Khye Leong
Gastroenterology · Jacksonville, NCNPI 1184672917
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 99.4% of the total across 160 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 15 manufacturers reported payments, led by AbbVie at 48.6% of the total.
Across 160 payments — averaging $15.13 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$1K
- Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC$429
- Gilead$282
- Ironwood Pharmaceuticals, Inc$220
- Intercept Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$78
- Nestle Healthcare Nutrition Inc.$60
- plus $177 from 9 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$2,40899%
- Education$141%
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 | 70 | $1,176 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 36 | $429 |
| Gilead | 18 | $282 |
| Ironwood Pharmaceuticals, Inc | 15 | $220 |
| Intercept Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 5 | $78 |
| Nestle Healthcare Nutrition Inc. | 4 | $60 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 4 | $53 |
| Merck | 1 | $20 |
| AstraZeneca | 1 | $18 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 1 | $16 |
| Amgen | 1 | $15 |
| Braintree Laboratories, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| QOL Medical, LLC | 1 | $14 |
| Portola Pharmaceuticals, LLC | 1 | $13 |
| Pfizer | 1 | $12 |
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.
- Rinvoq$101
How this compares
$2,421 in reported general payments places this provider in the 55th percentile of 610 gastroenterology providers in North Carolina.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Dexlansoprazole DrDexlansoprazole | 14 | $3,433 |
| Pantoprazole Sodium | 67 | $916 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other gastroenterology in Jacksonville
- Stephen DealCharlotte$945K
- Fred FowlerCharlotte$932K
- Paul WatkinsChapel Hill$876K
- Nilesh LodhiaCharlotte$735K
- Evan DellonChapel Hill$431K
- Robert ReindollarSalisbury$430K
- Andrew StormWinston Salem$426K
- John PoulosFayetteville$407K
- Manal AbdelmalekDurham$402K
- Christopher McGowanCary$223K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.