Howard Kerstein
Denver, CONPI 1184607012
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — speaking fees (56.8%), consulting fees and food and beverage — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 23 manufacturers reported payments, led by Boehringer Ingelheim at 52.5% of the total.
Across 161 payments — averaging $118.30 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Boehringer Ingelheim$10K
- Lilly USA, LLC$4K
- Novo Nordisk$2K
- AstraZeneca$2K
- Mannkind Corporation$206
- Amneal Pharmaceuticals LLC$206
- plus $837 from 17 others
Across 14 payments — averaging $83.71 each. Payments tied to a research study. These frequently flow through the physician to a hospital or research institution rather than to the physician personally.
- Gilead$1K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$4,81525%
- Speaking & faculty fees$10,81357%
- Travel & lodging$9775%
- Food & beverage$2,43313%
- Education$80%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 25 | $10,006 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 14 | $3,610 |
| Novo Nordisk | 31 | $2,156 |
| AstraZeneca(2 entities) | 18 | $2,026 |
| Mannkind Corporation | 15 | $206 |
| Amneal Pharmaceuticals LLC | 18 | $206 |
| AbbVie | 5 | $194 |
| Amgen(2 entities) | 6 | $117 |
| Insulet Corporation | 5 | $83 |
| Merck | 5 | $80 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 3 | $63 |
| Lifescan, Inc. | 3 | $49 |
| Abbott | 2 | $47 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $31 |
| Arbor Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $28 |
| Gilead | 1 | $26 |
| IBSA Pharma Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Senseonics, Incorporated | 1 | $22 |
| BD | 1 | $17 |
| Corcept Therapeutics | 1 | $15 |
| Aytu Biopharma, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Shire North American Group Inc | 1 | $14 |
| Dexcom, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
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.
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.