Barry Auster, MD
Dermatology · Farmington Hills, MINPI 1255323341
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — food and beverage (54.5%), speaking fees and education — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 21 manufacturers reported payments, led by AbbVie at 48.2% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $2,697 and has fallen 98.5% since, to $39 in 2025. That places this record below the midpoint for dermatology clinicians in MI, where the typical reported total is $2,933.
Across 89 payments — averaging $36.50 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$2K
- Johnson & Johnson$390
- Merz North America, Inc.$223
- Novartis$175
- Sanofi$125
- Janssen Scientific Affairs, LLC$119
- plus $653 from 15 others
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$1,33041%
- Food & beverage$1,77155%
- Education$1475%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 11 | $1,564 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 21 | $390 |
| Merz North America, Inc. | 1 | $223 |
| Novartis | 13 | $175 |
| Sanofi | 7 | $125 |
| Janssen Scientific Affairs, LLC | 1 | $119 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 6 | $111 |
| Ortho Dermatologics, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 4 | $82 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 5 | $82 |
| Pfizer | 4 | $68 |
| EPI Health, LLC | 2 | $58 |
| Galderma Laboratories, L.p. | 3 | $44 |
| Aclaris Therapeutics, Inc. | 2 | $44 |
| Helsinn Therapeutics (U.S.), Inc. | 2 | $27 |
| Amgen | 1 | $26 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $25 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 1 | $24 |
| DUSA Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Smith+Nephew | 1 | $16 |
| Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Strata Skin Sciences, 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.
- Tremfya$119
How this compares
$3,248 in reported general payments places this provider in the 50th percentile of 404 dermatology providers in Michigan.
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.
Other dermatology in Farmington Hills
- Linda Stein GoldWest Bloomfield$3.3M
- Kristi HawleyCaledonia$2.2M
- David AltmanWarren$1.9M
- Michael SiegelWaterford$708K
- Johann GudjonssonAnn Arbor$535K
- Michael DormanWest Bloomfield$433K
- Steven DaveluyDearborn$350K
- Benjamin WorkmanMidland$284K
- Diana WestgateKalamazoo$252K
- Christofer BuattiAuburn Hills$247K
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.