William Battle
Gastroenterology · Philadelphia, PANPI 1679593248
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 98.4% of the total across 156 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. It is spread thinly across 19 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 23.8% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations.
Across 156 payments — averaging $16.26 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$604
- Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC$491
- Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.$377
- Gilead$216
- Johnson & Johnson$155
- Redhill Biopharma Inc.$118
- plus $578 from 13 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$311%
- Food & beverage$2,49898%
- Education$80%
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(2 entities) | 36 | $604 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 30 | $491 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 22 | $377 |
| Gilead | 15 | $216 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 8 | $155 |
| Redhill Biopharma Inc. | 10 | $118 |
| Intercept Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 7 | $108 |
| Shionogi Inc | 5 | $99 |
| UCB, Inc. | 6 | $90 |
| Daiichi Sankyo Inc. | 2 | $44 |
| Shire North American Group Inc | 2 | $44 |
| Merck | 3 | $37 |
| Ironwood Pharmaceuticals, Inc | 3 | $35 |
| Romark Laboratories, LC | 1 | $28 |
| QOL Medical, LLC | 2 | $27 |
| Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Alfasigma USA, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Nestle Healthcare Nutrition Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Braintree Laboratories, Inc. | 1 | $12 |
How this compares
$2,537 in reported general payments places this provider in the 55th percentile of 935 gastroenterology providers in Pennsylvania.
Other gastroenterology in Philadelphia
- Michael KochmanPhiladelphia$361K
- Gary LichtensteinPhiladelphia$342K
- Gregory GinsbergPhiladelphia$234K
- Neilanjan NandiPhiladelphia$209K
- David LichtensteinPhiladelphia$192K
- Alexander SchlachtermanPhiladelphia$188K
- Kuchikala ReddyPhiladelphia$182K
- James LewisPhiladelphia$175K
- Beth GardnerPhiladelphia$122K
- Gary FalkPhiladelphia$121K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.