Daniel Friedman
Pediatrics · Floral Park, NYNPI 1134129463
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $4,363 of the $6,566 with a category attached, or 66.4%. UCB, Inc. accounts for 66.4% of it on its own, with 18 other manufacturers making up the rest. 2025 is the largest year on record at $4,513, 9.9 times the $456 reported in 2019. Among pediatrics 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 95 payments — averaging $69.12 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- UCB, Inc.$4K
- Pfizer$535
- GSK$403
- Merck$254
- E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C.$242
- Cranial Technologies, Inc$155
- plus $615 from 13 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$4,36366%
- Food & beverage$2,19033%
- Education$130%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| UCB, Inc. | 6 | $4,363 |
| Pfizer | 28 | $535 |
| GSK | 13 | $403 |
| Merck | 9 | $254 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 2 | $242 |
| Cranial Technologies, Inc | 9 | $155 |
| Kaleo, Inc. | 7 | $150 |
| Sanofi Pasteur Inc. | 5 | $102 |
| AstraZeneca | 3 | $83 |
| Seqirus USA Inc | 2 | $53 |
| Sanofi | 2 | $38 |
| Sobi, Inc | 2 | $38 |
| Acadia Pharmaceuticals Inc | 1 | $37 |
| Phadia US Inc. | 1 | $28 |
| Hologic Sales And Service, LLC | 1 | $19 |
| Shire North American Group Inc | 1 | $18 |
| Corium, LLC | 1 | $17 |
| Hikma Pharmaceuticals USA | 1 | $17 |
| Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
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
$6,566 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 4,055 pediatrics providers in New York.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| MounjaroTirzepatide | 17 | $18,017 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other pediatrics in Floral Park
- Philip OzuahBronx$1M
- Michael PichicheroRochester$168K
- Patrick SchnellBrooklyn$164K
- Warren SeigelBrooklyn$162K
- Rachael PhelpsRochester$156K
- Sarita GeorgeMineola$90K
- Kathryn FitzgeraldNew York$80K
- Rudolph LeibelNew York$67K
- Shakeel ModakNew York$64K
- Jean-Laurent CasanovaNew York$62K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.