Christopher Ruffini, MD
Gastroenterology · Neward, DENPI 1770590424
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 594 payments — averaging $18.09 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$3K
- Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC$2K
- Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.$975
- Johnson & Johnson$767
- Bristol Myers Squibb$588
- Madrigal Pharmaceuticals$453
- plus $3K from 29 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$10,716100%
- Education$280%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 190 | $3,372 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 102 | $1,801 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 57 | $975 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 43 | $767 |
| Bristol Myers Squibb | 39 | $588 |
| Madrigal Pharmaceuticals | 16 | $453 |
| Ardelyx, Inc. | 17 | $339 |
| Sanofi | 11 | $300 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 14 | $297 |
| Ironwood Pharmaceuticals, Inc | 16 | $269 |
| Pfizer | 18 | $257 |
| QOL Medical, LLC | 11 | $236 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 12 | $235 |
| Phathom Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 12 | $142 |
| Gilead | 5 | $98 |
| Amgen | 4 | $78 |
| Ipsen Biopharmaceuticals, Inc | 3 | $70 |
| Aimmune Therapeutics, Inc. | 3 | $66 |
| Merck | 3 | $51 |
| AstraZeneca | 1 | $43 |
| Intercept Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $42 |
| Biofire Diagnostics, LLC | 1 | $38 |
| Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc. | 1 | $28 |
| Redhill Biopharma Inc. | 2 | $26 |
| Micro-tech Endoscopy USA, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $19 |
| Shionogi Inc | 1 | $18 |
| Ferring Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Fresenius Kabi USA, LLC | 1 | $16 |
| Nestle Healthcare Nutrition Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Covidien LP | 1 | $16 |
| Shire North American Group Inc | 1 | $15 |
| Evoke Pharma, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Capsovision, Inc. | 1 | $13 |
| AMAG Pharmaceuticals, 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.
- REZDIFFRA$117
How this compares
$10,744 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 50 gastroenterology providers in Delaware.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| LinzessLinaclotide | 83 | $57,618 |
| XifaxanRifaximin | 13 | $32,605 |
| Dexlansoprazole DrDexlansoprazole | 54 | $19,558 |
| Mesalamine | 39 | $18,802 |
| MotegrityPrucalopride Succinate | 19 | $13,872 |
| TrulancePlecanatide | 19 | $10,999 |
| Esomeprazole Magnesium | 188 | $8,102 |
| Lubiprostone | 47 | $6,910 |
| Omeprazole | 377 | $5,525 |
| Colesevelam Hcl | 30 | $4,936 |
| Ursodiol | 19 | $4,498 |
| Pantoprazole Sodium | 279 | $2,987 |
| ClenpiqSod Picosulf/Mag Ox/Citric Ac | 15 | $2,575 |
| Famotidine | 93 | $1,597 |
| Rabeprazole Sodium | 29 | $1,282 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AbbVieLinzess | $3,372 | $57,61883 claims |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLCXifaxan, Trulance | $1,801 | $43,60432 claims |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.Motegrity | $975 | $13,87219 claims |
| Ferring Pharmaceuticals Inc.Clenpiq | $17 | $2,57515 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 85th percentile of 50 gastroenterology providers in Delaware.
Other gastroenterology in Neward
- Michael BrooksNewark$48K
- Abhishek AgnihotriDover$28K
- Michael BassWilmington$27K
- Richard CarusoLewes$13K
- Bhavin DaveDover$11K
- Jorge UribeNewark$11K
- Laura ConnorNewark$11K
- Gaurav JainNewark$10K
- Jared HossackNewark$9K
- Donald GirardWilmington$8K
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.