Howard Kivell
Payments from drug & device makers
$2,304in general payments, 2019–2025
Across 130 payments — averaging $17.72 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Astellas Pharma US Inc$330
- Johnson & Johnson$272
- Pfizer$221
- AbbVie$207
- Janssen Scientific Affairs, LLC$199
- Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc.$194
- plus $880 from 12 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$2,29399%
- Education$121%
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
19
20
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 19 | $330 |
| Johnson & Johnson(2 entities) | 13 | $272 |
| Pfizer | 14 | $221 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 13 | $207 |
| Janssen Scientific Affairs, LLC | 6 | $199 |
| Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 9 | $194 |
| Ferring Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 16 | $183 |
| Bayer | 11 | $165 |
| Tolmar Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 7 | $128 |
| Blue Earth Diagnostics | 6 | $101 |
| Dendreon Pharmaceuticals LLC | 3 | $77 |
| Neotract Inc. | 3 | $56 |
| Dentsply IH Inc. | 3 | $45 |
| Amgen | 3 | $45 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $35 |
| 180 Medical, Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Coloplast | 1 | $13 |
| Rochester Medical Corporation | 1 | $12 |
How this compares
$2,304 in reported general payments places this provider in the 45th percentile of 952 urology providers in New York.
Other urology in Bronx
- Bhupendra ToliaBronx$257K
- Pedro MariaBronx$242K
- Glen McWilliamsBronx$235K
- Christopher PieczonkaSyracuse$31.2M
- Guarionex DecastroNew York$5.7M
- Mitchell EfrosGarden City$4.2M
- James McKiernanNew York$4.1M
- William HuangNew York$3.9M
- Jed KaminetskyMiddle Village$3.5M
- Evan GoldfischerPoughkeepsie$3.1M
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.