Alena Polesin
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation · Morristown, NJNPI 1679686893
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 219 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 26 manufacturers reported payments, led by AbbVie at 32.5% of the total. Among physical medicine and rehabilitation clinicians in NJ with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 10% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 219 payments — averaging $15.61 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$1K
- Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc.$545
- Amgen$263
- Arbor Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$217
- Almatica Pharma LLC$187
- IBSA Pharma Inc.$166
- plus $928 from 20 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$3,418100%
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) | 70 | $1,111 |
| Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 41 | $545 |
| Amgen(2 entities) | 20 | $263 |
| Arbor Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 16 | $217 |
| Almatica Pharma LLC | 12 | $187 |
| IBSA Pharma Inc. | 11 | $166 |
| Medtronic | 5 | $154 |
| Azurity Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 7 | $113 |
| Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. | 3 | $74 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 5 | $70 |
| Bioventus LLC | 3 | $65 |
| Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc. | 5 | $64 |
| Vertex | 4 | $62 |
| Forte Bio-pharma LLC | 2 | $48 |
| Electronic Waveform Lab, Inc. | 2 | $38 |
| Fidia Pharma USA Inc. | 2 | $33 |
| Terumo BCT, Inc. | 1 | $31 |
| Nevro Corp. | 1 | $30 |
| Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical Inc. | 2 | $29 |
| Abbott | 1 | $24 |
| Medline Industries LP | 1 | $19 |
| Virtus Pharmaceuticals LLC | 1 | $17 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $16 |
| Redhill Biopharma Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Pfizer | 1 | $15 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $12 |
How this compares
$3,418 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 434 physical medicine and rehabilitation providers in New Jersey.
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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 |
|---|---|---|
| Lidocaine | 75 | $10,065 |
| Buprenorphine | 27 | $5,968 |
| Celecoxib | 29 | $1,849 |
| Gabapentin | 256 | $1,635 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 168 | $895 |
| Pregabalin | 53 | $666 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 58 | $576 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 37 | $443 |
| Tizanidine Hcl | 22 | $241 |
| Methylprednisolone | 35 | $208 |
| Acetaminophen-CodeineAcetaminophen With Codeine | 28 | $207 |
| Cyclobenzaprine Hcl | 26 | $182 |
| Duloxetine Hcl | 17 | $175 |
| Methocarbamol | 13 | $62 |
| Meloxicam | 31 | $31 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other physical medicine and rehabilitation in Morristown
- Robert SkerkerMorristown$4K
- Bhavi PatelMorristown$3K
- Steven EscaldiEdison$70K
- Yekyung KongWest Orange$61K
- Joseph IbrahimBayonne$50K
- Steven KirshblumWest Orange$47K
- Joseph ValenzaChester$29K
- Christine GreissEdison$28K
- Bianca MartinezManasquan$25K
- Jason SmithCedar Knolls$19K
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.