Matthew Atkinson, MD
Gastroenterology · Cincinnati, OHNPI 1255493185
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 517 payments — averaging $61.91 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Bristol Myers Squibb$25K
- AbbVie$3K
- Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC$1K
- Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.$501
- Johnson & Johnson$330
- Nestle Healthcare Nutrition Inc.$313
- plus $2K from 29 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$6,905100%
- Education$160%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Bristol Myers Squibb | 19 | $25,317 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 240 | $2,507 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 70 | $1,098 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 33 | $501 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 20 | $330 |
| Nestle Healthcare Nutrition Inc. | 20 | $313 |
| Gilead | 15 | $229 |
| Pfizer | 13 | $207 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 12 | $202 |
| Sanofi | 9 | $153 |
| Madrigal Pharmaceuticals | 5 | $135 |
| Ironwood Pharmaceuticals, Inc | 9 | $134 |
| QOL Medical, LLC | 7 | $121 |
| Ferring Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 7 | $100 |
| Ipsen Biopharmaceuticals, Inc | 3 | $73 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 4 | $72 |
| Braintree Laboratories, Inc. | 3 | $68 |
| Phathom Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $52 |
| Amgen | 3 | $49 |
| UCB, Inc. | 3 | $46 |
| Shire North American Group Inc | 2 | $38 |
| Organon | 2 | $29 |
| Novo Nordisk | 2 | $29 |
| Aimmune Therapeutics, Inc. | 2 | $29 |
| Evoke Pharma, Inc. | 2 | $24 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $24 |
| Daiichi Sankyo Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Celltrion USA Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Intercept Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Vivus LLC | 1 | $15 |
| Merck | 1 | $14 |
| Fresenius Kabi USA, LLC | 1 | $14 |
| Axonics, Inc. | 1 | $13 |
| Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $12 |
| Alfasigma USA, Inc. | 1 | $12 |
How this compares
$32,006 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 657 gastroenterology providers in Ohio.
Medicare billing
What this is not: this is the amount Original Medicare Part B allowed for services this provider billed in 2024. It is not their income. It excludes Medicare Advantage — now more than half of all Medicare enrollment — along with Medicaid and all commercial insurance, and it is gross practice revenue before staff, rent, supplies and malpractice premiums. CMS also suppresses any figure covering ten or fewer patients, so low-volume providers appear smaller than they are.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| CreonLipase/Protease/Amylase | 44 | $128,509 |
| LinzessLinaclotide | 90 | $59,787 |
| ZenpepLipase/Protease/Amylase | 17 | $49,880 |
| Alosetron Hcl | 11 | $21,952 |
| Mesalamine | 15 | $16,150 |
| Mesalamine ErMesalamine | 15 | $9,682 |
| Sucralfate | 51 | $6,596 |
| SutabSod Sulf/Pot Chloride/Mag Sulf | 36 | $5,853 |
| MovantikNaloxegol Oxalate | 11 | $5,465 |
| Sod Sulf-Potass Sulf-Mag SulfSodium, Potassium,mag Sulfates | 79 | $4,976 |
| Ursodiol | 18 | $4,726 |
| Pantoprazole Sodium | 475 | $4,618 |
| PlenvuPeg3350/Sod Sul/Nacl/Kcl/Asb/C | 31 | $4,144 |
| Colestipol Hcl | 57 | $3,661 |
| Dexlansoprazole DrDexlansoprazole | 14 | $2,951 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Companies that both paid and supply prescribed drugs
These companies both reported payments to this provider and make drugs the provider prescribed under Medicare Part D in 2024. For most specialties this overlap is expected — a cardiologist who is paid by a cardiology drugmaker also treats heart disease. It is shown so the reader can see it, not because it implies anything on its own.
| Company | Paid to this provider | Part D cost of their drugs |
|---|---|---|
| AbbVieCreon, Linzess | $2,507 | $188,297134 claims |
| Aimmune Therapeutics, Inc.Zenpep | $29 | $49,88017 claims |
| Braintree Laboratories, Inc.Sutab | $68 | $5,85336 claims |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLCPlenvu | $1,098 | $4,14431 claims |
Reading this fairly. The Part D column is what drug plans and patients paid pharmacies — this provider received none of it, and it reflects how many patients they treat and what those drugs cost. Against peers, this provider's reported payments sit in the 80th percentile of 657 gastroenterology providers in Ohio.
Other gastroenterology in Cincinnati
- Anita AfzaliCincinnati$2.4M
- Pradeep BekalCincinnati$1.4M
- Loren BrookCincinnati$1.2M
- Ravi RavinuthalaCincinnati$843K
- Kara de FeliceCincinnati$527K
- Vidhya KunnathurCincinnati$456K
- Bruce YacyshynCincinnati$411K
- Allan PeckCincinnati$391K
- Luis LaraCincinnati$314K
- Robert IsfortCincinnati$280K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Billing: Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners, data year 2024. Original Medicare Part B only.
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.