Joseph Scirica, MD
Gastroenterology · Torrington, CTNPI 1487647640
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 268 payments — averaging $18.68 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$1K
- Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.$838
- Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC$535
- Phathom Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$265
- Bristol Myers Squibb$257
- Johnson & Johnson$239
- plus $2K from 22 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$4,96599%
- Education$431%
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) | 85 | $1,249 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 41 | $838 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 26 | $535 |
| Phathom Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 9 | $265 |
| Bristol Myers Squibb | 14 | $257 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 13 | $239 |
| Sanofi | 9 | $221 |
| Ferring Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 11 | $195 |
| Ardelyx, Inc. | 9 | $194 |
| QOL Medical, LLC | 4 | $137 |
| Madrigal Pharmaceuticals | 5 | $130 |
| Nestle Healthcare Nutrition Inc. | 5 | $102 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 5 | $101 |
| Intercept Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 4 | $84 |
| Gilead | 4 | $71 |
| Aimmune Therapeutics, Inc. | 3 | $69 |
| Evoke Pharma, Inc. | 3 | $43 |
| Ironwood Pharmaceuticals, Inc | 3 | $43 |
| Celltrion USA Inc. | 2 | $43 |
| Pfizer | 2 | $35 |
| Braintree Laboratories, Inc. | 2 | $31 |
| Vivus LLC | 2 | $28 |
| Exact Sciences | 1 | $26 |
| Intra-sana Laboratories | 1 | $19 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Shire North American Group Inc | 1 | $18 |
| UCB, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Gastrogpo, LLC | 2 | $0 |
How this compares
$5,007 in reported general payments places this provider in the 60th percentile of 326 gastroenterology providers in Connecticut.
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 | 13 | $708,855 |
| ZenpepLipase/Protease/Amylase | 13 | $25,302 |
| CreonLipase/Protease/Amylase | 16 | $19,501 |
| LinzessLinaclotide | 19 | $15,384 |
| Mesalamine | 25 | $12,457 |
| Sod Sulf-Potass Sulf-Mag SulfSodium, Potassium,mag Sulfates | 140 | $8,507 |
| SutabSod Sulf/Pot Chloride/Mag Sulf | 49 | $8,038 |
| Mesalamine ErMesalamine | 11 | $4,291 |
| Pantoprazole Sodium | 273 | $4,052 |
| Budesonide EcBudesonide | 17 | $3,910 |
| Lubiprostone | 16 | $3,033 |
| Sucralfate | 23 | $2,663 |
| Esomeprazole Magnesium | 41 | $1,829 |
| Lansoprazole | 15 | $517 |
| Peg 3350-ElectrolyteSodium Chloride/Nahco3/Kcl/Peg | 12 | $371 |
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 | $239 | $708,85513 claims |
| AbbVieCreon, Linzess | $1,249 | $34,88535 claims |
| Aimmune Therapeutics, Inc.Zenpep | $69 | $25,30213 claims |
| Braintree Laboratories, Inc.Sutab | $31 | $8,03849 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 60th percentile of 326 gastroenterology providers in Connecticut.
Other gastroenterology in Torrington
- Michael DisienaTorrington$39K
- Pramod MistryNew Haven$6M
- Salam ZakkoBristol$2.7M
- Paul FeuerstadtHamden$1.4M
- Angelo ParedesMiddletown$1.3M
- James FrestonFarmington$778K
- Jill GaidosNew Haven$750K
- Houman RezaizadehFarmington$720K
- James BoyerNew Haven$648K
- Guadalupe Garcia TsaoNew Haven$555K
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.