Sidney Olefson
Gastroenterology · Burnt Hills, NYNPI 1457798506
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $42,549 of the $44,641 with a category attached, or 95.3%. Capsovision, Inc. accounts for 95.3% of it on its own, with 15 other manufacturers making up the rest. 2025 is the largest year on record at $41,249, more than ten times the $202 reported in 2019. Among gastroenterology clinicians in NY 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 124 payments — averaging $360.01 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Capsovision, Inc.$43K
- AbbVie$898
- Johnson & Johnson$211
- Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC$168
- Medtronic$125
- Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc.$109
- plus $580 from 10 others
Across 18 payments — averaging $395.55 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.
- Boehringer Ingelheim RCV GmbH & Co KG$5K
- Boehringer Ingelheim$3K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$42,54995%
- Food & beverage$2,0925%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Capsovision, Inc. | 10 | $42,549 |
| AbbVie | 71 | $898 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 6 | $211 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 9 | $168 |
| Medtronic | 2 | $125 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 1 | $109 |
| Bristol Myers Squibb | 4 | $102 |
| Sanofi | 3 | $88 |
| Intercept Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 3 | $81 |
| Pfizer | 4 | $78 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 4 | $77 |
| Nestle Healthcare Nutrition Inc. | 2 | $46 |
| Ironwood Pharmaceuticals, Inc | 2 | $36 |
| Cook Medical LLC | 1 | $35 |
| Gilead | 1 | $21 |
| Merck | 1 | $15 |
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.
- CapsoCam Plus$35,770
- CapsoCam Colon$6,779
- STELARA$125
How this compares
$44,641 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th 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 |
|---|---|---|
| EntyvioVedolizumab | 12 | $104,115 |
| LinzessLinaclotide | 60 | $42,876 |
| ZenpepLipase/Protease/Amylase | 12 | $3,476 |
| Omeprazole | 138 | $2,288 |
| Mesalamine DrMesalamine | 14 | $1,491 |
| Esomeprazole Magnesium | 20 | $1,330 |
| Nadolol | 17 | $1,264 |
| Sucralfate | 12 | $503 |
| Pantoprazole Sodium | 56 | $475 |
| Spironolactone | 16 | $240 |
| Famotidine | 12 | $150 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.Entyvio | $77 | $104,11512 claims |
| AbbVieLinzess | $898 | $42,87660 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 90th percentile of 1,682 gastroenterology providers in New York.
Other gastroenterology in Burnt Hills
- 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.