Chaim Putterman
Rheumatology · Bronx, NYNPI 1992894281
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $19,093 of the $24,661 with a category attached, or 77.4%. 9 manufacturers reported payments, led by Merck at 45.2% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $11,092 and has fallen 91.2% since, to $975 in 2025.
Across 26 payments — averaging $948.49 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Merck$11K
- Johnson & Johnson$4K
- UCB SA$3K
- Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH$3K
- Biogen$1K
- GSK$975
- plus $995 from 3 others
Across 80 payments — averaging $2956.41 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.
- GSK$104K
- Astrazeneca UK Limited$73K
- Janssen Research & Development, LLC$34K
- EMD Serono, Inc.$26K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$19,09377%
- Speaking & faculty fees$3,15113%
- Travel & lodging$2,2069%
- Food & beverage$2111%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Merck | 12 | $11,140 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 7 | $3,788 |
| UCB SA | 1 | $3,450 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH | 1 | $3,151 |
| Biogen | 1 | $1,163 |
| GSK | 1 | $975 |
| Vertex | 1 | $508 |
| Beigene USA, Inc. | 1 | $473 |
| Amgen | 1 | $14 |
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.
- SIMPONI ARIA$3,711
How this compares
$24,661 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 541 rheumatology providers in New York.
Other rheumatology in Bronx
- Vinita PatelBronx$73K
- Beverly JohnsonBronx$63K
- Arlene TiengBronx$51K
- Laurie GlimcherNew York$3.9M
- Grace WrightNew York$3M
- Kostas BotsoglouCheektowaga$2.6M
- Sergio SchwartzmanNew York$2.5M
- Allan GibofskyNew York$1.9M
- Petros EfthimiouNew York$791K
- Richard FurieNew Hyde Park$746K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.