Dale Merrell
Gastroenterology · Jacksonville, FLNPI 1871585885
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 99.3% of the total across 124 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 17 manufacturers reported payments, led by AbbVie at 24.5% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $1,720 and has fallen 99.2% since, to $14 in 2022. That places this record below the midpoint for gastroenterology clinicians in FL, where the typical reported total is $3,025.
Across 124 payments — averaging $16.69 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$506
- Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC$342
- Gilead$329
- Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.$208
- Johnson & Johnson$161
- Shionogi Inc$106
- plus $417 from 11 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$151%
- Food & beverage$2,05599%
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) | 33 | $506 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 17 | $342 |
| Gilead | 14 | $329 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 18 | $208 |
| Johnson & Johnson(2 entities) | 12 | $161 |
| Shionogi Inc | 6 | $106 |
| Janssen Scientific Affairs, LLC | 1 | $97 |
| Pfizer | 5 | $80 |
| Merck | 4 | $49 |
| Intercept Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 3 | $46 |
| UCB, Inc. | 2 | $36 |
| Shire North American Group Inc | 2 | $31 |
| Daiichi Sankyo Inc. | 2 | $23 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $18 |
| Romark Laboratories, LC | 2 | $13 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $11 |
| Ironwood Pharmaceuticals, 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.
- Epclusa$111
How this compares
$2,070 in reported general payments places this provider in the 40th percentile of 1,388 gastroenterology providers in Florida.
Other gastroenterology in Jacksonville
- Francis FarrayeJacksonville$395K
- Jami KinnucanJacksonville$313K
- Vivek KumbhariJacksonville$254K
- Ali Moghani LankaraniJacksonville$105K
- Ana CorregidorJacksonville$79K
- Mark FleisherJacksonville$74K
- Victoria GomezJacksonville$65K
- Samuel GidayOrlando$2M
- Lukasz KwapiszMiami$1.2M
- Jennifer Seminerio-DiehlOrlando$1.1M
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.