Howard Altman, MD
Dermatopathology · Allentown, PANPI 1922097443
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 61 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 10 manufacturers reported payments, led by AbbVie at 35.1% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2024 at $520 and has fallen 69.1% since, to $161 in 2025.
Across 61 payments — averaging $18.22 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$391
- Sanofi$342
- Amgen$157
- Genentech USA, Inc.$69
- Johnson & Johnson$36
- UCB, Inc.$30
- plus $87 from 4 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$1,112100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AbbVie | 28 | $391 |
| Sanofi | 15 | $342 |
| Amgen | 8 | $157 |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 3 | $69 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 2 | $36 |
| UCB, Inc. | 1 | $30 |
| Incyte Corporation | 1 | $29 |
| Bristol Myers Squibb | 1 | $22 |
| Dermavant Sciences, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Kyowa Kirin, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
How this compares
$1,112 in reported general payments places this provider in the 75th percentile of 27 dermatopathology providers in Pennsylvania.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| MyrbetriqMirabegron | 45 | $25,348 |
| Tamsulosin Hcl | 181 | $3,432 |
| Silodosin | 11 | $738 |
| Finasteride | 36 | $700 |
| Methenamine Hippurate | 13 | $603 |
| Terazosin Hcl | 11 | $388 |
| Solifenacin Succinate | 13 | $295 |
| Ciprofloxacin Hcl | 24 | $187 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other dermatopathology in Allentown
- Elizabeth SpiersDoylestown$65K
- John SeykoraPhiladelphia$19K
- Christine StankoVillanova$5K
- Basil PatelYardley$4K
- Victoria Cirillo HylanBryn Mawr$4K
- Debra JihPhiladelphia$2K
- Stacey Englander TurnerBryn Mawr$984
- Jina ChungPhiladelphia$918
- Alexandra FlammHershey$517
- Farhaan HafeezEaston$506
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.