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Gastroenterology · Mesa, AZNPI 1700841350
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 96.9% of the total across 132 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 19 manufacturers reported payments, led by Gilead at 30.2% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $1,063 and has fallen 96.0% since, to $43 in 2024. That places this record below the midpoint for gastroenterology clinicians in AZ, where the typical reported total is $3,568.
Across 132 payments — averaging $19.68 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Gilead$786
- AbbVie$499
- Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC$386
- Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.$217
- Braintree Laboratories, Inc.$128
- Merck$116
- plus $465 from 13 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$2,51897%
- Gifts$803%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Gilead | 38 | $786 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 25 | $499 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 27 | $386 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 11 | $217 |
| Braintree Laboratories, Inc. | 4 | $128 |
| Merck | 1 | $116 |
| QOL Medical, LLC | 5 | $97 |
| Bristol Myers Squibb | 5 | $73 |
| Nestle Healthcare Nutrition Inc. | 3 | $72 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 2 | $37 |
| Ferring Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 2 | $29 |
| Ironwood Pharmaceuticals, Inc | 1 | $25 |
| Alfasigma USA, Inc. | 2 | $23 |
| Laborie Medical Technologies Corp. | 1 | $22 |
| GSK | 1 | $21 |
| Philips North America LLC | 1 | $19 |
| Qiagen, LLC | 1 | $19 |
| Intercept Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Axonics, Inc. | 1 | $11 |
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
$2,598 in reported general payments places this provider in the 40th percentile of 355 gastroenterology providers in Arizona.
Other gastroenterology in Mesa
- David LeffMesa$377K
- David TesslerMesa$191K
- Elisa FaybushMesa$30K
- Shahbaz QureshiMesa$25K
- Charles SapersteinMesa$25K
- Carlos Zapata AntigoniMesa$25K
- George WalkerMesa$15K
- Joel BrillParadise Valley$847K
- Daniel MelineScottsdale$795K
- David FleischerScottsdale$410K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.