Martin Beerman
Gastroenterology · Sandusky, OHNPI 1902893639
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 138 payments — averaging $20.73 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$986
- Gilead$540
- Pfizer$373
- Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC$289
- Janssen Scientific Affairs, LLC$178
- Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.$115
- plus $379 from 8 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$2,852100%
- Education$80%
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) | 38 | $986 |
| Gilead | 37 | $540 |
| Pfizer | 12 | $373 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 14 | $289 |
| Janssen Scientific Affairs, LLC | 2 | $178 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 11 | $115 |
| Intercept Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 5 | $108 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 8 | $107 |
| UCB, Inc. | 3 | $51 |
| Ferring Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 3 | $44 |
| Shionogi Inc | 2 | $24 |
| Daiichi Sankyo Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Nestle Healthcare Nutrition Inc. | 1 | $13 |
| Vivus LLC | 1 | $12 |
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
$2,860 in reported general payments places this provider in the 50th percentile of 657 gastroenterology providers in Ohio.
Other gastroenterology in Sandusky
- Naim AlkhouriWestlake$10.1M
- Florian RiederCleveland$8.7M
- Keith FriedenbergMentor$5M
- Anita AfzaliCincinnati$2.4M
- Pierre GholamCleveland$1.9M
- Benjamin CohenCleveland$1.9M
- Mohamed NaemWestlake$1.6M
- Mousab TabbaaWestlake$1.4M
- Pradeep BekalCincinnati$1.4M
- Na LiColumbus$1.4M
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.