Paul Yeaton, MD
Gastroenterology · Roanoke, VANPI 1891838249
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — education (52.3%), consulting fees and food and beverage — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 12 manufacturers reported payments, led by Olympus Corporation Of The Americas at 52.3% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $8,393 and has fallen 96.5% since, to $291 in 2025. Among gastroenterology clinicians in VA with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 10% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 44 payments — averaging $360.74 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Olympus Corporation Of The Americas$8K
- Wilson Cook Medical Incorporated$4K
- Boston Scientific$2K
- Cook Medical LLC$501
- Conmed Corporation$440
- AbbVie$333
- plus $389 from 6 others
Across 4 payments — averaging $5225.26 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.
- Eli Lilly$21K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$3,85024%
- Travel & lodging$1,4879%
- Food & beverage$2,24014%
- Education$8,29552%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Olympus Corporation Of The Americas | 5 | $8,295 |
| Wilson Cook Medical Incorporated | 4 | $3,850 |
| Boston Scientific | 10 | $2,065 |
| Cook Medical LLC | 8 | $501 |
| Conmed Corporation | 5 | $440 |
| AbbVie | 3 | $333 |
| Olympus America Inc. | 3 | $114 |
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 2 | $113 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $83 |
| ERBE USA Inc | 1 | $61 |
| Covidien LP | 1 | $13 |
| Apollo Endosurgery US Inc | 1 | $5 |
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.
- Olympus EMR & ESD Devices$8,295
- Olympus EUS Devices$8,295
- Olympus Hemostasis Devices$8,295
- Olympus EndoTherapy Accessories$8,295
- EchoTip$2,890
- Fusion Quattro$1,100
- AXIOS$382
- CONMED BILIARY$247
- CONMED GENERATORS$139
- CONMED HEMOSTASIS$139
- Apollo 2-0 Polypropylene Endobariatric Suture$120
- Rinvoq$120
- Creon$119
- ECHOTIP INSIGHT$104
How this compares
$15,873 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 473 gastroenterology providers in Virginia.
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.
Other gastroenterology in Roanoke
- Marrieth RubioRoanoke$83K
- Bara El KurdiRoanoke$15K
- Larry ClarkLynchburg$1.2M
- Arun SanyalRichmond$855K
- Mitchell ShiffmanNewport News$635K
- Bryan SauerCharlottesville$540K
- Michael RyanNorfolk$335K
- Brian WentworthCharlottesville$276K
- Vanessa ShamiCharlottesville$210K
- Ali SiddiquiFairfax$167K
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.