Ira Handler, MD
Psychiatry · Butler, PANPI 1861400889
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 29 payments — averaging $15.44 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Avanir Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$113
- Johnson & Johnson$92
- Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc.$91
- Vanda Pharmaceuticals Inc.$33
- Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.$31
- Shire North American Group Inc$31
- plus $56 from 4 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$448100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Avanir Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 7 | $113 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 5 | $92 |
| Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 5 | $91 |
| Vanda Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 2 | $33 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 4 | $31 |
| Shire North American Group Inc | 2 | $31 |
| AbbVie | 1 | $15 |
| Lundbeck LLC | 1 | $15 |
| Acadia Pharmaceuticals Inc | 1 | $15 |
| Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $12 |
How this compares
$448 in reported general payments places this provider in the 65th percentile of 1,838 psychiatry providers in Pennsylvania.
Medicare billing
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
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Gabapentin | 162 | $2,136 |
| Duloxetine Hcl | 132 | $1,719 |
| Quetiapine Fumarate | 71 | $1,034 |
| Divalproex Sodium ErDivalproex Sodium | 20 | $986 |
| Carbamazepine | 17 | $733 |
| Venlafaxine Hcl ErVenlafaxine Hcl | 25 | $703 |
| Bupropion XlBupropion Hcl | 13 | $632 |
| Olanzapine | 38 | $599 |
| Sertraline Hcl | 126 | $576 |
| Mirtazapine | 56 | $462 |
| Lorazepam | 72 | $456 |
| Lithium Carbonate ErLithium Carbonate | 33 | $441 |
| Lamotrigine | 68 | $438 |
| Clonazepam | 62 | $431 |
| Trazodone Hcl | 37 | $291 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other psychiatry in Butler
- Cherian VergheseNorristown$16.3M
- Steven ArnoldPhiladelphia$4.1M
- Paul GrossAllentown$4.1M
- Shivkumar HattiMedia$4M
- Rebecca RomaPittsburgh$3.3M
- Matthew BergerMoosic$2.4M
- Michael ThasePhiladelphia$2.2M
- Robert NelsonWyomissing$2.2M
- Mark MattaNew Castle$847K
- Mayer AyyashPittsburgh$714K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Billing: Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners, data year 2024. Original Medicare Part B only.
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.