Bruce Berger
Internal Medicine · Brooklyn, NYNPI 1821361395
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $3,361,113 of the $3,362,570 with a category attached, or 100.0%. Every reported general payment came from a single manufacturer, Otsuka Pharmaceutical Development & Commercialization, Inc.. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $761,388 and has fallen 52.9% since, to $358,275 in 2025. Among internal medicine 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 101 payments — averaging $33,293 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Otsuka Pharmaceutical Development & Commercialization, Inc.$3.4M
Across 1 payment — averaging $87.45 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.
- Otsuka Pharmaceutical Development & Commercialization, Inc.$87
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$3,361,113100%
- Travel & lodging$1,3890%
- Food & beverage$690%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Otsuka Pharmaceutical Development & Commercialization, Inc. | 101 | $3,362,570 |
How this compares
$3,362,570 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 9,771 internal medicine providers in New York.
Other internal medicine in Brooklyn
- Jesi RamoneBrooklyn$627K
- Manish ParikhBrooklyn$236K
- Samuel UterBrooklyn$136K
- David DoveEast Hampton$12.3M
- Nicholas RobinsonBuffalo$2.9M
- Stephen SaletanNew York$2.6M
- Ziad AliNew York$2M
- Scott BeegleAlbany$1.9M
- Anthony MartinezBuffalo$1.6M
- Javier MoralesGreenvale$1.3M
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.