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Howard Rubenstein

Family Medicine · Saraland, ALNPI 1376598086

Payments from drug & device makers

$3,313,462in general payments, 2019–2025

Across 604 payments — averaging $5485.86 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.

  • Otsuka Pharmaceutical Development & Commercialization, Inc.$1.6M
  • AbbVie$686K
  • AstraZeneca$399K
  • Novartis$242K
  • Pfizer$201K
  • Boehringer Ingelheim$82K
  • plus $81K from 37 others
$1,695in research payments, 2019–2025

Across 7 payments — averaging $242.09 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.

  • Otsuka Pharmaceutical Development & Commercialization, Inc.$2K

What the payments were for

  • Travel & lodging$1,61720%
  • Food & beverage$6,49579%
  • Education$380%
  • Gifts$591%

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

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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.

CompanyPaymentsTotal
Otsuka Pharmaceutical Development & Commercialization, Inc.11$1,622,983
AbbVie(2 entities)188$685,709
AstraZeneca49$399,490
Novartis18$241,922
Pfizer39$200,822
Boehringer Ingelheim4$81,804
Bausch Health US, LLC1$22,242
Cipla USA Inc.9$21,807
Sanofi US Services Inc.1$19,000
Astrazeneca UK Limited2$7,247
Chiesi USA, Inc.4$3,952
Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc.3$2,424
Novo Nordisk103$774
Lilly USA, LLC29$427
Merck28$397
Amgen(2 entities)20$382
Amarin Pharma, Inc.15$357
Bayer8$229
GSK10$148
Esperion Therapeutics, Inc.2$140
Daiichi Sankyo Inc.8$136
Idorsia Pharmaceuticals US Inc4$120
Optinose US, Inc.1$114
Mannkind Corporation2$109
Dexcom, Inc.7$98
Exact Sciences5$87
Abbott3$66
Eisai Inc.4$64
Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC4$64
Xeris Pharmaceuticals, Inc.2$44
Currax Pharmaceuticals LLC3$43
Biohaven Pharmaceuticals, Inc.2$38
Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company Ltd.2$30
Arbor Pharmaceuticals, Inc.2$28
Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc.2$26
Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc.2$25
Amryt Pharma Holdings Ltd1$24
Astellas Pharma US Inc1$20
Shield Therapeutics Inc1$18
Mylan Specialty L.p.1$16
Antares Pharma, Inc.1$15
Shire North American Group Inc1$12
Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC1$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

$3,313,462 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 1,680 family medicine providers in Alabama.

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Most prescribed under Part D

DrugClaimsCost to plans & patients
Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen103$4,065
Fentanyl28$3,998
Fluconazole41$1,952
Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen37$1,754
Morphine Sulfate ErMorphine Sulfate12$1,458
Gabapentin89$842
Oxycodone Hcl19$792
Morphine Sulfate20$685
Ondansetron Hcl16$381
Lorazepam47$308
Pantoprazole Sodium15$277
Pregabalin13$241
Lorazepam IntensolLorazepam11$228
Clonazepam18$219
Tramadol Hcl19$180

Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.

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