David Gast, MD
Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation · Auburn, MENPI 1518953934
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 21 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 12 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 18.7% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $116 and has fallen 84.9% since, to $18 in 2023.
Across 21 payments — averaging $15.92 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Boston Scientific$63
- AbbVie$58
- Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc.$43
- Pfizer$28
- Novo Nordisk$28
- Boehringer Ingelheim$25
- plus $90 from 6 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$334100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Boston Scientific | 2 | $63 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 4 | $58 |
| Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. | 3 | $43 |
| Pfizer | 2 | $28 |
| Novo Nordisk | 2 | $28 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 2 | $25 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 1 | $18 |
| Amgen | 1 | $17 |
| GSK | 1 | $16 |
| Merck | 1 | $15 |
| Novartis | 1 | $13 |
| Nestle Healthcare Nutrition Inc. | 1 | $12 |
How this compares
$334 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 34 physical medicine & rehabilitation providers in Maine.
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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 |
|---|---|---|
| Gabapentin | 86 | $1,107 |
| Pregabalin | 28 | $907 |
| Baclofen | 24 | $615 |
| Tizanidine Hcl | 25 | $271 |
| Prednisone | 34 | $141 |
| Lamotrigine | 27 | $124 |
| Morphine Sulfate | 13 | $61 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 14 | $41 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other physical medicine & rehabilitation in Auburn
- Matthew McLaughlinAuburn$0
- Alycia ReppelLewiston$2K
- Elizabeth LinYarmouth$2K
- Benjamin BranchScarborough$2K
- Cole CarterOrono$1K
- Robbie VerikerAugusta$986
- Sadvi GaneshBangor$828
- Genevieve HallWaterville$317
- Kathleen RuteckiScarborough$315
- Walter WoffordPresque Isle$291
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.