Alber Ftiha, MD
Internal Medicine · Brooklyn, NYNPI 1174634687
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 173 payments — averaging $23.22 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AstraZeneca$463
- Merck$338
- Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc.$276
- Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc.$260
- Novo Nordisk$252
- Pfizer$238
- plus $2K from 22 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$4,015100%
- Education$10%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AstraZeneca | 21 | $463 |
| Merck | 17 | $338 |
| Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. | 6 | $276 |
| Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 7 | $260 |
| Novo Nordisk | 13 | $252 |
| Pfizer | 12 | $238 |
| Novartis | 10 | $219 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 10 | $190 |
| GSK | 8 | $186 |
| Amarin Pharma, Inc. | 9 | $165 |
| SK Life Science, Inc. | 4 | $163 |
| Amgen(2 entities) | 3 | $158 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 3 | $156 |
| AbbVie | 6 | $131 |
| Heartflow, Inc. | 6 | $116 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 7 | $112 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 7 | $111 |
| Exact Sciences | 5 | $105 |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 5 | $105 |
| Axsome Therapeutics, Inc. | 3 | $64 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 2 | $39 |
| Esperion Therapeutics, Inc. | 2 | $38 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 2 | $36 |
| Ardelyx, Inc. | 1 | $23 |
| Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Philips North America LLC | 1 | $19 |
| Vifor Pharma, Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
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
$4,016 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 9,771 internal medicine providers in New York.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| EliquisApixaban | 267 | $160,822 |
| MounjaroTirzepatide | 120 | $130,011 |
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 189 | $127,281 |
| OzempicSemaglutide | 133 | $124,754 |
| JanuviaSitagliptin Phosphate | 97 | $71,505 |
| VascepaIcosapent Ethyl | 142 | $54,676 |
| Diclofenac Sodium | 113 | $48,432 |
| TradjentaLinagliptin | 94 | $48,071 |
| Trelegy ElliptaFluticasone/Umeclidin/Vilanter | 55 | $41,838 |
| JanumetSitagliptin Phos/Metformin Hcl | 58 | $41,044 |
| EntrestoSacubitril/Valsartan | 45 | $39,792 |
| LinzessLinaclotide | 66 | $37,731 |
| FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol | 57 | $34,598 |
| MyrbetriqMirabegron | 49 | $31,605 |
| TrulicityDulaglutide | 31 | $31,178 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Companies that both paid and supply prescribed drugs
These companies both reported payments to this provider and make drugs the provider prescribed under Medicare Part D in 2024. For most specialties this overlap is expected — a cardiologist who is paid by a cardiology drugmaker also treats heart disease. It is shown so the reader can see it, not because it implies anything on its own.
| Company | Paid to this provider | Part D cost of their drugs |
|---|---|---|
| Boehringer IngelheimJardiance, Tradjenta, Jentadueto | $156 | $182,066294 claims |
| Lilly USA, LLCMounjaro, Trulicity | $190 | $161,189151 claims |
| PfizerEliquis | $238 | $160,822267 claims |
| Novo NordiskOzempic | $252 | $124,754133 claims |
| MerckJanuvia, Janumet | $338 | $112,550155 claims |
| AstraZenecaFarxiga, Lokelma, Nexium, Crestor, Symbicort | $463 | $82,970140 claims |
| GSKTrelegy Ellipta, Breo Ellipta | $186 | $49,09473 claims |
| AbbVieLinzess, Namzaric | $131 | $44,80579 claims |
| NovartisEntresto | $219 | $39,79245 claims |
| Johnson & JohnsonXarelto, Procrit | $112 | $35,30165 claims |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.Dexilant, Trintellix | $39 | $23,73455 claims |
Reading this fairly. The Part D column is what drug plans and patients paid pharmacies — this provider received none of it, and it reflects how many patients they treat and what those drugs cost. Against peers, this provider's reported payments sit in the 85th percentile of 9,771 internal medicine providers in New York.
Other internal medicine in Brooklyn
- Bruce BergerBrooklyn$3.4M
- Nelly CohenBrooklyn$2.8M
- Jorge SerjeBrooklyn$1.3M
- Helena YuNew York$50.9M
- Neha KordeNew York$21.2M
- Karen AutioNew York$18.5M
- Ingo MellinghoffNew York$16.1M
- Gopakumar IyerNew York$12.4M
- David DoveEast Hampton$12.3M
- Robert CupeloEast Syracuse$10.6M
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.