Belinda Rivera-Lebron, MD
Critical Care Medicine · Philadelphia, PANPI 1801053822
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $17,085 of the $18,347 with a category attached, or 93.1%. 8 manufacturers reported payments, led by Janssen Scientific Affairs, LLC at 43.8% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2020 at $7,255 and has fallen 93.9% since, to $445 in 2025. Among critical care medicine clinicians in PA 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 35 payments — averaging $524.21 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Janssen Scientific Affairs, LLC$8K
- E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C.$7K
- Bayer$2K
- United Therapeutics Corporation$474
- Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc.$240
- Merck$203
- plus $196 from 2 others
Across 37 payments — averaging $3852.81 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.
- Janssen Research & Development, LLC$143K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$17,08593%
- Food & beverage$1,2557%
- Education$80%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Janssen Scientific Affairs, LLC | 6 | $8,043 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 2 | $7,165 |
| Bayer | 2 | $2,025 |
| United Therapeutics Corporation | 15 | $474 |
| Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc. | 4 | $240 |
| Merck | 3 | $203 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $156 |
| Sandoz | 2 | $40 |
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
$18,347 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 354 critical care medicine providers in Pennsylvania.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AdempasRiociguat | 109 | $1,511,543 |
| UptraviSelexipag | 49 | $1,147,139 |
| OpsumitMacitentan | 74 | $934,810 |
| Tyvaso DpiTreprostinil | 19 | $456,869 |
| WinrevairSotatercept-Csrk | 16 | $355,666 |
| Ambrisentan | 60 | $280,410 |
| Tadalafil | 115 | $173,623 |
| EliquisApixaban | 70 | $73,645 |
| Trelegy ElliptaFluticasone/Umeclidin/Vilanter | 37 | $28,361 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 18 | $12,837 |
| Sildenafil Citrate | 18 | $9,731 |
| Spiriva RespimatTiotropium Bromide | 16 | $7,926 |
| Advair HfaFluticasone Propion/Salmeterol | 17 | $6,008 |
| Bumetanide | 48 | $3,860 |
| Potassium Chloride | 72 | $2,088 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc.Uptravi, Opsumit | $240 | $2,081,948123 claims |
| BayerAdempas | $2,025 | $1,511,543109 claims |
| MerckWinrevair | $203 | $355,66616 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 354 critical care medicine providers in Pennsylvania.
Other critical care medicine in Philadelphia
- David DibardinoPhiladelphia$63K
- Harold PalevskyPhiladelphia$55K
- Steven KawutPhiladelphia$34K
- Kerri SmithPhiladelphia$30K
- Michael BeersPhiladelphia$28K
- Daniel DorganPhiladelphia$23K
- Kevin MaPhiladelphia$15K
- Joshua DiamondPhiladelphia$13K
- Gregory TinoPhiladelphia$9K
- Anthony LanfrancoPhiladelphia$8K
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.