Pankaj Kashyap, MD
Gastroenterology · Anniston, ALNPI 1609864248
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $3,735 of the $6,121 with a category attached, or 61.0%. 29 manufacturers reported payments, led by Adare Pharmaceuticals, Inc. at 29.2% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2020 at $2,200 and has fallen 72.6% since, to $603 in 2025.
Across 117 payments — averaging $52.31 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Adare Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$2K
- Covidien LP$912
- Braintree Laboratories, Inc.$423
- AbbVie$378
- Intercept Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$351
- Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC$276
- plus $2K from 23 others
Across 43 payments — averaging $6917.69 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.
- Ironwood Pharmaceuticals, Inc$200K
- Chugai Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.$60K
- Genentech, Inc.$28K
- Adare Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$10K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$240%
- Travel & lodging$1,95732%
- Food & beverage$3,73561%
- Gifts$4047%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Adare Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 7 | $1,786 |
| Covidien LP | 7 | $912 |
| Braintree Laboratories, Inc. | 7 | $423 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 15 | $378 |
| Intercept Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 11 | $351 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 17 | $276 |
| Gilead | 7 | $264 |
| Pfizer | 5 | $202 |
| Medtronic | 2 | $162 |
| Redhill Biopharma Inc. | 9 | $146 |
| Steris Corporation | 1 | $142 |
| Recordati_rare_diseases_inc. | 1 | $125 |
| Rigel Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $125 |
| Sanofi | 2 | $103 |
| Novo Nordisk | 1 | $98 |
| Ardelyx, Inc. | 5 | $96 |
| Xeris Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $88 |
| Madrigal Pharmaceuticals | 1 | $84 |
| Intra-sana Laboratories | 2 | $80 |
| Aimmune Therapeutics, Inc. | 3 | $58 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $41 |
| Ironwood Pharmaceuticals, Inc | 3 | $38 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 2 | $36 |
| Conmed Corporation | 1 | $24 |
| Evoke Pharma, Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Bristol Myers Squibb | 1 | $18 |
| Janssen Scientific Affairs, LLC | 1 | $16 |
| Phathom Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Pentax Of America, Inc. | 1 | $13 |
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
$6,121 in reported general payments places this provider in the 65th percentile of 225 gastroenterology providers in Alabama.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| LinzessLinaclotide | 76 | $75,981 |
| TrulancePlecanatide | 33 | $44,687 |
| CreonLipase/Protease/Amylase | 14 | $30,579 |
| SutabSod Sulf/Pot Chloride/Mag Sulf | 107 | $17,126 |
| Dexlansoprazole DrDexlansoprazole | 40 | $10,292 |
| Pantoprazole Sodium | 469 | $7,302 |
| Sucralfate | 140 | $6,766 |
| Mesalamine ErMesalamine | 15 | $6,477 |
| Misoprostol | 43 | $5,056 |
| CholestyramineCholestyramine (With Sugar) | 54 | $4,478 |
| Ursodiol | 12 | $2,341 |
| Omeprazole | 69 | $1,773 |
| Esomeprazole Magnesium | 16 | $1,411 |
| Gavilyte-GPeg3350/Sod Sulf,bicarb,cl/Kcl | 83 | $1,189 |
| Famotidine | 68 | $931 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AbbVieLinzess, Creon | $378 | $106,56190 claims |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLCTrulance | $276 | $44,68733 claims |
| Braintree Laboratories, Inc.Sutab | $423 | $17,126107 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 65th percentile of 225 gastroenterology providers in Alabama.
Other gastroenterology in Anniston
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- Robert ShafferBirmingham$1M
- Jack DipalmaMobile$903K
- Phillip HendersonMobile$462K
- Travis RutlandDothan$302K
- Viplove SenadhiMontgomery$282K
- Mukul MehraBirmingham$193K
- William SonnierMobile$178K
- Jorge HerreraMobile$167K
- Meagan GrayBirmingham$113K
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.