Loren Laine
Gastroenterology · West Haven, CTNPI 1336172170
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $417,593 of the $450,880 with a category attached, or 92.6%. 14 manufacturers reported payments, led by Intercept Pharmaceuticals, Inc. at 45.6% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $220,793 and has fallen 75.3% since, to $54,494 in 2025. Among gastroenterology clinicians in CT with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 5% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 96 payments — averaging $4696.67 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Intercept Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$206K
- Ironwood Pharmaceuticals, Inc$38K
- GSK$36K
- Pfizer$33K
- Merck$27K
- Hikma Pharmaceuticals USA$27K
- plus $84K from 8 others
Across 66 payments — averaging $5910.34 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.
- Bristol Myers Squibb$167K
- Intercept Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$150K
- Medtronic$73K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$417,59393%
- Speaking & faculty fees$12,5003%
- Travel & lodging$19,6194%
- Food & beverage$1,1680%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Intercept Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 22 | $205,793 |
| Ironwood Pharmaceuticals, Inc | 11 | $37,541 |
| GSK | 1 | $35,800 |
| Pfizer | 8 | $32,825 |
| Merck | 15 | $27,413 |
| Hikma Pharmaceuticals USA | 21 | $27,294 |
| Heron Therapeutics, Inc. | 3 | $24,886 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $19,000 |
| Bristol Myers Squibb | 3 | $16,976 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company Ltd. | 3 | $15,000 |
| Phathom Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $5,000 |
| Exact Sciences | 3 | $3,150 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $124 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $78 |
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
$450,880 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 326 gastroenterology providers in Connecticut.
Other gastroenterology in West Haven
- Wajahat MehalWest Haven$92K
- Paul FeuerstadtHamden$1M
- James FrestonFarmington$772K
- Martin HoffmanHartford$317K
- Colin SwalesHartford$285K
- Joseph CappaGlastonbury$200K
- Renuka UmashankerHamden$197K
- David HassHamden$173K
- Michael EinsteinHartford$139K
- Pramod MistryNew Haven$126K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.