Howard Bruckner
Hematology & Oncology · Bronx, NYNPI 1760495048
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (51.6%), food and beverage and education — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 27 manufacturers reported payments, led by AstraZeneca at 47.1% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2020 at $3,445 and has fallen 97.6% since, to $82 in 2024.
Across 192 payments — averaging $29.35 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AstraZeneca$3K
- Ipsen Biopharmaceuticals, Inc$680
- E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C.$346
- Genentech USA, Inc.$275
- Rigel Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$232
- Novartis$202
- plus $1K from 21 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$2,90852%
- Food & beverage$2,61646%
- Education$1112%
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 | 16 | $2,652 |
| Ipsen Biopharmaceuticals, Inc | 19 | $680 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 45 | $346 |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 22 | $275 |
| Rigel Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 6 | $232 |
| Novartis | 11 | $202 |
| Amgen | 7 | $137 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 11 | $117 |
| Merck | 7 | $115 |
| Pfizer | 7 | $108 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 6 | $98 |
| Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc. | 1 | $82 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 4 | $81 |
| Sanofi | 4 | $77 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 4 | $68 |
| Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Inc. | 3 | $59 |
| Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. | 3 | $57 |
| Tesaro, Inc. | 2 | $55 |
| Kyowa Kirin, Inc. | 4 | $52 |
| Seagen Inc. | 3 | $49 |
| Helsinn Therapeutics (U.S.), Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Taiho Oncology, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Bayer | 1 | $13 |
| Bristol Myers Squibb | 1 | $13 |
| Gilead | 1 | $12 |
| EMD Serono, Inc. | 1 | $11 |
| Eisai Inc. | 1 | $11 |
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
$5,635 in reported general payments places this provider in the 65th percentile of 967 hematology & oncology providers in New York.
Other hematology & oncology in Bronx
- Tauseef AhmedBronx$171K
- Michael SchusterNew York$1.6M
- Charles SawyersNew York$1.6M
- Manuel Hidalgo-MedinaNew York$1.4M
- Francis ArenaLake Success$1M
- Sanjeev JainEast Patchogue$971K
- Ross LevineNew York$968K
- Perry CookBrooklyn$803K
- Mihir RavalAlbany$767K
- Joshua SabariNew York$761K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.