William Salt
Gastroenterology · Columbus, OHNPI 1568456804
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 135 payments — averaging $645.33 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC$36K
- QOL Medical, LLC$34K
- Concordia Pharmaceuticals Inc.$8K
- Romark Laboratories, LC$4K
- Capsovision, Inc.$2K
- Parapro, LLC$1K
- plus $2K from 5 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$30,93236%
- Speaking & faculty fees$45,23352%
- Travel & lodging$8,65910%
- Food & beverage$2,2973%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 40 | $36,143 |
| QOL Medical, LLC | 16 | $34,162 |
| Concordia Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 21 | $8,468 |
| Romark Laboratories, LC | 22 | $3,709 |
| Capsovision, Inc. | 1 | $1,600 |
| Parapro, LLC | 1 | $1,358 |
| Alfasigma USA, Inc. | 5 | $1,250 |
| AbbVie | 17 | $239 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 5 | $96 |
| Redhill Biopharma Inc. | 5 | $90 |
| Vivus LLC | 2 | $5 |
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
$87,120 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 657 gastroenterology providers in Ohio.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| ZenpepLipase/Protease/Amylase | 20 | $89,979 |
| Colestipol Hcl | 23 | $2,801 |
| Lactulose | 13 | $15 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
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- Somashekar KrishnaColumbus$465K
- Peter StanichColumbus$463K
- Tasos ManokasColumbus$411K
- Subhankar ChakrabortyColumbus$292K
- Adam HanjeColumbus$272K
- Khalid MumtazColumbus$254K
- Madalina ButnariuColumbus$226K
- Sanjay GarudaColumbus$189K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.