Ashutosh Barve
Gastroenterology · Louisville, KYNPI 1194867747
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — speaking fees (55.5%), travel and lodging and consulting fees — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Exelixis Inc. accounts for 86.4% of it on its own, with 15 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $28,981 and has fallen 98.2% since, to $523 in 2025. Among gastroenterology clinicians in KY 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 84 payments — averaging $514.34 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Exelixis Inc.$37K
- Gilead$3K
- Perspectum Diagnostics Ltd$381
- Sirtex Medical Inc$353
- AbbVie$291
- Eisai Inc.$281
- plus $1K from 10 others
Across 45 payments — averaging $1654.33 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$41K
- Bayer$25K
- AstraZeneca$7K
- Coherus Oncology, Inc.$2K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$6,97016%
- Speaking & faculty fees$23,99856%
- Travel & lodging$8,40719%
- Food & beverage$3,8229%
- Education$80%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Exelixis Inc. | 47 | $37,319 |
| Gilead | 8 | $3,409 |
| Perspectum Diagnostics Ltd | 2 | $381 |
| Sirtex Medical Inc | 3 | $353 |
| AbbVie | 5 | $291 |
| Eisai Inc. | 3 | $281 |
| Novo Nordisk | 3 | $235 |
| Boston Scientific | 2 | $205 |
| Amgen | 1 | $140 |
| Intercept Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $139 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 2 | $123 |
| AstraZeneca | 1 | $105 |
| Dova Pharmaceuticals | 1 | $98 |
| Echosens North America, Inc. | 2 | $84 |
| Madrigal Pharmaceuticals | 1 | $22 |
| Conmed Corporation | 1 | $18 |
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.
- Cabometyx$32,808
- LiverMultiScan$381
- SIR-Spheres Microspheres$255
- LENVIMA$215
- Mavyret$214
- TEPEZZA$140
- Livdelzi$132
- Wegovy$125
- EXALT Model D$105
- XIFAXAN$101
- SPYGLASS$100
How this compares
$43,204 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 207 gastroenterology providers in Kentucky.
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 | 36 | $114,741 |
| VemlidyTenofovir Alafenamide | 20 | $28,683 |
| Ursodiol | 28 | $2,986 |
| Mycophenolate Mofetil | 22 | $1,878 |
| Lactulose | 40 | $1,461 |
| Pentoxifylline | 40 | $896 |
| Ondansetron Hcl | 13 | $460 |
| Spironolactone | 40 | $453 |
| Prednisone | 39 | $317 |
| Pantoprazole Sodium | 29 | $307 |
| Carvedilol | 52 | $280 |
| Furosemide | 35 | $128 |
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 | $123 | $114,74136 claims |
| GileadVemlidy | $3,409 | $28,68320 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 207 gastroenterology providers in Kentucky.
Other gastroenterology in Louisville
- Gerald DrydenLouisville$2.1M
- Matthew CaveLouisville$340K
- Michael KreaseLouisville$322K
- Sunana SohiLouisville$220K
- Jeffrey TuvlinLouisville$202K
- Stephen McClaveLouisville$124K
- Thomas AbellLouisville$36K
- Nanlong LiuLouisville$31K
- Craig McClainLouisville$22K
- John HorlanderLouisville$18K
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.