Diane Settles, MD
Gastroenterology · Ashland, KYNPI 1356462154
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 299 payments — averaging $16.50 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$2K
- Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC$858
- Johnson & Johnson$386
- Ironwood Pharmaceuticals, Inc$302
- Gilead$269
- Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.$247
- plus $1K from 23 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$4,88899%
- Education$471%
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) | 112 | $1,671 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 60 | $858 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 20 | $386 |
| Ironwood Pharmaceuticals, Inc | 19 | $302 |
| Gilead | 15 | $269 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 14 | $247 |
| Sanofi | 6 | $131 |
| Novo Nordisk | 6 | $116 |
| Boston Scientific | 3 | $109 |
| Olympus America Inc. | 3 | $101 |
| Phathom Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 6 | $99 |
| Pfizer | 4 | $71 |
| UCB, Inc. | 4 | $66 |
| Ferring Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 4 | $63 |
| Janssen Scientific Affairs, LLC | 1 | $59 |
| Nestle Healthcare Nutrition Inc. | 3 | $59 |
| Merck | 3 | $50 |
| Ardelyx, Inc. | 3 | $50 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 1 | $34 |
| Madrigal Pharmaceuticals | 2 | $32 |
| Daiichi Sankyo Inc. | 2 | $28 |
| Celltrion USA Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Braintree Laboratories, Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Intercept Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Aimmune Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 1 | $16 |
| Redhill Biopharma Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $13 |
| Evoke Pharma, Inc. | 1 | $11 |
How this compares
$4,934 in reported general payments places this provider in the 55th percentile of 207 gastroenterology providers in Kentucky.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| StelaraUstekinumab | 37 | $965,754 |
| EntyvioVedolizumab | 17 | $149,460 |
| Humira(Cf) PenAdalimumab | 17 | $146,604 |
| LinzessLinaclotide | 112 | $112,065 |
| XifaxanRifaximin | 25 | $79,361 |
| TrulancePlecanatide | 14 | $19,850 |
| Dexlansoprazole DrDexlansoprazole | 43 | $17,173 |
| MotegrityPrucalopride Succinate | 20 | $13,318 |
| Omeprazole | 519 | $7,395 |
| Budesonide DrBudesonide | 31 | $6,972 |
| Mesalamine | 11 | $6,810 |
| Sod Sulf-Potass Sulf-Mag SulfSodium, Potassium,mag Sulfates | 97 | $6,170 |
| Ursodiol | 34 | $5,449 |
| Esomeprazole Magnesium | 124 | $5,157 |
| SutabSod Sulf/Pot Chloride/Mag Sulf | 26 | $4,215 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Johnson & JohnsonStelara | $386 | $965,75437 claims |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.Entyvio, Motegrity | $247 | $162,77837 claims |
| AbbVieLinzess | $1,671 | $112,065112 claims |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLCXifaxan, Trulance | $858 | $99,21139 claims |
| Braintree Laboratories, Inc.Sutab | $20 | $4,21526 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 55th percentile of 207 gastroenterology providers in Kentucky.
Other gastroenterology in Ashland
- Gerald DrydenLouisville$3.5M
- Michael JonesCrestview Hills$1.9M
- Jens RosenauLexington$1.6M
- Matthew CaveLouisville$916K
- Deborah FlomenhoftLexington$905K
- Michael KreaseLouisville$694K
- Zahid SaeedCrestview Hills$442K
- Thomas AbellLouisville$375K
- Sunana SohiLouisville$220K
- Jeffrey TuvlinLouisville$202K
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.