RxDoctor Payments Data

Alla Rudinskaya, MD

Rheumatology · Danbury, CTNPI 1891710612

Payments from drug & device makers

What this record shows

Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 23 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 9 manufacturers reported payments, led by Amgen at 32.9% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $745 and has fallen 51.9% since, to $358 in 2025.

$1,943in general payments, 2019–2025

Across 23 payments — averaging $84.46 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.

  • Amgen$640
  • AstraZeneca$574
  • AbbVie$237
  • Aurinia Pharma U.S., Inc.$125
  • Radius Health, Inc.$125
  • UCB, Inc.$125
  • plus $116 from 3 others
$71,497in research payments, 2019–2025

Across 45 payments — averaging $1588.82 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.$39K
  • GSK$17K
  • AbbVie$15K

What the payments were for

  • Food & beverage$1,943100%

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

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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.

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

$1,943 in reported general payments places this provider in the 60th percentile of 118 rheumatology providers in Connecticut.

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Medicare billing

Part B allowed, 2024
$255,686
Medicare patients
397
Services billed
18,362

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

DrugClaimsCost to plans & patients
OtezlaApremilast39$199,114
Cimzia (2 Pack)Certolizumab Pegol24$135,424
Humira(Cf) PenAdalimumab17$119,570
Teriparatide19$76,847
RasuvoMethotrexate/Pf17$13,948
Hydroxychloroquine Sulfate176$5,338
Diclofenac Sodium17$4,102
Celecoxib61$3,428
MethotrexateMethotrexate Sodium127$3,391
Cevimeline Hcl12$2,873
Mycophenolate Mofetil14$2,509
Prednisone165$1,975
Risedronate Sodium11$1,550
Alendronate Sodium82$1,027
Raloxifene Hcl27$875

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.

CompanyPaid to this providerPart D cost of their drugs
AmgenOtezla$640$199,11439 claims
UCB, Inc.Cimzia (2 Pack)$125$135,42424 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 60th percentile of 118 rheumatology providers in Connecticut.

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