Christopher Comeau
Family Medicine · Ogdensburg, NYNPI 1184633273
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 99.8% of the total across 238 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 20 manufacturers reported payments, led by AstraZeneca at 26.8% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $1,318 and has fallen 99.0% since, to $13 in 2022.
Across 238 payments — averaging $15.91 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AstraZeneca$1K
- Boehringer Ingelheim$532
- Novo Nordisk$362
- GSK$361
- Lilly USA, LLC$289
- Novartis$235
- plus $993 from 14 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$3,780100%
- Education$60%
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 | 55 | $1,015 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 28 | $532 |
| Novo Nordisk | 27 | $362 |
| GSK | 16 | $361 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 22 | $289 |
| Novartis | 14 | $235 |
| Merck | 15 | $197 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 10 | $169 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 14 | $158 |
| Amarin Pharma, Inc. | 8 | $97 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 6 | $76 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 4 | $63 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 6 | $47 |
| Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc. | 3 | $43 |
| Amgen | 3 | $41 |
| Mylan Specialty L.p. | 2 | $31 |
| Pfizer | 2 | $28 |
| Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Eisai Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Optinose US, Inc. | 1 | $11 |
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.
- TRELEGY ELLIPTA$119
How this compares
$3,786 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 4,321 family medicine providers in New York.
Other family medicine in Ogdensburg
- Louis BonavitaEast Syracuse$674K
- Martin MahoneyBuffalo$520K
- Scott BrehautClinton$514K
- David St PeterSaratoga Springs$395K
- Matthew PabisNew York$222K
- Rajveer SachdevPomona$211K
- Eric SchnakenbergHalfmoon$190K
- James NorthGlens Falls$186K
- Eric BatesNew York$171K
- Alexander BlinskiNew York$159K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.