Jacob Trachtenberg, MD
Psychiatry · Norristown, PANPI 1518073915
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 17 payments — averaging $23.12 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc.$104
- Axsome Therapeutics, Inc.$76
- Johnson & Johnson$45
- Tris Pharma Inc$41
- Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.$37
- Alkermes, Inc.$24
- plus $65 from 3 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$393100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 4 | $104 |
| Axsome Therapeutics, Inc. | 3 | $76 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 2 | $45 |
| Tris Pharma Inc | 2 | $41 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 2 | $37 |
| Alkermes, Inc. | 1 | $24 |
| Jazz Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $24 |
| Ironshore Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
How this compares
$393 in reported general payments places this provider in the 60th 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Aripiprazole | 14 | $1,551 |
| Lorazepam | 103 | $1,132 |
| Dextroamphetamine-AmphetamineDextroamphetamine/Amphetamine | 27 | $1,081 |
| Carbamazepine | 15 | $640 |
| Venlafaxine Hcl ErVenlafaxine Hcl | 36 | $592 |
| Oxcarbazepine | 19 | $581 |
| Bupropion XlBupropion Hcl | 25 | $575 |
| Divalproex Sodium ErDivalproex Sodium | 19 | $567 |
| Duloxetine Hcl | 34 | $560 |
| Clonazepam | 86 | $550 |
| Dextroamphetamine-Amphet ErDextroamphetamine/Amphetamine | 12 | $538 |
| Trazodone Hcl | 48 | $426 |
| Quetiapine Fumarate | 45 | $425 |
| Clozapine | 12 | $397 |
| Alprazolam | 38 | $340 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other psychiatry in Norristown
- 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.