RxDoctor Payments Data

Ezra Cohen, MD

Neurology · Rockville, MDNPI 1669400016

Payments from drug & device makers

$27,332in general payments, 2019–2025

Across 1,037 payments — averaging $26.36 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.

  • Novartis$10K
  • AbbVie$3K
  • Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc.$3K
  • Acadia Pharmaceuticals Inc$833
  • UCB, Inc.$723
  • Pfizer$608
  • plus $9K from 54 others

What the payments were for

  • Speaking & faculty fees$590%
  • Food & beverage$18,87299%
  • Education$1011%

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
Novartis169$10,480
AbbVie(2 entities)194$2,992
Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc.109$2,908
Acadia Pharmaceuticals Inc44$833
UCB, Inc.35$723
Pfizer39$608
Biogen27$603
Lundbeck LLC34$603
EMD Serono, Inc.30$583
Lilly USA, LLC36$576
AstraZeneca(2 entities)22$576
Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc.25$558
Amgen(2 entities)17$372
Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc.19$340
Bristol Myers Squibb21$298
Sanofi15$284
Eisai Inc.12$277
Genentech USA, Inc.10$270
Adamas Pharmaceuticals, Inc.14$265
Banner Life Sciences, LLC16$246
MDD US Operations, LLC4$237
Grifols USA, LLC9$233
Neurelis, Inc.11$188
Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company Ltd.21$180
Livanova USA, Inc.10$170
ANI Pharmaceuticals, Inc.6$165
Amneal Pharmaceuticals LLC7$143
Upsher-smith Laboratories LLC8$140
Abbott4$90
Acorda Therapeutics, Inc5$87
Jazz Pharmaceuticals Inc.3$85
Argenx US, Inc.4$83
Kyowa Kirin, Inc.4$78
Impel Pharmaceuticals LLC3$73
Avadel CNS Pharmaceuticals, LLC3$68
Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc.3$64
Ipsen Biopharmaceuticals, Inc3$64
Biohaven Pharmaceuticals, Inc.4$63
Mallinckrodt Enterprises LLC2$52
Merz Pharmaceuticals, LLC2$50
Axsome Therapeutics, Inc.2$50
Johnson & Johnson(2 entities)2$48
Octapharma USA, Inc.2$44
Vanda Pharmaceuticals Inc.2$42
Merz North America, Inc.1$40
CSL Behring2$36
Xeris Pharmaceuticals, Inc.2$35
E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C.2$31
Vertical Pharmaceuticals, LLC2$28
GE HealthCare1$25
Harmony Biosciences LLC1$24
Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc.1$22
Insightec,inc1$21
Avanir Pharmaceuticals, Inc.1$19
Scilex Pharmaceuticals Inc.1$19
Avion Pharmaceuticals1$18
Bio Products Laboratory USA, Inc.1$18
Springworks Therapeutics, Inc.1$17
Assertio Therapeutics, Inc.1$17
Strongbridge US Inc.1$16

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

$27,332 in reported general payments places this provider in the 75th percentile of 442 neurology providers in Maryland.

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Medicare billing

Part B allowed, 2024
$554,913
Medicare patients
1,291
Services billed
3,911

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$47,082
UbrelvyUbrogepant12$11,649
Rasagiline Mesylate16$3,838
Pregabalin59$3,605
Gabapentin172$2,338
Levetiracetam85$1,978
Lacosamide21$1,688
Carbidopa-LevodopaCarbidopa/Levodopa79$1,676
Donepezil Hcl141$1,398
Duloxetine Hcl30$835
Lamotrigine35$753
Nortriptyline Hcl21$634
Primidone19$560
Phenobarbital15$491
Topiramate20$487

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$608$47,08219 claims
AbbVieUbrelvy$2,992$11,64912 claims
Upsher-smith Laboratories LLCTopiramate$140$48720 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 75th percentile of 442 neurology providers in Maryland.

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