Aaron Lasker, MD
Neurology · Bethlehem, PANPI 1841637170
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 3 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 3 manufacturers reported payments, led by Abbott at 44.4% of the total. That places this record below the midpoint for neurology clinicians in PA, where the typical reported total is $778.
Across 3 payments — averaging $130.76 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Abbott$174
- MDD US Operations, LLC$118
- Acorda Therapeutics, Inc$100
Across 11 payments — averaging $58,679 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.
- Sage Therapeutics, LLC$560K
- Novartis$64K
- Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc.$21K
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$392100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Abbott | 1 | $174 |
| MDD US Operations, LLC | 1 | $118 |
| Acorda Therapeutics, Inc | 1 | $100 |
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
$392 in reported general payments places this provider in the 40th percentile of 941 neurology providers in Pennsylvania.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AustedoDeutetrabenazine | 64 | $599,090 |
| IngrezzaValbenazine Tosylate | 34 | $300,592 |
| Austedo XrDeutetrabenazine | 18 | $105,457 |
| RytaryCarbidopa/Levodopa | 37 | $53,231 |
| Carbidopa-LevodopaCarbidopa/Levodopa | 555 | $27,466 |
| Rasagiline Mesylate | 72 | $15,047 |
| Tetrabenazine | 52 | $10,626 |
| Carbidopa-Levodopa ErCarbidopa/Levodopa | 102 | $5,090 |
| Quetiapine Fumarate | 47 | $3,994 |
| Ropinirole ErRopinirole Hcl | 13 | $3,878 |
| Propranolol Hcl ErPropranolol Hcl | 55 | $3,091 |
| Pramipexole ErPramipexole Di-Hcl | 12 | $3,038 |
| AmantadineAmantadine Hcl | 45 | $2,789 |
| Gabapentin | 61 | $2,553 |
| Risperidone | 217 | $2,330 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other neurology in Bethlehem
- Daniel KremensPhiladelphia$1.8M
- Thomas LeistPhiladelphia$1.4M
- Jill Giordano FarmerPhiladelphia$1.2M
- Ravi DukkipatiYork$936K
- Brad KleinAbington$927K
- Stephanie Nahas-GeigerPhiladelphia$786K
- John KhouryAbington$686K
- Amit Bar-OrPhiladelphia$596K
- Behrang SaminejadAllentown$594K
- Anoopum GuptaPittsburgh$592K
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.