Howard Futerman
Rheumatology · Great Neck, NYNPI 1730180167
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 96.2% of the total across 107 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 17 manufacturers reported payments, led by Amgen at 33.5% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $1,310 and has fallen 98.9% since, to $14 in 2021.
Across 107 payments — averaging $21.63 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Amgen$776
- Pfizer$177
- Bristol Myers Squibb$177
- Mallinckrodt Enterprises LLC$176
- AbbVie$176
- Fidia Pharma USA Inc.$145
- plus $686 from 11 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$2,22696%
- Education$884%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Amgen | 27 | $776 |
| Pfizer | 11 | $177 |
| Bristol Myers Squibb | 13 | $177 |
| Mallinckrodt Enterprises LLC | 7 | $176 |
| AbbVie | 8 | $176 |
| Fidia Pharma USA Inc. | 8 | $145 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 7 | $132 |
| Novartis | 5 | $117 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 5 | $112 |
| Boston Scientific | 5 | $83 |
| Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc. | 2 | $60 |
| Radius Health, Inc. | 3 | $59 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 2 | $50 |
| Abbott | 1 | $26 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 1 | $23 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 1 | $13 |
| AstraZeneca | 1 | $13 |
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.
- EVENITY$125
How this compares
$2,314 in reported general payments places this provider in the 55th percentile of 541 rheumatology providers in New York.
Other rheumatology in Great Neck
- Sonali NarainGreat Neck$54K
- Laurie GlimcherNew York$3.9M
- Grace WrightNew York$3M
- Kostas BotsoglouCheektowaga$2.6M
- Sergio SchwartzmanNew York$2.5M
- Allan GibofskyNew York$1.9M
- Petros EfthimiouNew York$791K
- Richard FurieNew Hyde Park$746K
- Barry GruberBabylon$742K
- Olga PetrynaNew York$509K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.