Kohtaro Ooka
Gastroenterology · Bronx, NYNPI 1003233966
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $3,651 of the $4,202 with a category attached, or 86.9%. 15 manufacturers reported payments, led by Boston Scientific at 41.9% of the total.
Across 92 payments — averaging $45.68 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Boston Scientific$2K
- Olympus Corporation Of The Americas$755
- AbbVie$444
- Olympus America Inc.$318
- Micro-tech Endoscopy USA, Inc.$316
- Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC$249
- plus $360 from 9 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$55113%
- Food & beverage$3,65187%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Boston Scientific | 31 | $1,761 |
| Olympus Corporation Of The Americas | 9 | $755 |
| AbbVie | 12 | $444 |
| Olympus America Inc. | 6 | $318 |
| Micro-tech Endoscopy USA, Inc. | 2 | $316 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 15 | $249 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 5 | $110 |
| Conmed Corporation | 2 | $64 |
| Creo Medical Inc. | 2 | $55 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 2 | $39 |
| Fujifilm Healthcare Americas Corporation | 2 | $29 |
| Braintree Laboratories, Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Bristol Myers Squibb | 1 | $15 |
| Redhill Biopharma Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Ambu Inc. | 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.
- Olympus EMR & ESD Devices$630
- Olympus EUS Devices$523
- Olympus Hemostasis Devices$523
- Olympus GI Accessories$523
- EXALT Model D$306
- LesionHunter$200
- Single Use Repositionable Clip$143
- SpyGlass Discover$143
- ORISE$140
- GENERAL - THERAPIES$119
- eyeMax$117
- ACQUIRE$111
- AGILE$106
- AXIOS$101
How this compares
$4,202 in reported general payments places this provider in the 65th percentile of 1,682 gastroenterology providers in New York.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pantoprazole Sodium | 73 | $5,573 |
| Gavilyte-GPeg3350/Sod Sulf,bicarb,cl/Kcl | 115 | $1,573 |
| Peg-3350 And ElectrolytesPeg3350/Sod Sulf,bicarb,cl/Kcl | 27 | $389 |
| Gavilyte-CPeg3350/Sod Sulf,bicarb,cl/Kcl | 16 | $276 |
| Famotidine | 17 | $184 |
| Metronidazole | 11 | $68 |
| Omeprazole | 32 | $61 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other gastroenterology in Bronx
- David SteinBronx$196K
- Sammy HoBronx$195K
- Vivek GumasteBronx$139K
- David Carr LockeNew York$2M
- Arthur KornbluthNew York$1.9M
- Maya SrivastavaWilliamsville$1.8M
- Melissa PalmerPlainview$1M
- Sonal KumarNew York$1M
- David PoppersNew York$939K
- Ellen ScherlNew York$857K
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.