RxDoctor Payments Data

Aleksander Feoktistov

Rheumatology · Brooklyn, NYNPI 1619935673

Payments from drug & device makers

What this record shows

The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (59.6%), food and beverage and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Boehringer Ingelheim accounts for 78.6% of it on its own, with 11 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $7,114 and has fallen 92.5% since, to $536 in 2025.

$9,811in general payments, 2019–2025

Across 99 payments — averaging $99.11 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.

  • Boehringer Ingelheim$8K
  • Aurinia Pharma U.S., Inc.$693
  • AbbVie$577
  • Pfizer$191
  • Amgen$151
  • AstraZeneca$133
  • plus $356 from 6 others
$60,891in research payments, 2019–2025

Across 15 payments — averaging $4059.40 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.

  • Aurinia Pharma U.S., Inc.$34K
  • Boehringer Ingelheim$14K
  • Sanofi US Services Inc.$8K
  • Novartis$4K
  • Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH$2K

What the payments were for

  • Consulting fees$5,85060%
  • Travel & lodging$1,65817%
  • Food & beverage$2,30423%

General payments by program year

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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.

CompanyPaymentsTotal
Boehringer Ingelheim11$7,710
Aurinia Pharma U.S., Inc.28$693
AbbVie(2 entities)24$577
Pfizer11$191
Amgen6$151
AstraZeneca(2 entities)6$133
Johnson & Johnson3$90
GSK3$65
Nevro Corp.1$64
Novartis2$53
Lilly USA, LLC2$43
Scilex Pharmaceuticals Inc.2$42

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

$9,811 in reported general payments places this provider in the 70th percentile of 541 rheumatology providers in New York.

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