Danuta Derkatz
Internal Medicine · Niagara Falls, NYNPI 1639144611
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 105 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. It is spread thinly across 17 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 20.3% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations.
Across 105 payments — averaging $18.89 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AstraZeneca$402
- Boehringer Ingelheim$258
- Akebia Therapeutics Inc$209
- Amarin Pharma, Inc.$160
- Astellas Pharma US Inc$154
- Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc.$120
- plus $680 from 11 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$1,984100%
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(2 entities) | 24 | $402 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 17 | $258 |
| Akebia Therapeutics Inc | 8 | $209 |
| Amarin Pharma, Inc. | 6 | $160 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 14 | $154 |
| Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 6 | $120 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 4 | $118 |
| Pfizer | 7 | $115 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 6 | $95 |
| Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc. | 4 | $83 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 2 | $82 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 1 | $76 |
| Novo Nordisk | 2 | $31 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 1 | $26 |
| Esperion Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Amgen | 1 | $18 |
| Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical Inc. | 1 | $17 |
How this compares
$1,984 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 9,771 internal medicine providers in New York.
Other internal medicine in Niagara Falls
- David DoveEast Hampton$12.3M
- Bruce BergerBrooklyn$3.4M
- Nicholas RobinsonBuffalo$2.9M
- Stephen SaletanNew York$2.6M
- Ziad AliNew York$2M
- Scott BeegleAlbany$1.9M
- Anthony MartinezBuffalo$1.6M
- Javier MoralesGreenvale$1.3M
- Ricky HsuNew York$1M
- James UnderbergNew York$953K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.