
| Gavilyte-GPeg3350/Sod Sulf,bicarb,cl/Kcl | 44 | $565 |
| Omeprazole | 53 | $352 |
| Peg-3350 And ElectrolytesPeg3350/Sod Sulf,bicarb,cl/Kcl | 13 | $205 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other gastroenterology in Cleveland
- Pierre GholamCleveland$1.6M
- Florian RiederCleveland$396K
- Stanley CohenCleveland$338K
- Taha QaziCleveland$307K
- Vu NguyenCleveland$145K
- Benjamin CohenCleveland$144K
- Imad AsaadCleveland$141K
- Ronnie FassCleveland$123K
- Anjana PillaiCleveland$115K
- Amandeep SinghCleveland$113K
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.