Howard Goldberg
Gastroenterology · Bethesda, MDNPI 1316942089
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 99.0% of the total across 246 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 24 manufacturers reported payments, led by AbbVie at 29.8% of the total.
Across 246 payments — averaging $21.72 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$2K
- Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.$610
- Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC$570
- E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C.$445
- QOL Medical, LLC$434
- Johnson & Johnson$273
- plus $1K from 18 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$5,29099%
- Education$521%
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 | 51 | $1,589 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 36 | $610 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 38 | $570 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 4 | $445 |
| QOL Medical, LLC | 25 | $434 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 17 | $273 |
| Ferring Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 17 | $249 |
| Bristol Myers Squibb | 18 | $247 |
| Daiichi Sankyo Inc. | 8 | $140 |
| Ardelyx, Inc. | 2 | $130 |
| Boston Scientific | 2 | $113 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 5 | $87 |
| Braintree Laboratories, Inc. | 3 | $71 |
| Concordia Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 3 | $64 |
| Intercept Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 3 | $63 |
| Sanofi | 3 | $61 |
| Pfizer | 2 | $38 |
| Medtronic | 2 | $37 |
| UCB, Inc. | 2 | $31 |
| Ironwood Pharmaceuticals, Inc | 1 | $22 |
| Intra-sana Laboratories | 1 | $21 |
| Alfasigma USA, Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Redhill Biopharma Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $15 |
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.
- ZEPOSIA$118
- Rinvoq$118
- IBSRELA$110
- Skyrizi$103
- CAPTIVATOR II$101
How this compares
$5,342 in reported general payments places this provider in the 65th percentile of 455 gastroenterology providers in Maryland.
Other gastroenterology in Bethesda
- Maria SjogrenBethesda$75K
- John BassettBethesda$61K
- Reezwana ChowdhuryBethesda$40K
- Samuel MuenchBethesda$34K
- Eric PollackBethesda$15K
- Apurva ModiRockville$1.1M
- Sergey KantsevoyBaltimore$1.1M
- Anurag MaheshwariBaltimore$803K
- Aline Charabaty PishvaianBaltimore$631K
- Zachary BormanChevy Chase$520K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.