Warren Reidel
Gastroenterology · la Jolla, CANPI 1942272976
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $1,432 of the $1,815 with a category attached, or 78.9%. 19 manufacturers reported payments, led by Boston Scientific at 27.3% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $1,765 and has fallen 99.4% since, to $11 in 2021. That places this record below the midpoint for gastroenterology clinicians in CA, where the typical reported total is $1,790.
Across 91 payments — averaging $19.95 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Boston Scientific$495
- AbbVie$420
- Pfizer$132
- Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC$119
- Intercept Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$108
- UCB, Inc.$107
- plus $434 from 13 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$38421%
- Food & beverage$1,43279%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Boston Scientific | 6 | $495 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 24 | $420 |
| Pfizer | 8 | $132 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 8 | $119 |
| Intercept Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 6 | $108 |
| UCB, Inc. | 6 | $107 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 6 | $87 |
| Ferring Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 4 | $65 |
| Romark Laboratories, LC | 7 | $57 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 3 | $49 |
| Shionogi Inc | 3 | $45 |
| Merck | 2 | $31 |
| Vivus LLC | 2 | $19 |
| Ironwood Pharmaceuticals, Inc | 1 | $15 |
| Braintree Laboratories, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Gilead | 1 | $13 |
| Daiichi Sankyo Inc. | 1 | $13 |
| QOL Medical, LLC | 1 | $13 |
| Pentax Of America, 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.
How this compares
$1,815 in reported general payments places this provider in the 50th percentile of 1,885 gastroenterology providers in California.
Other gastroenterology in la Jolla
- Quan Nhula Jolla$641K
- Catherine Frenettela Jolla$342K
- Paul Pockrosla Jolla$318K
- Walter Coylela Jolla$269K
- Bennett RothLos Angeles$2.8M
- Douglas NguyenMission Viejo$2M
- Sammy SaabLos Angeles$1.9M
- Kenneth ChangNewport Beach$1.3M
- Joo HwangStanford$1M
- Drew SchembreWalnut Creek$659K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.