Kurt Vernon, MD
Gastroenterology · Dunn, NCNPI 1871559930
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 135 payments — averaging $432.85 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Genentech, Inc.$28K
- F. Hoffmann-la Roche AG$28K
- AbbVie$626
- Sanofi$220
- Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC$146
- Mauna Kea Technologies, Inc.$119
- plus $823 from 25 others
Across 2 payments — averaging $23,071 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.
- Celltrion, Inc.$46K
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$1,935100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Genentech, Inc. | 3 | $28,250 |
| F. Hoffmann-la Roche AG | 5 | $28,250 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 58 | $626 |
| Sanofi | 9 | $220 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 9 | $146 |
| Mauna Kea Technologies, Inc. | 5 | $119 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 5 | $110 |
| Bristol Myers Squibb | 6 | $107 |
| Phathom Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 4 | $64 |
| Pfizer | 2 | $44 |
| Gilead | 2 | $41 |
| Redhill Biopharma Inc. | 2 | $40 |
| Braintree Laboratories, Inc. | 3 | $37 |
| Merck | 2 | $33 |
| Intercept Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $32 |
| Madrigal Pharmaceuticals | 1 | $31 |
| Organon | 1 | $29 |
| Ardelyx, Inc. | 1 | $28 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 2 | $26 |
| Amgen | 1 | $24 |
| AstraZeneca | 1 | $20 |
| Celltrion USA Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Ipsen Biopharmaceuticals, Inc | 1 | $19 |
| Aimmune Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 1 | $16 |
| Daiichi Sankyo Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Novo Nordisk | 1 | $15 |
| Vivus LLC | 1 | $14 |
| Evoke Pharma, Inc. | 1 | $13 |
| Nestle Healthcare Nutrition Inc. | 1 | $13 |
| Endogastric Solutions, Inc | 2 | $12 |
How this compares
$58,435 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 610 gastroenterology providers in North Carolina.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| CreonLipase/Protease/Amylase | 31 | $194,515 |
| ZenpepLipase/Protease/Amylase | 11 | $80,054 |
| RelistorMethylnaltrexone Bromide | 21 | $63,524 |
| LinzessLinaclotide | 44 | $49,559 |
| MovantikNaloxegol Oxalate | 19 | $11,670 |
| Mesalamine | 14 | $6,687 |
| Dexlansoprazole DrDexlansoprazole | 17 | $6,213 |
| Pantoprazole Sodium | 479 | $5,234 |
| Ursodiol | 30 | $5,137 |
| Budesonide DrBudesonide | 18 | $4,790 |
| Sucralfate | 135 | $4,616 |
| Omeprazole | 335 | $2,796 |
| Gavilyte-GPeg3350/Sod Sulf,bicarb,cl/Kcl | 179 | $2,601 |
| CholestyramineCholestyramine (With Sugar) | 16 | $1,954 |
| Famotidine | 105 | $1,804 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AbbVieCreon, Linzess | $626 | $244,07475 claims |
| Aimmune Therapeutics, Inc.Zenpep | $18 | $80,05411 claims |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLCRelistor | $146 | $63,52421 claims |
| Redhill Biopharma Inc.Movantik | $40 | $11,67019 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 610 gastroenterology providers in North Carolina.
Other gastroenterology in Dunn
- Evan DellonChapel Hill$11.2M
- Andrew MuirDurham$6.6M
- Manal AbdelmalekDurham$5.6M
- Robert ReindollarSalisbury$2.5M
- John PoulosFayetteville$2.1M
- Hans HerfarthChapel Hill$2M
- Herbert BonkovskyWinston Salem$1.7M
- Ikechukwu IbegbuJacksonville$1.5M
- Nicholas ShaheenChapel Hill$1.5M
- David LeimanDurham$1.5M
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.