Joshua Max, MD
Gastroenterology · Cincinnati, OHNPI 1174729438
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 356 payments — averaging $72.92 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Phathom Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$19K
- AbbVie$2K
- Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.$589
- Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc.$468
- Bristol Myers Squibb$371
- Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC$370
- plus $3K from 27 others
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$16,77065%
- Travel & lodging$1,0664%
- Food & beverage$8,12431%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Phathom Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 27 | $18,882 |
| AbbVie | 118 | $2,303 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 45 | $589 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 29 | $468 |
| Bristol Myers Squibb | 13 | $371 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 16 | $370 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 21 | $301 |
| Boston Scientific | 3 | $278 |
| Janssen Scientific Affairs, LLC | 2 | $259 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 2 | $237 |
| Sanofi | 7 | $226 |
| Pfizer | 11 | $200 |
| Steris Corporation | 1 | $198 |
| Gilead | 10 | $175 |
| Aimmune Therapeutics, Inc. | 10 | $172 |
| Ipsen Biopharmaceuticals, Inc | 7 | $142 |
| Redhill Biopharma Inc. | 2 | $138 |
| Ardelyx, Inc. | 2 | $107 |
| Daiichi Sankyo Inc. | 4 | $78 |
| Ferring Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 4 | $73 |
| Madrigal Pharmaceuticals | 2 | $62 |
| Braintree Laboratories, Inc. | 3 | $53 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 3 | $50 |
| Cook Medical LLC | 2 | $43 |
| Nestle Healthcare Nutrition Inc. | 2 | $31 |
| Novo Nordisk | 2 | $30 |
| Ironwood Pharmaceuticals, Inc | 2 | $25 |
| QOL Medical, LLC | 1 | $22 |
| Azurity Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Apollo Endosurgery US Inc | 1 | $16 |
| Evoke Pharma, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Intercept Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Organon | 1 | $13 |
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
$25,960 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 657 gastroenterology providers in Ohio.
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 | 18 | $442,764 |
| HumiraAdalimumab | 13 | $88,010 |
| ZenpepLipase/Protease/Amylase | 16 | $61,810 |
| CreonLipase/Protease/Amylase | 30 | $59,230 |
| XifaxanRifaximin | 18 | $54,648 |
| LinzessLinaclotide | 18 | $18,427 |
| TrulancePlecanatide | 12 | $6,418 |
| Mesalamine | 13 | $5,694 |
| Sucralfate | 31 | $5,661 |
| PlenvuPeg3350/Sod Sul/Nacl/Kcl/Asb/C | 23 | $3,194 |
| Sod Sulf-Potass Sulf-Mag SulfSodium, Potassium,mag Sulfates | 26 | $2,467 |
| SutabSod Sulf/Pot Chloride/Mag Sulf | 14 | $2,304 |
| Lubiprostone | 13 | $2,076 |
| Colestipol Hcl | 26 | $2,057 |
| Budesonide DrBudesonide | 21 | $1,645 |
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 | $301 | $442,76418 claims |
| AbbVieHumira, Creon, Linzess | $2,303 | $165,66761 claims |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLCXifaxan, Trulance, Plenvu | $370 | $64,26153 claims |
| Aimmune Therapeutics, Inc.Zenpep | $172 | $61,81016 claims |
| Braintree Laboratories, Inc.Sutab | $53 | $2,30414 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 80th percentile of 657 gastroenterology providers in Ohio.
Other gastroenterology in Cincinnati
- Anita AfzaliCincinnati$2.4M
- Pradeep BekalCincinnati$1.4M
- Loren BrookCincinnati$1.2M
- Ravi RavinuthalaCincinnati$843K
- Kara de FeliceCincinnati$527K
- Vidhya KunnathurCincinnati$456K
- Bruce YacyshynCincinnati$411K
- Allan PeckCincinnati$391K
- Luis LaraCincinnati$314K
- Robert IsfortCincinnati$280K
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.