Stephen Slusser
Gastroenterology · Pottsville, PANPI 1003880006
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 201 payments — averaging $14.56 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$792
- Johnson & Johnson$402
- Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.$395
- Ferring Pharmaceuticals Inc.$307
- Bristol Myers Squibb$190
- Braintree Laboratories, Inc.$145
- plus $695 from 14 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$2,912100%
- Education$140%
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 | 60 | $792 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 28 | $402 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 31 | $395 |
| Ferring Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 16 | $307 |
| Bristol Myers Squibb | 12 | $190 |
| Braintree Laboratories, Inc. | 10 | $145 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 9 | $134 |
| Intercept Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 6 | $86 |
| Ardelyx, Inc. | 5 | $84 |
| Merck | 4 | $76 |
| Ironwood Pharmaceuticals, Inc | 6 | $75 |
| UCB, Inc. | 5 | $72 |
| Blueprint Medicines Corporation | 1 | $36 |
| Echosens North America, Inc. | 1 | $35 |
| Pfizer | 2 | $23 |
| Axonics, Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $16 |
| Sebela Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Nestle Healthcare Nutrition Inc. | 1 | $12 |
| Novo Nordisk | 1 | $12 |
How this compares
$2,926 in reported general payments places this provider in the 55th percentile of 935 gastroenterology providers in Pennsylvania.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Pantoprazole Sodium | 55 | $769 |
| Omeprazole | 14 | $194 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other gastroenterology in Pottsville
- Glenn FreedPottsville$3.8M
- Kuchikala ReddyPhiladelphia$6.5M
- Nirav ShahWyomissing$3.5M
- Jaideep BehariPittsburgh$2.7M
- Adnan AhmadCamp Hill$2.1M
- Frederick RuthardtUniontown$1.7M
- Adam PeytonAllentown$1.6M
- Dina Halegoua de MarzioPhiladelphia$1.5M
- Miguel RegueiroPittsburgh$1.5M
- Gary FalkPhiladelphia$1.4M
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.