Bernard Laitman, MD
Internal Medicine · New City, NYNPI 1023031135
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 308 payments — averaging $17.28 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AstraZeneca$831
- Pfizer$587
- Boehringer Ingelheim$570
- Arbor Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$451
- Novo Nordisk$435
- Amgen$388
- plus $2K from 20 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$5,322100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AstraZeneca | 56 | $831 |
| Pfizer | 29 | $587 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 27 | $570 |
| Arbor Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 30 | $451 |
| Novo Nordisk | 24 | $435 |
| Amgen(2 entities) | 21 | $388 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 19 | $352 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 17 | $249 |
| GSK | 13 | $245 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 12 | $210 |
| Merck | 13 | $179 |
| Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. | 9 | $146 |
| Amarin Pharma, Inc. | 6 | $111 |
| Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc. | 5 | $100 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 5 | $91 |
| Azurity Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 4 | $72 |
| Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc. | 4 | $66 |
| Novartis | 3 | $44 |
| Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical Inc. | 2 | $39 |
| Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 2 | $35 |
| Amneal Pharmaceuticals LLC | 2 | $34 |
| Bayer | 1 | $25 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 1 | $16 |
| Bardy Diagnostics, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $15 |
| Esperion Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
How this compares
$5,322 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 9,771 internal medicine providers in New York.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| JanuviaSitagliptin Phosphate | 49 | $68,925 |
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 59 | $66,679 |
| EliquisApixaban | 57 | $61,711 |
| FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol | 34 | $37,758 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 17 | $19,227 |
| OzempicSemaglutide | 22 | $18,691 |
| TradjentaLinagliptin | 12 | $10,190 |
| Breo ElliptaFluticasone/Vilanterol | 16 | $8,881 |
| SynthroidLevothyroxine Sodium | 109 | $7,134 |
| Rosuvastatin Calcium | 365 | $4,558 |
| Nebivolol Hcl | 53 | $3,123 |
| Pitavastatin Calcium | 13 | $2,520 |
| Irbesartan | 75 | $2,449 |
| Valsartan | 53 | $2,414 |
| Olmesartan-HydrochlorothiazideOlmesartan/Hydrochlorothiazide | 44 | $2,276 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Boehringer IngelheimJardiance, Tradjenta | $570 | $76,86971 claims |
| MerckJanuvia | $179 | $68,92549 claims |
| PfizerEliquis | $587 | $61,71157 claims |
| AstraZenecaFarxiga | $831 | $37,75834 claims |
| Johnson & JohnsonXarelto | $352 | $19,22717 claims |
| Novo NordiskOzempic | $435 | $18,69122 claims |
| GSKBreo Ellipta | $245 | $8,88116 claims |
| AbbVieSynthroid | $249 | $7,134109 claims |
| Amneal Pharmaceuticals LLCLevothyroxine Sodium | $34 | $1,894156 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 85th percentile of 9,771 internal medicine providers in New York.
Other internal medicine in New City
- Helena YuNew York$50.9M
- Neha KordeNew York$21.2M
- Karen AutioNew York$18.5M
- Ingo MellinghoffNew York$16.1M
- Gopakumar IyerNew York$12.4M
- David DoveEast Hampton$12.3M
- Robert CupeloEast Syracuse$10.6M
- Patrick ReaganRochester$9.4M
- Sally LauNew York$8.4M
- Angela BrancheRochester$7.9M
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.