Nicholas Persich
Gastroenterology · Metairie, LANPI 1235245705
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by speaking fees: $10,770 of the $14,558 with a category attached, or 74.0%. Redhill Biopharma Inc. accounts for 77.2% of it on its own, with 15 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $6,207 and has fallen 99.6% since, to $23 in 2024.
Across 265 payments — averaging $54.94 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Redhill Biopharma Inc.$11K
- AbbVie$1K
- Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC$724
- Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.$405
- Johnson & Johnson$364
- Gilead$236
- plus $579 from 10 others
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$10,77074%
- Travel & lodging$1401%
- Food & beverage$3,61625%
- Education$320%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Redhill Biopharma Inc. | 16 | $11,232 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 67 | $1,018 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 61 | $724 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 32 | $405 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 32 | $364 |
| Gilead | 19 | $236 |
| Pfizer | 11 | $176 |
| Romark Laboratories, LC | 5 | $91 |
| Bristol Myers Squibb | 5 | $76 |
| Ironwood Pharmaceuticals, Inc | 5 | $74 |
| Merck | 4 | $62 |
| QOL Medical, LLC | 3 | $36 |
| Daiichi Sankyo Inc. | 2 | $24 |
| UCB, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Braintree Laboratories, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Ferring Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 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.
- Talicia$10,877
How this compares
$14,558 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 254 gastroenterology providers in Louisiana.
Other gastroenterology in Metairie
- Georges CatinisMetairie$346K
- David SilversMetairie$92K
- Howard BrennerMetairie$19K
- Mark MarinoMetairie$15K
- Mark WegmannMetairie$14K
- Vernon CarriereMetairie$13K
- Jonathon ChapmanBaton Rouge$998K
- Conar FittonKenner$955K
- Gia LandryBaton Rouge$511K
- Charles MonierThibodaux$448K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.