Mark Spurlin
Gastroenterology · Danville, KYNPI 1275552168
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 99.0% of the total across 213 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 28 manufacturers reported payments, led by Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC at 25.9% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $1,021 and has fallen 85.6% since, to $147 in 2024. That places this record below the midpoint for gastroenterology clinicians in KY, where the typical reported total is $3,388.
Across 213 payments — averaging $15.99 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC$884
- AbbVie$795
- Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.$354
- Johnson & Johnson$343
- Pfizer$103
- Ironwood Pharmaceuticals, Inc$91
- plus $836 from 22 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$3,37399%
- Education$321%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 55 | $884 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 49 | $795 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 22 | $354 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 25 | $343 |
| Pfizer | 8 | $103 |
| Ironwood Pharmaceuticals, Inc | 6 | $91 |
| Braintree Laboratories, Inc. | 6 | $89 |
| Intercept Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 5 | $85 |
| Gilead | 4 | $83 |
| Ferring Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 4 | $82 |
| Nestle Healthcare Nutrition Inc. | 5 | $81 |
| Aimmune Therapeutics, Inc. | 3 | $75 |
| QOL Medical, LLC | 4 | $62 |
| Redhill Biopharma Inc. | 2 | $38 |
| AMAG Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $32 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $19 |
| Daiichi Sankyo Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Shionogi Inc | 1 | $18 |
| Sanofi | 1 | $17 |
| Portola Pharmaceuticals, LLC | 1 | $17 |
| Ambu Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $16 |
| Cook Medical LLC | 1 | $15 |
| AstraZeneca | 1 | $13 |
| UCB, Inc. | 1 | $12 |
| Merck | 1 | $12 |
| Evoke Pharma, Inc. | 1 | $12 |
How this compares
$3,405 in reported general payments places this provider in the 50th percentile of 207 gastroenterology providers in Kentucky.
Other gastroenterology in Danville
- Ryan CarbaughDanville$10K
- Gerald DrydenLouisville$2.1M
- Zahid SaeedCrestview Hills$442K
- Matthew CaveLouisville$340K
- Michael KreaseLouisville$322K
- Sunana SohiLouisville$220K
- Jeffrey TuvlinLouisville$202K
- Stephen McClaveLouisville$124K
- Uday ShankarHazard$64K
- Terrence BarrettLexington$57K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.