Ellis Berkowitz
Internal Medicine · Saint Joseph, MONPI 1124058425
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 137 payments — averaging $14.57 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AstraZeneca$327
- Pfizer$211
- Amgen$186
- Johnson & Johnson$155
- Boehringer Ingelheim$154
- GSK$146
- plus $816 from 21 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$1,996100%
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 | 20 | $327 |
| Pfizer | 18 | $211 |
| Amgen | 10 | $186 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 9 | $155 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 13 | $154 |
| GSK | 11 | $146 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 7 | $124 |
| Novartis | 8 | $101 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 6 | $74 |
| AbbVie | 4 | $72 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 5 | $67 |
| Amarin Pharma, Inc. | 4 | $57 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 3 | $45 |
| Merck | 3 | $41 |
| Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc. | 2 | $32 |
| Novo Nordisk | 2 | $27 |
| Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 2 | $25 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 1 | $22 |
| Pulmonx Corporation | 1 | $19 |
| Corcept Therapeutics | 1 | $18 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 1 | $15 |
| Bayer | 1 | $15 |
| Scilex Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Eisai Inc. | 1 | $13 |
| Nabriva Therapeutics, PLC | 1 | $13 |
| Mylan Specialty L.p. | 1 | $12 |
| Ironwood Pharmaceuticals, Inc | 1 | $11 |
How this compares
$1,996 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 2,097 internal medicine providers in Missouri.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| OzempicSemaglutide | 58 | $57,534 |
| EliquisApixaban | 62 | $45,764 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 59 | $42,231 |
| FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol | 47 | $38,560 |
| Anoro ElliptaUmeclidinium Brm/Vilanterol Tr | 63 | $36,279 |
| TrulicityDulaglutide | 26 | $24,200 |
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 22 | $23,980 |
| Combivent RespimatIpratropium/Albuterol Sulfate | 27 | $21,569 |
| JanuviaSitagliptin Phosphate | 11 | $13,199 |
| ArexvyRsvpref3 Antigen/As01e/Pf | 47 | $13,005 |
| LinzessLinaclotide | 11 | $11,491 |
| Atrovent HfaIpratropium Bromide | 23 | $10,951 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 418 | $9,150 |
| Fentanyl | 73 | $9,100 |
| MyrbetriqMirabegron | 19 | $8,788 |
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.
| Company | Paid to this provider | Part D cost of their drugs |
|---|---|---|
| Novo NordiskOzempic | $27 | $57,53458 claims |
| GSKAnoro Ellipta, Arexvy, Incruse Ellipta | $146 | $53,937123 claims |
| PfizerEliquis | $211 | $45,76462 claims |
| Boehringer IngelheimJardiance, Combivent Respimat | $154 | $45,54949 claims |
| AstraZenecaFarxiga, Symbicort | $327 | $43,24463 claims |
| Johnson & JohnsonXarelto | $155 | $42,23159 claims |
| Lilly USA, LLCTrulicity | $15 | $24,20026 claims |
| MerckJanuvia | $41 | $13,19911 claims |
| AbbVieLinzess | $72 | $11,49111 claims |
| Astellas Pharma US IncMyrbetriq | $124 | $8,78819 claims |
| NovartisEntresto | $101 | $7,34111 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 80th percentile of 2,097 internal medicine providers in Missouri.
Other internal medicine in Saint Joseph
- Timothy SmithSaint Peters$21.4M
- Craig DietzKansas City$4M
- Michael ReschakSaint Louis$3.1M
- Dima DandachiColumbia$1.2M
- Santosh SharmaKansas City$782K
- Jianbo WangChesterfield$643K
- David PrelutskySaint Louis$575K
- Danish JabbarSaint Louis$510K
- Dubert GuerreroIndependence$369K
- Hany SalamaSaint Louis$279K
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.