Erik Person, MD
Gastroenterology · Athens, GANPI 1609003912
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 97.8% of the total across 772 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 42 manufacturers reported payments, led by AbbVie at 25.1% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $3,494, 2.7 times the $1,283 reported in 2019. Among gastroenterology clinicians in GA with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 10% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 772 payments — averaging $19.09 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$4K
- Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC$2K
- Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.$1K
- Johnson & Johnson$1K
- Ardelyx, Inc.$687
- Sanofi$651
- plus $6K from 36 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$120%
- Speaking & faculty fees$1501%
- Food & beverage$14,42198%
- Education$1561%
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.
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
$14,740 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 492 gastroenterology providers in Georgia.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Sod Sulf-Potass Sulf-Mag SulfSodium, Potassium,mag Sulfates | 116 | $8,297 |
| Omeprazole | 130 | $2,259 |
| Pantoprazole Sodium | 99 | $1,864 |
| Budesonide DrBudesonide | 13 | $1,541 |
| Ondansetron OdtOndansetron | 56 | $652 |
| Famotidine | 45 | $486 |
| Sucralfate | 33 | $484 |
| Diphenoxylate-AtropineDiphenoxylate Hcl/Atropine | 20 | $448 |
| Gavilyte-GPeg3350/Sod Sulf,bicarb,cl/Kcl | 28 | $438 |
| Dicyclomine Hcl | 18 | $286 |
| Metronidazole | 19 | $185 |
| Metoclopramide Hcl | 19 | $103 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other gastroenterology in Athens
- Minesh MehtaAthens$32K
- Gregory SmithAthens$31K
- Nitin GuptaAtlanta$1.1M
- Cynthia RudertAtlanta$720K
- Douglas WolfAtlanta$668K
- Kavita KongaraAtlanta$492K
- Girish AnandAtlanta$425K
- Satish RaoAugusta$335K
- Roshan ShresthaAtlanta$317K
- Hetal KarsanAtlanta$314K
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.