Andrew Chernack
Family Medicine · Poughkeepsie, NYNPI 1972500205
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 99.4% of the total across 127 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 20 manufacturers reported payments, led by GSK at 37.4% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $929 and has fallen 83.3% since, to $155 in 2023.
Across 127 payments — averaging $16.49 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- GSK$783
- AstraZeneca$378
- Johnson & Johnson$284
- Mylan Specialty L.p.$91
- Pfizer$81
- Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc.$64
- plus $413 from 14 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$2,08399%
- Education$121%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| GSK | 46 | $783 |
| AstraZeneca | 25 | $378 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 16 | $284 |
| Mylan Specialty L.p. | 4 | $91 |
| Pfizer | 5 | $81 |
| Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc. | 4 | $64 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 4 | $62 |
| Novo Nordisk | 3 | $45 |
| Merck | 3 | $44 |
| Amarin Pharma, Inc. | 3 | $40 |
| Novartis | 2 | $38 |
| Circassia Inc. | 2 | $27 |
| Sanofi Pasteur Inc. | 2 | $26 |
| Amgen | 2 | $26 |
| Amneal Pharmaceuticals LLC | 1 | $23 |
| Mallinckrodt Enterprises LLC | 1 | $18 |
| OPKO Pharmaceuticals, LLC | 1 | $18 |
| Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Abbott | 1 | $16 |
| Bayer | 1 | $15 |
How this compares
$2,094 in reported general payments places this provider in the 75th percentile of 4,321 family medicine providers in New York.
Other family medicine in Poughkeepsie
- Louis BonavitaEast Syracuse$674K
- Martin MahoneyBuffalo$520K
- Scott BrehautClinton$514K
- David St PeterSaratoga Springs$395K
- Matthew PabisNew York$222K
- Rajveer SachdevPomona$211K
- Eric SchnakenbergHalfmoon$190K
- James NorthGlens Falls$186K
- Eric BatesNew York$171K
- Alexander BlinskiNew York$159K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.