Douglas Kuperman
Gastroenterology · Sarasota, FLNPI 1184618696
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 99.7% of the total across 140 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 21 manufacturers reported payments, led by AbbVie at 39.1% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $1,274 and has fallen 92.1% since, to $100 in 2022. That places this record below the midpoint for gastroenterology clinicians in FL, where the typical reported total is $3,025.
Across 140 payments — averaging $21.75 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$1K
- Pfizer$464
- Johnson & Johnson$221
- Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC$202
- Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.$167
- Conmed Corporation$160
- plus $640 from 15 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$3,037100%
- Education$80%
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) | 62 | $1,192 |
| Pfizer | 13 | $464 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 16 | $221 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 12 | $202 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 4 | $167 |
| Conmed Corporation | 3 | $160 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 1 | $95 |
| Ironwood Pharmaceuticals, Inc | 5 | $89 |
| Covidien LP | 1 | $87 |
| Bristol Myers Squibb | 4 | $64 |
| Nestle Healthcare Nutrition Inc. | 3 | $59 |
| Merck | 3 | $42 |
| Boston Scientific | 2 | $29 |
| UCB, Inc. | 2 | $29 |
| Redhill Biopharma Inc. | 2 | $28 |
| Braintree Laboratories, Inc. | 2 | $24 |
| Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $23 |
| Shionogi Inc | 1 | $21 |
| ERBE USA Inc | 1 | $21 |
| Intercept Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Pinnacle Biologics, Inc | 1 | $14 |
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.
- XELJANZ$326
- CONMED GENERATORS$133
- CONMED BILIARY$133
- CONMED BIOPSY$133
- CONMED EUS$133
- Entyvio$121
- Mavyret$115
How this compares
$3,045 in reported general payments places this provider in the 50th percentile of 1,388 gastroenterology providers in Florida.
Other gastroenterology in Sarasota
- Marc BernsteinSarasota$199K
- Charles LoeweSarasota$98K
- Benjamin RodriguezSarasota$69K
- Guy NeffSarasota$52K
- Samuel GidayOrlando$2M
- Lukasz KwapiszMiami$1.2M
- Jennifer Seminerio-DiehlOrlando$1.1M
- Udayakumar NavaneethanSaint Petersburg$1.1M
- Ronen AraiCoral Springs$1.1M
- Charles SninskyGainesville$983K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.