Barry Steinmetz
Pediatric Gastroenterology · Long Beach, CANPI 1003904814
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 96.7% of the total across 108 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. It is spread thinly across 17 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 16.3% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. 2025 is the largest year on record at $591, 2.3 times the $259 reported in 2019.
Across 108 payments — averaging $21.30 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc.$376
- Mirum Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$271
- Sanofi$269
- Alcresta Therapeutics, Inc.$221
- AbbVie$179
- Travere Therapeutics, Inc.$167
- plus $816 from 11 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$2,22397%
- Education$773%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 8 | $376 |
| Mirum Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 8 | $271 |
| Sanofi | 13 | $269 |
| Alcresta Therapeutics, Inc. | 4 | $221 |
| AbbVie | 8 | $179 |
| Travere Therapeutics, Inc. | 41 | $167 |
| Ipsen Biopharmaceuticals, Inc | 2 | $163 |
| Albireo Pharma, Inc. | 6 | $144 |
| Abbott | 3 | $140 |
| Nestle Healthcare Nutrition Inc. | 5 | $115 |
| Coloplast | 3 | $107 |
| QOL Medical, LLC | 2 | $56 |
| Rhythm Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $26 |
| Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Alfasigma USA, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Aytu Biopharma, Inc. | 1 | $13 |
| Shire North American Group 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.
How this compares
$2,300 in reported general payments places this provider in the 70th percentile of 220 pediatric gastroenterology providers in California.
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Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| MotegrityPrucalopride Succinate | 12 | $6,123 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other pediatric gastroenterology in Long Beach
- Mohamed ShabanLong Beach$2K
- David ZiringLos Angeles$206K
- Nathan MinkoffMadera$131K
- Paul HarmatzOakland$109K
- Robert VenickLos Angeles$78K
- Jessica DeasLos Angeles$74K
- Amber HildrethSan Diego$67K
- Ariel FeldsteinSan Diego$60K
- Kathleen SchwarzSan Diego$58K
- Andrew DickersonSan Diego$58K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.