John Valentine, MD
Gastroenterology · Salt Lake City, UTNPI 1144263419
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — speaking fees (55.9%), consulting fees and food and beverage — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 11 manufacturers reported payments, led by Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC at 55.9% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2020 at $7,519 and has fallen 97.9% since, to $156 in 2025.
Across 22 payments — averaging $406.76 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC$5K
- Bristol Myers Squibb$3K
- AbbVie$585
- Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.$323
- Janssen Scientific Affairs, LLC$125
- Genentech USA, Inc.$125
- plus $244 from 5 others
Across 261 payments — averaging $8363.56 each. Payments tied to a research study. These frequently flow through the physician to a hospital or research institution rather than to the physician personally.
- Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.$594K
- Genentech, Inc.$559K
- AbbVie$252K
- Roche Products Limited$245K
- Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH$152K
- AstraZeneca$96K
- plus $286K from 6 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$2,45027%
- Speaking & faculty fees$5,00056%
- Food & beverage$1,41916%
- Education$801%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 1 | $5,000 |
| Bristol Myers Squibb | 2 | $2,547 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 6 | $585 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 5 | $323 |
| Janssen Scientific Affairs, LLC | 1 | $125 |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 1 | $125 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 1 | $92 |
| Samsung HME America, Inc. | 1 | $50 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $49 |
| Pfizer | 1 | $31 |
| Genentech, Inc. | 2 | $23 |
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
$8,949 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 122 gastroenterology providers in Utah.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| StelaraUstekinumab | 51 | $1,511,594 |
| Humira(Cf) PenAdalimumab | 13 | $144,518 |
| Xeljanz XrTofacitinib Citrate | 13 | $75,577 |
| Mesalamine | 20 | $8,002 |
| Sulfasalazine | 26 | $1,197 |
| Azathioprine | 19 | $1,140 |
| Omeprazole | 33 | $259 |
| Ciprofloxacin Hcl | 26 | $153 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Companies that both paid and supply prescribed drugs
These companies both reported payments to this provider and make drugs the provider prescribed under Medicare Part D in 2024. For most specialties this overlap is expected — a cardiologist who is paid by a cardiology drugmaker also treats heart disease. It is shown so the reader can see it, not because it implies anything on its own.
| Company | Paid to this provider | Part D cost of their drugs |
|---|---|---|
| Johnson & JohnsonStelara | $49 | $1,511,59451 claims |
Reading this fairly. The Part D column is what drug plans and patients paid pharmacies — this provider received none of it, and it reflects how many patients they treat and what those drugs cost. Against peers, this provider's reported payments sit in the 85th percentile of 122 gastroenterology providers in Utah.
Other gastroenterology in Salt Lake City
- Terry BoxSalt Lake City$302K
- Richard GilroySalt Lake City$192K
- Kathryn PetersonSalt Lake City$111K
- John FangSalt Lake City$12K
- Iqbal SandhuSalt Lake City$10K
- Ann FlynnSalt Lake City$6K
- Suryanarayana ChallaSalt Lake City$6K
- Jason WillsSalt Lake City$6K
- Chaya KrishnamurthySalt Lake City$5K
- Ramon Minjares GranilloSalt Lake City$4K
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.