RxDoctor Payments Data

Ira Breite, MD

Gastroenterology · New York, NYNPI 1306830732

Payments from drug & device makers

What this record shows

Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 98.3% of the total across 344 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. It is spread thinly across 21 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 22.1% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $1,686 and has fallen 96.6% since, to $57 in 2024.

$5,680in general payments, 2019–2025

Across 344 payments — averaging $16.51 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.

  • AbbVie$1K
  • Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC$938
  • Gilead$547
  • Johnson & Johnson$430
  • Bristol Myers Squibb$393
  • Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.$324
  • plus $2K from 15 others
$45,950in research payments, 2019–2025

Across 4 payments — averaging $11,488 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.

  • Bristol Myers Squibb$46K

What the payments were for

  • Food & beverage$5,58198%
  • Education$992%

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.

How this compares

$5,680 in reported general payments places this provider in the 70th percentile of 1,682 gastroenterology providers in New York.

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Medicare billing

Part B allowed, 2024
$58,063
Medicare patients
182
Services billed
470

What this is not: this is the amount Original Medicare Part B allowed for services this provider billed in 2024. It is not their income. It excludes Medicare Advantage — now more than half of all Medicare enrollment — along with Medicaid and all commercial insurance, and it is gross practice revenue before staff, rent, supplies and malpractice premiums. CMS also suppresses any figure covering ten or fewer patients, so low-volume providers appear smaller than they are.

Most prescribed under Part D

DrugClaimsCost to plans & patients
LinzessLinaclotide30$24,937
OzempicSemaglutide11$9,422
Sod Sulf-Potass Sulf-Mag SulfSodium, Potassium,mag Sulfates57$3,370
Esomeprazole Magnesium50$3,225
Lubiprostone11$3,134
Omeprazole149$1,791
Bupropion XlBupropion Hcl26$726
Atorvastatin Calcium96$658
Rabeprazole Sodium13$528
Rosuvastatin Calcium34$262
Levothyroxine Sodium14$244
Hydrocortisone14$226
Losartan-HydrochlorothiazideLosartan/Hydrochlorothiazide15$215
Amitriptyline Hcl28$192
Zolpidem Tartrate27$175

Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.

Companies that both paid and supply prescribed drugs

These companies both reported payments to this provider and make drugs the provider prescribed under Medicare Part D in 2024. For most specialties this overlap is expected — a cardiologist who is paid by a cardiology drugmaker also treats heart disease. It is shown so the reader can see it, not because it implies anything on its own.

CompanyPaid to this providerPart D cost of their drugs
AbbVieLinzess$1,253$24,93730 claims
Novo NordiskOzempic$55$9,42211 claims

Reading this fairly. The Part D column is what drug plans and patients paid pharmacies — this provider received none of it, and it reflects how many patients they treat and what those drugs cost. Against peers, this provider's reported payments sit in the 70th percentile of 1,682 gastroenterology providers in New York.

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