RxDoctor Payments Data

Megan Hanson

Gastroenterology · Charleston, WVNPI 1922503515

Payments from drug & device makers

What this record shows

Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 98.9% of the total across 639 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 29 manufacturers reported payments, led by AbbVie at 27.7% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $2,980 and has fallen 71.8% since, to $839 in 2025.

$10,510in general payments, 2019–2025

Across 639 payments — averaging $16.45 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.

  • AbbVie$3K
  • Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC$2K
  • Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.$2K
  • Johnson & Johnson$910
  • Ardelyx, Inc.$503
  • Sanofi$412
  • plus $3K from 23 others

What the payments were for

  • Food & beverage$10,39599%
  • Education$1151%

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

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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.

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

$10,510 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 72 gastroenterology providers in West Virginia.

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Most prescribed under Part D

DrugClaimsCost to plans & patients
CreonLipase/Protease/Amylase42$184,961
LinzessLinaclotide85$89,305
XifaxanRifaximin31$86,834
Mesalamine ErMesalamine27$9,846
Colestipol Hcl56$7,954
Famotidine269$3,260
Hydrocortisone18$3,061
Pantoprazole Sodium185$2,055
Omeprazole127$1,255
Lansoprazole16$1,197
Ondansetron OdtOndansetron63$1,170
Lactulose21$1,128
Esomeprazole Magnesium24$1,096
Sucralfate31$963
Dicyclomine Hcl55$914

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.

CompanyPaid to this providerPart D cost of their drugs
AbbVieCreon, Linzess$2,912$274,266127 claims
Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLCXifaxan$1,725$86,83431 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 72 gastroenterology providers in West Virginia.

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