Robert Walker, MD
Gastroenterology · Middletown, NYNPI 1396727129
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by travel and lodging: $626 of the $982 with a category attached, or 63.7%. Stryker accounts for 63.7% of it on its own, with 7 other manufacturers making up the rest. 2025 is the largest year on record at $577, 6.5 times the $89 reported in 2019. That places this record below the midpoint for gastroenterology clinicians in NY, where the typical reported total is $1,827.
Across 11 payments — averaging $89.23 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Stryker$626
- Otsuka Pharmaceutical Development & Commercialization, Inc.$125
- Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc.$89
- Ipsen Biopharmaceuticals, Inc$34
- Si-bone, Inc.$30
- Smith+Nephew$28
- plus $50 from 2 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$62664%
- Food & beverage$35636%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Stryker | 2 | $626 |
| Otsuka Pharmaceutical Development & Commercialization, Inc. | 1 | $125 |
| Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $89 |
| Ipsen Biopharmaceuticals, Inc | 2 | $34 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 1 | $30 |
| Smith+Nephew | 2 | $28 |
| Sanofi | 1 | $25 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 1 | $24 |
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
$982 in reported general payments places this provider in the 35th percentile of 1,682 gastroenterology providers in New York.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| EpclusaSofosbuvir/Velpatasvir | 12 | $279,782 |
| XifaxanRifaximin | 13 | $45,562 |
| LinzessLinaclotide | 12 | $6,711 |
| Pantoprazole Sodium | 82 | $1,617 |
| Famotidine | 71 | $1,275 |
| Gavilyte-GPeg3350/Sod Sulf,bicarb,cl/Kcl | 68 | $1,114 |
| Omeprazole | 70 | $847 |
| GolytelyPeg3350/Sod Sulf,bicarb,cl/Kcl | 26 | $633 |
| Peg-3350 And ElectrolytesPeg3350/Sod Sulf,bicarb,cl/Kcl | 27 | $447 |
| Gavilyte-CPeg3350/Sod Sulf,bicarb,cl/Kcl | 13 | $225 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other gastroenterology in Middletown
- David Carr LockeNew York$2M
- Arthur KornbluthNew York$1.9M
- Maya SrivastavaWilliamsville$1.8M
- Melissa PalmerPlainview$1M
- Sonal KumarNew York$1M
- David PoppersNew York$939K
- Ellen ScherlNew York$857K
- Bruce SandsNew York$810K
- Jean Frederick ColombelNew York$786K
- Seth GrossNew York$624K
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.