Howard Belfer
Neurology · San Mateo, CANPI 1740206457
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 234 payments — averaging $16.20 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Adamas Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$515
- SK Life Science, Inc.$457
- Acadia Pharmaceuticals Inc$451
- Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc.$366
- Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc.$358
- Amgen$329
- plus $1K from 13 others
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$772%
- Food & beverage$3,66397%
- Education$501%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Adamas Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 42 | $515 |
| SK Life Science, Inc. | 22 | $457 |
| Acadia Pharmaceuticals Inc | 30 | $451 |
| Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc. | 22 | $366 |
| Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. | 22 | $358 |
| Amgen | 13 | $329 |
| Eisai Inc. | 31 | $309 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 11 | $177 |
| Avanir Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 8 | $162 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 7 | $153 |
| UCB, Inc. | 7 | $142 |
| Acorda Therapeutics, Inc | 4 | $77 |
| Kyowa Kirin, Inc. | 4 | $72 |
| EMD Serono, Inc. | 2 | $60 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 3 | $53 |
| Bausch Health US, LLC | 2 | $36 |
| Pfizer | 2 | $27 |
| Tanabe Pharma America, Inc. | 1 | $27 |
| Biogen | 1 | $20 |
How this compares
$3,790 in reported general payments places this provider in the 60th percentile of 1,996 neurology providers in California.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Levetiracetam | 88 | $4,712 |
| Carbidopa-Levodopa-EntacaponeCarbidopa/Levodopa/Entacapone | 12 | $2,840 |
| Topiramate | 60 | $2,225 |
| AmantadineAmantadine Hcl | 44 | $1,846 |
| Carbidopa-Levodopa ErCarbidopa/Levodopa | 40 | $1,767 |
| Carbamazepine | 29 | $1,280 |
| Gabapentin | 41 | $1,193 |
| Divalproex Sodium | 29 | $1,082 |
| Primidone | 52 | $1,073 |
| Carbidopa-LevodopaCarbidopa/Levodopa | 35 | $1,002 |
| Ropinirole Hcl | 22 | $871 |
| Rasagiline Mesylate | 12 | $836 |
| Phenobarbital | 35 | $835 |
| Sumatriptan Succinate | 28 | $745 |
| Lamotrigine | 21 | $594 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other neurology in San Mateo
- Timothy CloughesyLos Angeles$33.1M
- Jack FlorinFullerton$13M
- David KudrowSanta Monica$12.8M
- John Ravitsla Jolla$8.4M
- Perminder BhatiaFresno$8.3M
- Perry ShiehLos Angeles$8.2M
- Benjamin FrishbergCarlsbad$8.2M
- Bruce CreeSan Francisco$8M
- Lawrence RechtPalo Alto$6.6M
- Stanley PrusinerSan Francisco$6.5M
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.