Ramesh Ashwath, MD
Gastroenterology · Brandon, FLNPI 1386698074
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 310 payments — averaging $26.74 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$3K
- Johnson & Johnson$1K
- Gilead$479
- Medtronic$472
- Janssen Scientific Affairs, LLC$367
- Aimmune Therapeutics, Inc.$336
- plus $3K from 29 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$8,06897%
- Education$2213%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 135 | $2,738 |
| Johnson & Johnson(3 entities) | 30 | $1,040 |
| Gilead | 22 | $479 |
| Medtronic | 4 | $472 |
| Janssen Scientific Affairs, LLC | 3 | $367 |
| Aimmune Therapeutics, Inc. | 12 | $336 |
| Bristol Myers Squibb | 15 | $305 |
| Pfizer | 17 | $293 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 13 | $243 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 2 | $220 |
| Sanofi | 5 | $204 |
| Intercept Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 5 | $200 |
| Boston Scientific | 3 | $192 |
| Merck | 7 | $188 |
| Evoke Pharma, Inc. | 1 | $118 |
| Ambu Inc. | 1 | $109 |
| Ardelyx, Inc. | 5 | $102 |
| Lucid Diagnostics Inc. | 2 | $87 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 5 | $84 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 3 | $60 |
| Covidien LP | 1 | $53 |
| Intuitive Surgical | 1 | $50 |
| Celltrion USA Inc. | 2 | $49 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 3 | $48 |
| Phathom Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $35 |
| Nestle Healthcare Nutrition Inc. | 2 | $34 |
| Redhill Biopharma Inc. | 1 | $26 |
| Olympus America Inc. | 1 | $24 |
| Exact Sciences | 1 | $24 |
| Madrigal Pharmaceuticals | 1 | $24 |
| Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Ironwood Pharmaceuticals, Inc | 1 | $21 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 1 | $19 |
| Daiichi Sankyo Inc. | 1 | $11 |
| UCB, 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.
- STELARA$485
- Skyrizi$239
- GI Genius$215
- WATCHMAN Access System$136
- XARELTO$125
- OCALIVA$125
- GIMOTI$118
- ZENPEP$109
- CERTUS 140 MICROWAVE ABLATION SYSTEM$102
How this compares
$8,289 in reported general payments places this provider in the 70th percentile of 1,388 gastroenterology providers in Florida.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| CreonLipase/Protease/Amylase | 29 | $102,023 |
| LinzessLinaclotide | 68 | $42,595 |
| ZenpepLipase/Protease/Amylase | 15 | $37,763 |
| MotegrityPrucalopride Succinate | 20 | $12,770 |
| Mesalamine | 20 | $4,193 |
| Colestipol Hcl | 55 | $3,822 |
| CholestyramineCholestyramine (With Sugar) | 20 | $1,517 |
| Omeprazole | 136 | $1,322 |
| Budesonide DrBudesonide | 14 | $1,296 |
| Famotidine | 107 | $894 |
| Pantoprazole Sodium | 50 | $699 |
| Sucralfate | 19 | $498 |
| Metronidazole | 18 | $245 |
| Ondansetron Hcl | 12 | $183 |
| Lactulose | 17 | $171 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AbbVieCreon, Linzess | $2,738 | $144,61897 claims |
| Aimmune Therapeutics, Inc.Zenpep | $336 | $37,76315 claims |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.Motegrity | $243 | $12,77020 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 70th percentile of 1,388 gastroenterology providers in Florida.
Other gastroenterology in Brandon
- Howard SchwartzTavernier$38.8M
- Guy NeffSarasota$17.6M
- Syed LateefClermont$6.4M
- Jeffrey SchneiderCoral Springs$6M
- Zaid RanaMiami$5.4M
- David NelsonGainesville$5.2M
- Alan WeintraubTampa$4.7M
- Curtis FreedlandNew Port Richey$4.5M
- Paul HellsternCrystal River$4.5M
- Henry LevineOrlando$3.4M
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.