Henry Best, DO
Family Medicine · Port Jefferson, NYNPI 1588753628
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 243 payments — averaging $19.40 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Pfizer$700
- AbbVie$662
- AstraZeneca$642
- Lilly USA, LLC$607
- GSK$348
- Novo Nordisk$331
- plus $1K from 21 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$4,66399%
- Education$511%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pfizer | 37 | $700 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 35 | $662 |
| AstraZeneca | 38 | $642 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 27 | $607 |
| GSK | 19 | $348 |
| Novo Nordisk | 15 | $331 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 17 | $317 |
| Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 13 | $308 |
| Amarin Pharma, Inc. | 8 | $135 |
| Exact Sciences | 5 | $115 |
| Lundbeck LLC | 4 | $88 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 3 | $61 |
| Abbott | 4 | $56 |
| Amgen | 2 | $41 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 2 | $40 |
| Corcept Therapeutics | 2 | $40 |
| Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc. | 2 | $31 |
| Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $28 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $26 |
| Inspire Medical Systems, Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Dexcom, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 1 | $18 |
| Althera Pharmaceuticals LLC | 1 | $16 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 1 | $12 |
| Novartis | 1 | $11 |
How this compares
$4,714 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 4,321 family medicine providers in New York.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| EliquisApixaban | 146 | $130,902 |
| MounjaroTirzepatide | 36 | $53,331 |
| XifaxanRifaximin | 12 | $45,492 |
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 36 | $44,041 |
| JanuviaSitagliptin Phosphate | 19 | $31,448 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 19 | $31,444 |
| Trelegy ElliptaFluticasone/Umeclidin/Vilanter | 29 | $30,807 |
| RybelsusSemaglutide | 18 | $22,178 |
| OzempicSemaglutide | 21 | $19,770 |
| Lurasidone Hcl | 11 | $19,488 |
| Anoro ElliptaUmeclidinium Brm/Vilanterol Tr | 32 | $15,299 |
| Spiriva HandihalerTiotropium Bromide | 12 | $8,678 |
| Breo ElliptaFluticasone/Vilanterol | 17 | $7,218 |
| SynthroidLevothyroxine Sodium | 81 | $6,219 |
| Fluticasone-SalmeterolFluticasone Propion/Salmeterol | 21 | $6,174 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| PfizerEliquis | $700 | $130,902146 claims |
| Lilly USA, LLCMounjaro | $607 | $53,33136 claims |
| GSKTrelegy Ellipta, Anoro Ellipta, Breo Ellipta | $348 | $53,32578 claims |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLCXifaxan | $12 | $45,49212 claims |
| Boehringer IngelheimJardiance | $317 | $44,04136 claims |
| Novo NordiskRybelsus, Ozempic | $331 | $41,94939 claims |
| AbbVieSynthroid, Linzess | $662 | $11,86492 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 85th percentile of 4,321 family medicine providers in New York.
Other family medicine in Port Jefferson
- Matthew DavisRochester$76.6M
- Frank EderBinghamton$46.2M
- Suchet PatelEndwell$23.3M
- James WildGowanda$2.2M
- Michael FedericoEndwell$1.4M
- Donald BrautigamWestfield$1.3M
- Kimberly DesantisEndwell$1.1M
- Michael TugetmanHartsdale$1M
- Richard RuhOrchard Park$769K
- Eric LorraineEndwell$740K
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.