Donald Lipkis
Gastroenterology · San Diego, CANPI 1790772978
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 135 payments — averaging $1941.77 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$115K
- Intercept Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$78K
- GSK$19K
- Adare Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$14K
- Gilead$13K
- Intercept Pharma Europe Ltd.$13K
- plus $11K from 4 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$819100%
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) | 66 | $114,510 |
| Intercept Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 36 | $77,694 |
| GSK | 5 | $18,500 |
| Adare Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 6 | $14,230 |
| Gilead | 6 | $13,258 |
| Intercept Pharma Europe Ltd. | 5 | $13,193 |
| Ironwood Pharmaceuticals, Inc | 6 | $10,384 |
| Boston Scientific | 2 | $224 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 1 | $113 |
| Cook Medical LLC | 2 | $34 |
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.
- Mavyret$125
- GENERAL - BILIARY DEVICES$116
- XIFAXAN$113
- GENERAL METAL STENTS GI$108
How this compares
$262,139 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 1,885 gastroenterology providers in California.
Other gastroenterology in San Diego
- Brigid BolandSan Diego$2.4M
- William SandbornSan Diego$2.2M
- Naveen GaraSan Diego$1.5M
- Michael BennettSan Diego$1.5M
- Taddese DestaSan Diego$1.4M
- Hyun KimSan Diego$1.3M
- Vijayalak PrathaSan Diego$1.2M
- David KunkelSan Diego$679K
- Peter WinkleCypress$116.7M
- Manuchehr DaraniSanta Ana$17.7M
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.