Benjamin Weisman
Internal Medicine · Bridgeport, CTNPI 1427053073
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 160 payments — averaging $15.81 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Boehringer Ingelheim$672
- AstraZeneca$314
- AbbVie$236
- GSK$211
- Lilly USA, LLC$209
- Novo Nordisk$187
- plus $702 from 18 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$2,50699%
- Education$241%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 54 | $672 |
| AstraZeneca | 15 | $314 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 14 | $236 |
| GSK | 11 | $211 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 14 | $209 |
| Novo Nordisk | 13 | $187 |
| Novartis | 4 | $74 |
| Radius Health, Inc. | 3 | $68 |
| Merck | 4 | $67 |
| Mylan Specialty L.p. | 3 | $66 |
| Sanofi | 3 | $66 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 3 | $57 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 4 | $52 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 2 | $37 |
| Philips North America LLC | 2 | $32 |
| Jazz Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 2 | $27 |
| Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical Inc. | 2 | $27 |
| Amgen | 1 | $25 |
| Pfizer | 1 | $20 |
| Optinose US, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Insmed, Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $17 |
| Sanofi Pasteur Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Ironwood Pharmaceuticals, Inc | 1 | $15 |
How this compares
$2,530 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 2,067 internal medicine providers in Connecticut.
Other internal medicine in Bridgeport
- Nicholas DainiakBridgeport$352K
- Mariapia MorelliBridgeport$216K
- Joseph SouferWaterbury$21.5M
- David RadinStamford$7M
- Steven RyderWestport$3.9M
- Nancy BrownNew Haven$2.8M
- Charles MontanoCromwell$2.8M
- Arthur DecillisMadison$1M
- Michelle MallitzTrumbull$971K
- Allen HellerWoodbridge$758K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.