David Kaufman, MD
Critical Care Medicine · Bridgeport, CTNPI 1629000849
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by speaking fees: $17,678 of the $20,445 with a category attached, or 86.5%. 9 manufacturers reported payments, led by Roche Diagnostics International Ltd at 35.3% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $6,348 and has fallen 50.0% since, to $3,171 in 2024. Among critical care medicine clinicians in CT with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 10% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 31 payments — averaging $659.50 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Roche Diagnostics International Ltd$7K
- Getinge USA Sales, LLC$5K
- Maquet Cardiovascular L.L.C.$3K
- Rigel Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$3K
- Maquet Critical Care AB$2K
- Vapotherm Inc$184
- plus $98 from 3 others
Across 18 payments — averaging $4753.48 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.
- Dompe Farmaceutici S.p.a.$55K
- Fisher & Paykel Healthcare Limited$30K
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$17,67886%
- Travel & lodging$2,21311%
- Food & beverage$5543%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Roche Diagnostics International Ltd | 7 | $7,209 |
| Getinge USA Sales, LLC | 7 | $4,717 |
| Maquet Cardiovascular L.L.C. | 1 | $3,437 |
| Rigel Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $3,000 |
| Maquet Critical Care AB | 1 | $1,800 |
| Vapotherm Inc | 8 | $184 |
| CSL Behring | 2 | $40 |
| Merck | 2 | $33 |
| Pfizer | 1 | $26 |
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
$20,445 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 51 critical care medicine providers in Connecticut.
Medicare billing
What this is not: this is the amount Original Medicare Part B allowed for services this provider billed in 2024. It is not their income. It excludes Medicare Advantage — now more than half of all Medicare enrollment — along with Medicaid and all commercial insurance, and it is gross practice revenue before staff, rent, supplies and malpractice premiums. CMS also suppresses any figure covering ten or fewer patients, so low-volume providers appear smaller than they are.
Other critical care medicine in Bridgeport
- Himanshu RawalBridgeport$1K
- Miriam Lagunas FittaBridgeport$1K
- William FitzgeraldBridgeport$113
- Tracey O'BrienBridgeport$72
- Ishan MalhotraBridgeport$17
- Zaffar HaqueBridgeport$14
- Richard SilvermanWaterbury$560K
- David HillWaterbury$193K
- Philip SimkovitzTrumbull$24K
- Roland El GhazalNew Haven$19K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Billing: Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners, data year 2024. Original Medicare Part B only.
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.