Arthur Berman
Gastroenterology · Largo, FLNPI 1730273236
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 102 payments — averaging $785.22 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Gilead$59K
- Redhill Biopharma Inc.$20K
- AbbVie$567
- Alfasigma USA, Inc.$527
- Johnson & Johnson$114
- Boston Scientific$103
- plus $403 from 11 others
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$18,15585%
- Travel & lodging$1,6658%
- Food & beverage$1,5437%
- Education$850%
- Gifts$120%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Gilead | 15 | $58,716 |
| Redhill Biopharma Inc. | 21 | $19,663 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 31 | $567 |
| Alfasigma USA, Inc. | 3 | $527 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 9 | $114 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $103 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 6 | $96 |
| Aimmune Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $85 |
| Pfizer | 5 | $66 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 2 | $42 |
| Ironwood Pharmaceuticals, Inc | 2 | $37 |
| Shire North American Group Inc | 1 | $14 |
| Intercept Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Merck | 1 | $13 |
| QOL Medical, LLC | 1 | $12 |
| Braintree Laboratories, Inc. | 1 | $12 |
| UCB, Inc. | 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.
- Talicia$19,629
- Zelnorm$500
- Mavyret$115
- GENERAL POLYPECTOMY$103
How this compares
$80,093 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 1,388 gastroenterology providers in Florida.
Other gastroenterology in Largo
- Huey NguyenLargo$1M
- Howard SchwartzTavernier$38.8M
- Guy NeffSarasota$17.6M
- Syed LateefClermont$6.4M
- Jeffrey SchneiderCoral Springs$6M
- Zaid RanaMiami$5.4M
- David NelsonGainesville$5.2M
- Alan WeintraubTampa$4.7M
- Curtis FreedlandNew Port Richey$4.5M
- Paul HellsternCrystal River$4.5M
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.