Mark Sims
Gastroenterology · Atlanta, GANPI 1932103504
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 96.4% of the total across 172 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 19 manufacturers reported payments, led by AbbVie at 30.5% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $1,056 and has fallen 97.0% since, to $32 in 2025. That places this record below the midpoint for gastroenterology clinicians in GA, where the typical reported total is $3,789.
Across 172 payments — averaging $17.00 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$891
- Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC$826
- Gilead$274
- Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.$262
- Johnson & Johnson$156
- Amgen$107
- plus $408 from 13 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$2,81996%
- Education$873%
- Gifts$171%
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) | 48 | $891 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 55 | $826 |
| Gilead | 15 | $274 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 16 | $262 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 7 | $156 |
| Amgen | 6 | $107 |
| Bristol Myers Squibb | 5 | $75 |
| Ironwood Pharmaceuticals, Inc | 4 | $62 |
| Intercept Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 3 | $49 |
| Merck | 2 | $34 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $32 |
| Shionogi Inc | 2 | $31 |
| Braintree Laboratories, Inc. | 2 | $30 |
| Vivus LLC | 1 | $21 |
| AstraZeneca | 1 | $18 |
| Nestle Healthcare Nutrition Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| QOL Medical, LLC | 1 | $14 |
| UCB, Inc. | 1 | $13 |
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 1 | $13 |
How this compares
$2,924 in reported general payments places this provider in the 40th percentile of 492 gastroenterology providers in Georgia.
Other gastroenterology in Atlanta
- Nitin GuptaAtlanta$1.1M
- Cynthia RudertAtlanta$720K
- Douglas WolfAtlanta$668K
- Kavita KongaraAtlanta$492K
- Girish AnandAtlanta$425K
- Roshan ShresthaAtlanta$317K
- Hetal KarsanAtlanta$314K
- Marc SonenshineAtlanta$201K
- Julia LiuAtlanta$163K
- Huiming HonAtlanta$159K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.