Melissa Palmer
Gastroenterology · Plainview, NYNPI 1548311673
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $1,019,998 of the $1,020,024 with a category attached, or 100.0%. Ipsen Bioscience Inc. accounts for 90.9% of it on its own, with 6 other manufacturers making up the rest. 2024 is the largest year on record at $432,013, more than ten times the $3,250 reported in 2019. Among gastroenterology clinicians in NY with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 5% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 48 payments — averaging $21,251 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Ipsen Bioscience Inc.$927K
- Intercept Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$76K
- Radius Health, Inc.$7K
- Terumo BCT, Inc.$3K
- Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.$3K
- Novo Nordisk$3K
- plus $26 from 1 others
Across 15 payments — averaging $28,873 each. Payments tied to a research study. These frequently flow through the physician to a hospital or research institution rather than to the physician personally.
- Ipsen Biopharmaceuticals, Inc$394K
- Regeneron$39K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$1,019,998100%
- Food & beverage$260%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Ipsen Bioscience Inc. | 33 | $927,395 |
| Intercept Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 7 | $76,040 |
| Radius Health, Inc. | 2 | $7,300 |
| Terumo BCT, Inc. | 1 | $3,300 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 3 | $3,250 |
| Novo Nordisk | 1 | $2,713 |
| Phathom Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $26 |
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.
- Spectra Optia$3,300
How this compares
$1,020,024 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 1,682 gastroenterology providers in New York.
Other gastroenterology in Plainview
- David Carr LockeNew York$2M
- Arthur KornbluthNew York$1.9M
- Maya SrivastavaWilliamsville$1.8M
- Sonal KumarNew York$1M
- David PoppersNew York$939K
- Ellen ScherlNew York$857K
- Bruce SandsNew York$810K
- Jean Frederick ColombelNew York$786K
- Seth GrossNew York$624K
- Caterina Oneto ArayaNew York$610K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.