David Goldstein, MD
Gastroenterology · Emerson, NJNPI 1063453348
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 96.7% of the total across 53 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 20 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 20.9% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $373 and has fallen 95.3% since, to $18 in 2025. That places this record below the midpoint for gastroenterology clinicians in NJ, where the typical reported total is $2,298.
Across 53 payments — averaging $22.92 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.$254
- Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC$124
- Janssen Scientific Affairs, LLC$120
- GSK$101
- Johnson & Johnson$94
- Organogenesis Inc.$88
- plus $435 from 14 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$131%
- Food & beverage$1,17597%
- Education$262%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 10 | $254 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 2 | $124 |
| Janssen Scientific Affairs, LLC | 1 | $120 |
| GSK | 7 | $101 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 6 | $94 |
| Organogenesis Inc. | 1 | $88 |
| Mindray DS USA, Inc. | 2 | $74 |
| Amgen | 4 | $62 |
| AbbVie | 4 | $59 |
| Novartis | 3 | $47 |
| Merck | 2 | $27 |
| Intercept Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $27 |
| Ferring Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 2 | $27 |
| La Jolla Pharmaceutical Company | 1 | $21 |
| Sanofi | 1 | $19 |
| Braintree Laboratories, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Incyte Corporation | 1 | $15 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 1 | $15 |
| AMAG Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Shire North American Group Inc | 1 | $13 |
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
$1,215 in reported general payments places this provider in the 35th percentile of 701 gastroenterology providers in New Jersey.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Humira(Cf) PenAdalimumab | 12 | $81,738 |
| Mesalamine ErMesalamine | 11 | $3,884 |
| Pantoprazole Sodium | 63 | $1,207 |
| Famotidine | 31 | $739 |
| Sod Sulf-Potass Sulf-Mag SulfSodium, Potassium,mag Sulfates | 11 | $736 |
| Olmesartan Medoxomil | 12 | $234 |
| Rosuvastatin Calcium | 16 | $223 |
| Amlodipine Besylate | 42 | $201 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 38 | $182 |
| Lisinopril | 15 | $162 |
| Losartan Potassium | 18 | $146 |
| Levothyroxine Sodium | 15 | $123 |
| Simvastatin | 31 | $123 |
| Omeprazole | 25 | $95 |
| Hydrochlorothiazide | 18 | $87 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other gastroenterology in Emerson
- Robert PittmanEmerson$25K
- Vinod RustgiNew Brunswick$431K
- Zamir BrelviNewark$391K
- Adam ElfantMount Laurel$385K
- Devjit NayarHoboken$258K
- Lea ChenNew Brunswick$185K
- Alexander PerelmanWest Orange$160K
- Barry KaufmanEgg Harbor Township$157K
- Anish ShethPrinceton$151K
- Ramesh GuptaFair Lawn$143K
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.