Dorothea Altschul, MD
Neurology · Ridgewood, NJNPI 1740323138
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (51.1%), travel and lodging and speaking fees — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 24 manufacturers reported payments, led by Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc. at 59.6% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $21,378 and has fallen 64.8% since, to $7,530 in 2025. Among neurology clinicians in NJ 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 163 payments — averaging $454.02 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc.$44K
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$9K
- Viz.ai, Inc.$7K
- Route 92 Medical, Inc.$6K
- Stryker$2K
- Penumbra, Inc.$2K
- plus $3K from 18 others
Across 10 payments — averaging $3983.75 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.
- Biogen$28K
- Penumbra, Inc.$12K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$37,84951%
- Speaking & faculty fees$12,70017%
- Travel & lodging$15,23221%
- Food & beverage$8,13411%
- Education$900%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc. | 66 | $44,101 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 15 | $9,467 |
| Viz.ai, Inc. | 7 | $7,309 |
| Route 92 Medical, Inc. | 6 | $5,850 |
| Stryker | 20 | $2,018 |
| Penumbra, Inc. | 5 | $1,979 |
| Imperative Care, Inc | 6 | $646 |
| Microvention, Inc. | 3 | $430 |
| Medtronic(3 entities) | 6 | $417 |
| Asahi Intecc USA, Inc. | 2 | $263 |
| Terumo Medical Corporation | 4 | $245 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 8 | $235 |
| Qapel Medical Inc | 2 | $228 |
| Relievant Medsystems, Inc. | 1 | $181 |
| Irras USA, Inc. | 1 | $164 |
| Alphatec Spine, Inc | 1 | $144 |
| Globus Medical | 1 | $104 |
| Terumo BCT, Inc. | 1 | $76 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 1 | $33 |
| Portola Pharmaceuticals, LLC | 2 | $28 |
| GSK | 2 | $28 |
| Cordis US CORP. | 1 | $21 |
| Cardiva Medical, Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| AstraZeneca | 1 | $15 |
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.
- Viz.AI LVO$7,262
- EMBOGUARD$6,000
- Artis icono floor$2,502
- Penumbra System$1,825
- CEREPAK UNIFORM$1,760
- PULSERIDER$1,560
- SURPASS EVOLVE$1,125
- Artis pheno$677
- ZOOM REPERFUSION CATHETER$578
- ZOOM 88-T LARGE DISTAL PLATFORM$578
- ARTIS icono biplane$520
- Artis Q floor$316
- MAGNETOM Vida 3T$314
- Pipeline$262
- WEB$255
- ASAHI PTCA Guide Wire$231
- Artis zeego$182
- Intracept$181
- STENT$175
- WEB Aneurysm Embolization System$175
How this compares
$74,005 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 521 neurology providers in New Jersey.
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.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| ClopidogrelClopidogrel Bisulfate | 28 | $98 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other neurology in Ridgewood
- Kenneth LevinRidgewood$77K
- 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
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.