Anthony Ramirez
General Practice · Brooklyn, NYNPI 1720289275
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by speaking fees: $96,946 of the $114,132 with a category attached, or 84.9%. Dentsply Sirona Inc accounts for 87.4% of it on its own, with 13 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $55,397 and has fallen 94.8% since, to $2,880 in 2025. Among general practice clinicians in NY with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 5% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 152 payments — averaging $750.87 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Dentsply Sirona Inc$100K
- Dentsply LLC$8K
- Dentsply IH Inc.$4K
- Sirona Dental Systems GmbH$1K
- Sirona Dental, Inc.$1K
- Straumann USA LLC$175
- plus $305 from 8 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$2000%
- Speaking & faculty fees$96,94685%
- Travel & lodging$11,02910%
- Food & beverage$3,3653%
- Education$1,8512%
- Gifts$1030%
- Entertainment$6381%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Dentsply Sirona Inc | 118 | $99,752 |
| Dentsply LLC | 7 | $7,880 |
| Dentsply IH Inc. | 9 | $4,020 |
| Sirona Dental Systems GmbH | 1 | $1,000 |
| Sirona Dental, Inc. | 1 | $1,000 |
| Straumann USA LLC | 1 | $175 |
| Philips North America LLC | 5 | $93 |
| Pulpdent Corporation | 1 | $64 |
| Geistlich Pharma, North America, Inc. | 3 | $50 |
| ACE Surgical Supply Co., Inc. | 2 | $30 |
| Ormco Corporation | 1 | $25 |
| Kettenbach LP | 1 | $15 |
| Dentsply Sirona Orthodontics Inc | 1 | $15 |
| Align Technology, Inc. | 1 | $12 |
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.
- Implant Dentistry$14,954
- CEREC$2,557
- ORTHOPHOS$1,000
- Sidexis 4$1,000
- PRIMESCAN$694
- DENTSPLY$377
- ASTRA TECH Implant System$240
- TPH Spectra Universal Composite Restorative Low Viscosity$200
How this compares
$114,132 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 5,764 general practice providers in New York.
Other general practice in Brooklyn
- Stuart DitchekBrooklyn$171K
- Isaac TawilBrooklyn$60K
- Jerome CantorBrooklyn$32K
- Margarita DegtyarevaBrooklyn$14K
- Mark HochmanHicksville$5.1M
- David RiceEast Amherst$1.2M
- Brian JacksonUtica$477K
- Ronnie MyersNew York$464K
- Ira LangsteinWhite Plains$422K
- Benedict MiragliaMount Kisco$378K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.