Irina Schwartz
Psychiatry · Buffalo, NYNPI 1609074129
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 98.5% of the total across 127 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 20 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 18.9% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $739 and has fallen 55.8% since, to $327 in 2025.
Across 127 payments — averaging $25.32 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$609
- ITI, Inc. (d/b/a Intra-cellular Therapies, Inc.)$356
- Axsome Therapeutics, Inc.$333
- Neuronetics, Inc.$264
- Lundbeck LLC$261
- Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.$200
- plus $1K from 14 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$3,16798%
- Education$492%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 25 | $609 |
| ITI, Inc. (d/b/a Intra-cellular Therapies, Inc.) | 11 | $356 |
| Axsome Therapeutics, Inc. | 9 | $333 |
| Neuronetics, Inc. | 5 | $264 |
| Lundbeck LLC | 13 | $261 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 10 | $200 |
| Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. | 3 | $167 |
| Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 3 | $167 |
| Idorsia Pharmaceuticals US Inc | 7 | $140 |
| Indivior Inc. | 7 | $116 |
| Almatica Pharma LLC | 6 | $111 |
| Orexo US, Inc. | 6 | $104 |
| Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 6 | $99 |
| Neos Therapeutics, LP | 5 | $93 |
| Bausch Health US, LLC | 3 | $55 |
| Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc. | 3 | $51 |
| MDD US Operations, LLC | 2 | $42 |
| Alkermes, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Arbor Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 1 | $13 |
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
$3,216 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 3,713 psychiatry providers in New York.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Lurasidone Hcl | 28 | $8,983 |
| SuboxoneBuprenorphine Hcl/Naloxone Hcl | 11 | $6,026 |
| Buprenorphine-NaloxoneBuprenorphine Hcl/Naloxone Hcl | 14 | $1,347 |
| Bupropion XlBupropion Hcl | 37 | $1,007 |
| Risperidone | 13 | $294 |
| Zolpidem Tartrate | 15 | $171 |
| Lorazepam | 18 | $118 |
| Buspirone Hcl | 12 | $84 |
| Lamotrigine | 21 | $67 |
| Clonazepam | 19 | $45 |
| Fluoxetine Hcl | 15 | $1 |
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.
| Company | Paid to this provider | Part D cost of their drugs |
|---|---|---|
| Indivior Inc.Suboxone | $116 | $6,02611 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 85th percentile of 3,713 psychiatry providers in New York.
Other psychiatry in Buffalo
- Wendy WeinsteinBuffalo$388K
- Leslie CitromePomona$5.7M
- Sanjay GuptaCheektowaga$1.9M
- Richard PriceMonsey$1.7M
- Adam AshtonAmherst$1.6M
- Christoph CorrellGlen Oaks$1.5M
- Manish ZinzuvadiaNew York$1.3M
- George KruseBronx$1.2M
- Jianping ChenNew York$1.2M
- Horacio CapoteAmherst$1.1M
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.