Jeffrey Alter
Dermatology · Waterbury, CTNPI 1023015542
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 99.0% of the total across 156 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 23 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 22.4% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $1,512 and has fallen 98.1% since, to $29 in 2022. That places this record below the midpoint for dermatology clinicians in CT, where the typical reported total is $3,198.
Across 156 payments — averaging $19.48 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$680
- Pfizer$368
- Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Inc.$211
- Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc.$208
- Novartis$178
- LEO Pharma Inc.$175
- plus $1K from 17 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$3,00899%
- Education$301%
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 | 35 | $680 |
| Pfizer | 17 | $368 |
| Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Inc. | 11 | $211 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 9 | $208 |
| Novartis | 12 | $178 |
| LEO Pharma Inc. | 10 | $175 |
| Sanofi | 9 | $174 |
| UCB, Inc. | 9 | $163 |
| Bristol Myers Squibb | 7 | $129 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 4 | $99 |
| Prugen, Inc. Pharmaceuticals | 3 | $93 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 5 | $89 |
| Ortho Dermatologics, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 5 | $88 |
| Amgen | 3 | $77 |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 4 | $59 |
| Almirall LLC | 3 | $59 |
| Helsinn Therapeutics (U.S.), Inc. | 3 | $52 |
| Mayne Pharma Commercial LLC | 2 | $39 |
| EPI Health, LLC | 1 | $26 |
| Encore Dermatology Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Taro Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Promius Pharma LLC | 1 | $18 |
| Incyte Corporation | 1 | $17 |
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.
- EUCRISA$107
How this compares
$3,038 in reported general payments places this provider in the 45th percentile of 222 dermatology providers in Connecticut.
Other dermatology in Waterbury
- Michael PayetteCromwell$3.2M
- Bruce StroberCromwell$2.9M
- Brett KingFairfield$2.5M
- Mona ShahriariCromwell$2.2M
- Jeremy MossMadison$2M
- Brittany CraiglowFairfield$1.9M
- Meagen McCuskerEnfield$1.8M
- Marcus McFerrenOrange$872K
- Christopher BunickNew Haven$661K
- Keith ChoateNew Haven$362K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.