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Ellen Kotwas-Song, MD

Neurology · West Nyack, NYNPI 1285892398

Payments from drug & device makers

$14,915in general payments, 2019–2025

Across 777 payments — averaging $19.20 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.

  • AbbVie$4K
  • Lilly USA, LLC$924
  • UCB, Inc.$810
  • Novartis$492
  • SK Life Science, Inc.$481
  • Lundbeck LLC$418
  • plus $8K from 54 others

What the payments were for

  • Speaking & faculty fees$330%
  • Food & beverage$14,881100%
  • Education$10%

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

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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.

CompanyPaymentsTotal
AbbVie(2 entities)206$3,976
Lilly USA, LLC53$924
UCB, Inc.50$810
Novartis32$492
SK Life Science, Inc.20$481
Lundbeck LLC17$418
EMD Serono, Inc.15$398
Amgen18$369
Eisai Inc.17$354
Sanofi16$341
Amneal Pharmaceuticals LLC18$320
Adamas Pharmaceuticals, Inc.18$314
Kyowa Kirin, Inc.16$313
Acadia Pharmaceuticals Inc16$304
Johnson & Johnson(2 entities)10$278
Biogen15$264
Pfizer16$253
Biohaven Pharmaceuticals, Inc.18$251
Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc.14$248
AstraZeneca(2 entities)10$209
Bristol Myers Squibb15$196
Grifols USA, LLC10$195
Genentech USA, Inc.8$180
Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc.7$175
Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc.8$162
Upsher-smith Laboratories LLC9$143
CSL Behring5$136
Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc.8$132
Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company Ltd.6$125
Assertio Therapeutics, Inc.7$122
Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc.6$118
Avanir Pharmaceuticals, Inc.5$116
Tanabe Pharma America, Inc.6$115
Currax Pharmaceuticals LLC8$111
Neurelis, Inc.3$106
Axsome Therapeutics, Inc.4$106
Abbott4$88
Almatica Pharma LLC3$85
Argenx US, Inc.3$81
Aucta Pharmaceuticals, Inc.5$78
Mallinckrodt Enterprises LLC3$77
Scilex Pharmaceuticals Inc.3$62
Medtronic3$61
Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc.3$56
Boston Scientific2$55
Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc.2$52
Arbor Pharmaceuticals, Inc.4$50
Catalyst Pharmaceuticals, Inc.2$48
Impel Pharmaceuticals Inc.2$48
Acorda Therapeutics, Inc3$48
TG Therapeutics, Inc.2$47
Azurity Pharmaceuticals, Inc.2$44
Xeris Pharmaceuticals, Inc.2$40
Greenwich Biosciences, Inc.2$37
Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc.2$37
ANI Pharmaceuticals, Inc.1$31
Vertical Pharmaceuticals, LLC2$31
Promius Pharma LLC2$30
Corium, LLC1$27
Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.1$27

How this compares

$14,915 in reported general payments places this provider in the 70th percentile of 1,623 neurology providers in New York.

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Medicare billing

Part B allowed, 2024
$148,684
Medicare patients
512
Services billed
1,409

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

DrugClaimsCost to plans & patients
Nurtec OdtRimegepant Sulfate19$26,610
NamzaricMemantine Hcl/Donepezil Hcl16$13,684
Memantine Hcl ErMemantine Hcl59$9,624
Emgality PenGalcanezumab-Gnlm11$7,726
Rivastigmine20$4,899
Carbamazepine ErCarbamazepine22$3,948
Pregabalin54$2,659
Carbidopa-LevodopaCarbidopa/Levodopa103$2,127
Levetiracetam71$1,877
Donepezil Hcl161$1,797
Gabapentin80$1,419
Carbamazepine15$943
Propranolol Hcl ErPropranolol Hcl18$731
Duloxetine Hcl32$684
Teriflunomide11$550

Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.

Companies that both paid and supply prescribed drugs

These companies both reported payments to this provider and make drugs the provider prescribed under Medicare Part D in 2024. For most specialties this overlap is expected — a cardiologist who is paid by a cardiology drugmaker also treats heart disease. It is shown so the reader can see it, not because it implies anything on its own.

CompanyPaid to this providerPart D cost of their drugs
PfizerNurtec Odt$253$26,61019 claims
AbbVieNamzaric$3,976$13,68416 claims
Upsher-smith Laboratories LLCTopiramate$143$47131 claims
Almatica Pharma LLCSertraline Hcl$85$6011 claims

Reading this fairly. The Part D column is what drug plans and patients paid pharmacies — this provider received none of it, and it reflects how many patients they treat and what those drugs cost. Against peers, this provider's reported payments sit in the 70th percentile of 1,623 neurology providers in New York.

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