Michael Vaezi, MD
Gastroenterology · Nashville, TNNPI 1861576977
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $49,335 of the $77,723 with a category attached, or 63.5%. 9 manufacturers reported payments, led by Bayer at 44.2% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $36,928 and has fallen 72.7% since, to $10,095 in 2024. Among gastroenterology clinicians in TN 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 56 payments — averaging $1387.90 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Bayer$34K
- Ironwood Pharmaceuticals, Inc$18K
- Phathom Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$9K
- E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C.$6K
- Sanofi$5K
- AstraZeneca$3K
- plus $1K from 3 others
Across 93 payments — averaging $7719.85 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.
- Bristol Myers Squibb$384K
- Shire North American Group Inc$90K
- Bayer$71K
- Ironwood Pharmaceuticals, Inc$67K
- E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C.$34K
- Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.$30K
- plus $41K from 4 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$49,33563%
- Speaking & faculty fees$8,12510%
- Travel & lodging$18,44824%
- Food & beverage$1,8152%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Bayer | 23 | $34,338 |
| Ironwood Pharmaceuticals, Inc | 10 | $18,489 |
| Phathom Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 8 | $9,421 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 3 | $6,428 |
| Sanofi | 3 | $5,299 |
| AstraZeneca | 1 | $2,600 |
| Bristol Myers Squibb | 6 | $1,067 |
| AbbVie | 1 | $41 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $39 |
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.
- Non-Covered$54,087
- VOQUEZNA$8,125
- VOQUEZNA TRIPLE PAK$8,125
- VOQUEZNA DUAL PAK$8,125
- DUPIXENT$5,180
- TEZSPIRE$2,600
How this compares
$77,723 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 336 gastroenterology providers in Tennessee.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Dexlansoprazole DrDexlansoprazole | 18 | $4,001 |
| Omeprazole | 94 | $1,324 |
| Dicyclomine Hcl | 13 | $1,082 |
| Famotidine | 53 | $653 |
| Gavilyte-GPeg3350/Sod Sulf,bicarb,cl/Kcl | 22 | $329 |
| Pantoprazole Sodium | 32 | $316 |
| Ondansetron Hcl | 15 | $44 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other gastroenterology in Nashville
- David SchwartzNashville$1.3M
- Dawn Borromeo BeaulieuNashville$421K
- Sara HorstNashville$246K
- Rishi NaikNashville$136K
- Dhyanesh PatelNashville$98K
- Baldeep PablaNashville$55K
- Robin DalalNashville$27K
- Howard MertzNashville$26K
- Dawn AdamsNashville$20K
- Matthew NeffNashville$19K
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.