Barry Steinmetz
Pediatric Gastroenterology · Long Beach, CANPI 1003904814
Payments from drug & device makers
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 60th 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
- Paul HarmatzOakland$8.1M
- Shervin RabizadehLos Angeles$1.6M
- Robert VenickLos Angeles$1.3M
- Jeffrey SchwimmerSan Diego$1M
- Ariel FeldsteinSan Diego$888K
- Jeannie HuangSan Diego$878K
- Sohail HusainPalo Alto$793K
- Russell MerrittLos Angeles$655K
- Chuan-Hao LinLos Angeles$542K
- Jonathan MosesPalo Alto$471K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.