Charles Kososky
Neurology · Pennington, NJNPI 1245254531
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 99.9% of the total across 230 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 23 manufacturers reported payments, led by EMD Serono, Inc. at 29.6% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $1,390 and has fallen 92.7% since, to $102 in 2023.
Across 230 payments — averaging $15.13 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- EMD Serono, Inc.$1K
- UCB, Inc.$285
- Biogen$233
- Bristol Myers Squibb$220
- Lundbeck LLC$198
- Amgen$190
- plus $1K from 17 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$3,475100%
- Education$50%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| EMD Serono, Inc. | 77 | $1,029 |
| UCB, Inc. | 25 | $285 |
| Biogen | 17 | $233 |
| Bristol Myers Squibb | 14 | $220 |
| Lundbeck LLC | 7 | $198 |
| Amgen | 6 | $190 |
| Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. | 13 | $187 |
| Eisai Inc. | 11 | $151 |
| Novartis | 10 | $145 |
| AbbVie | 3 | $142 |
| AstraZeneca | 7 | $97 |
| Avanir Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 6 | $84 |
| SK Life Science, Inc. | 4 | $74 |
| Boston Scientific | 4 | $73 |
| Sanofi | 5 | $71 |
| Argenx US, Inc. | 4 | $67 |
| Mallinckrodt Enterprises LLC | 4 | $60 |
| Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc. | 4 | $49 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 3 | $42 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 3 | $37 |
| Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Bausch Health US, LLC | 1 | $14 |
| Acorda Therapeutics, Inc | 1 | $13 |
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
$3,480 in reported general payments places this provider in the 60th percentile of 521 neurology providers in New Jersey.
Other neurology in Pennington
- Steven BromleyAudubon$1.5M
- Mary Ann PiconeTeaneck$1.5M
- Fiona GuptaOradell$1.1M
- Matthew DavisMiddletown$567K
- Amos KatzEatontown$558K
- Monte PellmarFreehold$429K
- Marcie RabinSummit$387K
- Ashish KapoorBayonne$329K
- Mario VukicHackensack$310K
- Andrew SylvesterBridgewater$296K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.