Thiruvengadam Muniraj, MD
Gastroenterology · New Haven, CTNPI 1033436530
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — speaking fees (50.1%), consulting fees and food and beverage — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Boston Scientific accounts for 97.4% of it on its own, with 8 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2024 at $19,926 and has fallen 59.8% since, to $8,012 in 2025. Among gastroenterology clinicians in CT 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 83 payments — averaging $543.85 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Boston Scientific$44K
- Medtronic$416
- Cook Medical LLC$247
- Apollo Endosurgery US Inc$182
- Alcresta Therapeutics, Inc.$102
- W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.$95
- plus $112 from 3 others
Across 8 payments — averaging $3088.75 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.
- Regeneron$25K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$15,00033%
- Speaking & faculty fees$22,62550%
- Travel & lodging$3,6288%
- Food & beverage$3,8869%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Boston Scientific | 64 | $43,986 |
| Medtronic | 4 | $416 |
| Cook Medical LLC | 6 | $247 |
| Apollo Endosurgery US Inc | 2 | $182 |
| Alcresta Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $102 |
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 1 | $95 |
| Conmed Corporation | 1 | $84 |
| Mauna Kea Technologies, Inc. | 2 | $17 |
| ERBE USA Inc | 2 | $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.
- AXIOS$8,830
- GENERAL - BILIARY DEVICES$8,500
- SPYGLASS$1,875
- OverStitch Endoscopic Suturing System$1,191
- Orbera$168
- ProdiGI$143
- NEXPOWDER$125
- GENERAL - THERAPIES$108
- RELIZORB$102
How this compares
$45,140 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 326 gastroenterology providers in Connecticut.
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 | $50,285 |
| Omeprazole | 14 | $576 |
| Pantoprazole Sodium | 52 | $534 |
| Gavilyte-GPeg3350/Sod Sulf,bicarb,cl/Kcl | 31 | $384 |
| Ciprofloxacin Hcl | 41 | $244 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other gastroenterology in New Haven
- Pramod MistryNew Haven$126K
- Daniel ZanchettiNew Haven$94K
- Pichamol JirapinyoNew Haven$84K
- Jill GaidosNew Haven$69K
- Myron BrandNew Haven$60K
- Harry AslanianNew Haven$52K
- James BoyerNew Haven$48K
- Badr Al BawardyNew Haven$42K
- Mae TigheNew Haven$39K
- Priya JamidarNew Haven$36K
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.