Bruce Strober, MD
Dermatology · Cromwell, CTNPI 1619966652
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (53.1%), speaking fees and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 48 manufacturers reported payments, led by AbbVie at 28.0% of the total. Among dermatology clinicians in CT 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 3,422 payments — averaging $853.14 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$818K
- E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C.$283K
- UCB, Inc.$208K
- Sanofi$151K
- Johnson & Johnson$148K
- Lilly USA, LLC$146K
- plus $1.2M from 42 others
Across 149 payments — averaging $3539.20 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.
- Novartis$288K
- Amgen$61K
- Eli Lilly$41K
- UCB, Inc.$30K
- Merck$30K
- Mindera Corp$24K
- plus $54K from 7 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$1,551,18253%
- Speaking & faculty fees$1,183,62041%
- Travel & lodging$133,5425%
- Food & beverage$44,7902%
- Education$6,3180%
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.
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
$2,919,452 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 222 dermatology providers in Connecticut.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Skyrizi PenRisankizumab-Rzaa | 64 | $1,402,038 |
| StelaraUstekinumab | 25 | $549,808 |
| Dupixent PenDupilumab | 114 | $488,884 |
| Bimzelx AutoinjectorBimekizumab-Bkzx | 31 | $457,982 |
| Humira(Cf) PenAdalimumab | 38 | $344,269 |
| RinvoqUpadacitinib | 51 | $330,428 |
| Taltz AutoinjectorIxekizumab | 32 | $292,524 |
| Dupixent SyringeDupilumab | 63 | $267,764 |
| TremfyaGuselkumab | 18 | $239,622 |
| Cosentyx Sensoready (2 Pens)Secukinumab | 28 | $203,646 |
| Cosentyx Unoready PenSecukinumab | 25 | $181,776 |
| OtezlaApremilast | 17 | $104,114 |
| Xeljanz XrTofacitinib Citrate | 16 | $102,321 |
| XeljanzTofacitinib Citrate | 13 | $50,977 |
| OpzeluraRuxolitinib Phosphate | 14 | $28,291 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Johnson & JohnsonStelara, Tremfya | $147,675 | $789,43043 claims |
| AbbVieRinvoq | $817,624 | $330,42851 claims |
| AmgenOtezla | $96,796 | $104,11417 claims |
| PfizerXeljanz | $82,588 | $50,97713 claims |
| Incyte CorporationOpzelura | $58,505 | $28,29114 claims |
| Arcutis Biotherapeutics, Inc.Zoryve | $38,797 | $21,66025 claims |
| Ortho Dermatologics, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLCJublia | $13,988 | $18,97513 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 95th percentile of 222 dermatology providers in Connecticut.
Other dermatology in Cromwell
- Michael PayetteCromwell$3.2M
- Mona ShahriariCromwell$2.2M
- Mark MarchittoCromwell$249K
- Justin FinchCromwell$15K
- Steven MadsenCromwell$11K
- Brett KingFairfield$2.5M
- Jeremy MossMadison$2M
- Brittany CraiglowFairfield$1.9M
- Meagen McCuskerEnfield$1.8M
- Marcus McFerrenOrange$872K
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.