Anca Askanase, MD
Rheumatology · New York, NYNPI 1558336768
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $100,208 of the $127,389 with a category attached, or 78.7%. It is spread thinly across 20 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 22.1%. 2025 is the largest year on record at $47,318, more than ten times the $492 reported in 2019. Among rheumatology clinicians in NY 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 121 payments — averaging $1052.80 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Astrazeneca UK Limited$28K
- GSK$20K
- AstraZeneca$16K
- Eli Lilly$10K
- Genentech, Inc.$8K
- Bristol Myers Squibb$8K
- plus $37K from 14 others
Across 191 payments — averaging $17,682 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.
- Bristol Myers Squibb$1M
- E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C.$831K
- UCB SA$440K
- Astrazeneca UK Limited$288K
- Pfizer$253K
- Eli Lilly$176K
- plus $383K from 12 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$100,20879%
- Speaking & faculty fees$1,9502%
- Travel & lodging$22,13217%
- Food & beverage$3,0982%
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 UK Limited | 13 | $28,118 |
| GSK | 32 | $20,360 |
| AstraZeneca | 18 | $15,662 |
| Eli Lilly | 2 | $9,750 |
| Genentech, Inc. | 4 | $8,208 |
| Bristol Myers Squibb | 8 | $7,846 |
| Mylan Inc. | 4 | $6,705 |
| UCB SA | 2 | $5,428 |
| UCB, Inc. | 8 | $5,262 |
| F. Hoffmann-la Roche AG | 4 | $5,167 |
| Amgen | 1 | $3,480 |
| AbbVie | 7 | $3,411 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 2 | $2,520 |
| Biogen | 1 | $1,635 |
| Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc. | 2 | $1,568 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 1 | $1,485 |
| Aurinia Pharma U.S., Inc. | 6 | $560 |
| Merck Healthcare Kgaa | 1 | $84 |
| Novartis | 4 | $75 |
| Mallinckrodt Enterprises LLC | 1 | $68 |
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
$127,389 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 541 rheumatology 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 |
|---|---|---|
| BenlystaBelimumab | 11 | $51,490 |
| Estradiol | 12 | $3,936 |
| Diclofenac Sodium | 17 | $3,526 |
| Hydroxychloroquine Sulfate | 64 | $1,973 |
| Celecoxib | 19 | $447 |
| MethotrexateMethotrexate Sodium | 12 | $335 |
| Zolpidem Tartrate | 18 | $168 |
| Prednisone | 11 | $64 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| GSKBenlysta | $20,360 | $51,49011 claims |
| Mylan Inc.Hydroxychloroquine Sulfate | $6,705 | $1,97364 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 90th percentile of 541 rheumatology providers in New York.
Other rheumatology in New York
- Laurie GlimcherNew York$3.9M
- Grace WrightNew York$3M
- Sergio SchwartzmanNew York$2.5M
- Allan GibofskyNew York$1.9M
- Petros EfthimiouNew York$791K
- Olga PetrynaNew York$509K
- Danielle PeterselNew York$461K
- Jose ScherNew York$446K
- Jason FallerNew York$357K
- Lindsay LallyNew York$340K
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.