Alexander Beker
Internal Medicine · Brooklyn, NYNPI 1588712152
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 280 payments — averaging $20.67 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Novartis$991
- AbbVie$934
- Johnson & Johnson$640
- GSK$598
- Boehringer Ingelheim$399
- Pfizer$368
- plus $2K from 27 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$5,777100%
- Education$110%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Novartis | 39 | $991 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 56 | $934 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 27 | $640 |
| GSK | 25 | $598 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 18 | $399 |
| Pfizer | 19 | $368 |
| Amarin Pharma, Inc. | 18 | $354 |
| Amgen | 12 | $219 |
| Merck | 11 | $193 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 10 | $166 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 6 | $140 |
| AstraZeneca | 5 | $86 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 4 | $82 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 5 | $72 |
| Agios Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $55 |
| Philips North America LLC | 2 | $55 |
| Bayer | 2 | $50 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 2 | $46 |
| Vifor Pharma, Inc. | 2 | $43 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 2 | $42 |
| Aimmune Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $24 |
| Avanir Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Ironwood Pharmaceuticals, Inc | 1 | $21 |
| Nestle Healthcare Nutrition Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Novo Nordisk | 1 | $20 |
| Scilex Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Gilead | 1 | $20 |
| Aurinia Pharma U.S., Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Sanofi Pasteur Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Shield Therapeutics Inc | 1 | $19 |
| Hikma Pharmaceuticals USA | 1 | $17 |
| Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
How this compares
$5,788 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 | 251 | $187,781 |
| LinzessLinaclotide | 333 | $179,682 |
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 192 | $138,727 |
| CreonLipase/Protease/Amylase | 157 | $134,994 |
| VascepaIcosapent Ethyl | 278 | $114,036 |
| Diclofenac Sodium | 214 | $68,634 |
| JanumetSitagliptin Phos/Metformin Hcl | 69 | $61,566 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 62 | $43,325 |
| ZenpepLipase/Protease/Amylase | 61 | $40,118 |
| JanuviaSitagliptin Phosphate | 60 | $35,313 |
| EntrestoSacubitril/Valsartan | 60 | $35,064 |
| Trelegy ElliptaFluticasone/Umeclidin/Vilanter | 51 | $34,365 |
| TradjentaLinagliptin | 62 | $32,576 |
| FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol | 31 | $31,993 |
| OzempicSemaglutide | 30 | $29,552 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AbbVieLinzess, Creon, Synthroid, Namzaric | $934 | $343,201819 claims |
| Boehringer IngelheimJardiance, Tradjenta, Jentadueto, Synjardy Xr, Synjardy | $399 | $217,767330 claims |
| PfizerEliquis | $368 | $187,781251 claims |
| MerckJanumet, Januvia, Janumet Xr | $193 | $107,838146 claims |
| GSKTrelegy Ellipta, Breo Ellipta | $598 | $43,99973 claims |
| Johnson & JohnsonXarelto | $640 | $43,32562 claims |
| Aimmune Therapeutics, Inc.Zenpep | $24 | $40,11861 claims |
| AstraZenecaFarxiga, Brilinta | $86 | $38,43548 claims |
| NovartisEntresto | $991 | $35,06460 claims |
| Novo NordiskOzempic | $20 | $29,55230 claims |
| AmgenProlia | $219 | $28,18717 claims |
| Lilly USA, LLCTrulicity | $72 | $15,34112 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.