Douglas Howell
Gastroenterology · Portland, MENPI 1902904758
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by royalties or licence payments: $1,163,173 of the $1,173,723 with a category attached, or 99.1%. Wilson Cook Medical Incorporated accounts for 99.1% of it on its own, with 6 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $488,001 and has fallen 100.0% since, to $35 in 2025. Among gastroenterology clinicians in ME with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 5% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 35 payments — averaging $33,535 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Wilson Cook Medical Incorporated$1.2M
- Olympus Corporation Of The Americas$10K
- Cook Medical LLC$268
- Boston Scientific$97
- Pentax Of America, Inc.$35
- Olympus America Inc.$34
- plus $18 from 1 others
What the payments were for
- Royalty or licence$1,163,17399%
- Consulting fees$9,3991%
- Travel & lodging$3530%
- Food & beverage$7980%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Wilson Cook Medical Incorporated | 11 | $1,163,173 |
| Olympus Corporation Of The Americas | 14 | $10,099 |
| Cook Medical LLC | 6 | $268 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $97 |
| Pentax Of America, Inc. | 1 | $35 |
| Olympus America Inc. | 1 | $34 |
| Covidien LP | 1 | $18 |
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.
- Cook Medical Biliary$869,617
- Fusion Quattro$293,556
- Instinct$117
How this compares
$1,173,723 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 68 gastroenterology providers in Maine.
Other gastroenterology in Portland
- Martin MoehlenPortland$340K
- Fernando CalmetPortland$51K
- Marina KimPortland$33K
- Andrew HsuPortland$4K
- Eric VecchioPortland$3K
- Andreas StefanPortland$2K
- Noemi BaffyPortland$1K
- Daniil RolshudPortland$1K
- Matthew GrunwaldPortland$805
- Cristina RutherfordPortland$670
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.