Mark Bronner
Gastroenterology · Louisville, KYNPI 1841274388
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 99.5% of the total across 230 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. It is spread thinly across 23 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 19.7% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $1,822 and has fallen 98.9% since, to $20 in 2024. That places this record below the midpoint for gastroenterology clinicians in KY, where the typical reported total is $3,388.
Across 230 payments — averaging $12.47 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$567
- Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.$506
- Johnson & Johnson$391
- Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC$338
- Pfizer$259
- UCB, Inc.$184
- plus $625 from 17 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$2,856100%
- Education$130%
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(2 entities) | 55 | $567 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 42 | $506 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 37 | $391 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 27 | $338 |
| Pfizer | 23 | $259 |
| UCB, Inc. | 15 | $184 |
| Ferring Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 6 | $130 |
| Evoke Pharma, Inc. | 1 | $109 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 3 | $72 |
| Ironwood Pharmaceuticals, Inc | 3 | $52 |
| Gilead | 3 | $46 |
| Braintree Laboratories, Inc. | 2 | $36 |
| Merck | 2 | $30 |
| CSL Behring | 2 | $27 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $20 |
| Ardelyx, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Shire North American Group Inc | 1 | $16 |
| AMAG Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $13 |
| Intercept Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $13 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $13 |
| Shionogi Inc | 1 | $13 |
| Dova Pharmaceuticals | 1 | $12 |
| Micro-tech Endoscopy USA, Inc. | 1 | $7 |
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.
- GIMOTI$109
How this compares
$2,869 in reported general payments places this provider in the 45th percentile of 207 gastroenterology providers in Kentucky.
Other gastroenterology in Louisville
- Gerald DrydenLouisville$2.1M
- Matthew CaveLouisville$340K
- Michael KreaseLouisville$322K
- Sunana SohiLouisville$220K
- Jeffrey TuvlinLouisville$202K
- Stephen McClaveLouisville$124K
- Ashutosh BarveLouisville$43K
- Thomas AbellLouisville$36K
- Nanlong LiuLouisville$31K
- Craig McClainLouisville$22K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.