Joel Edelstein
Hospice and Palliative Medicine · Phoenix, AZNPI 1114927506
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 98.5% of the total across 57 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 22 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 17.7% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $773 and has fallen 97.7% since, to $18 in 2023.
Across 57 payments — averaging $17.65 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Astellas Pharma US Inc$178
- AbbVie$97
- AstraZeneca$86
- Abiomed$71
- Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC$62
- GSK$62
- plus $450 from 16 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$99199%
- Education$151%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 8 | $178 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 6 | $97 |
| AstraZeneca | 5 | $86 |
| Abiomed | 1 | $71 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 5 | $62 |
| GSK | 4 | $62 |
| Amgen | 3 | $55 |
| Topcon Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 1 | $55 |
| Abbott | 3 | $54 |
| Pfizer | 3 | $39 |
| Dexcom, Inc. | 3 | $38 |
| Novartis | 2 | $29 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 2 | $28 |
| Merck | 2 | $25 |
| Valeritas, Inc. | 1 | $25 |
| Medtronic | 2 | $23 |
| Bardy Diagnostics, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 1 | $15 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 1 | $15 |
| Ironwood Pharmaceuticals, Inc | 1 | $14 |
| Amarin Pharma, Inc. | 1 | $11 |
| Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical Inc. | 1 | $8 |
How this compares
$1,006 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 43 hospice and palliative medicine providers in Arizona.
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Other hospice and palliative medicine in Phoenix
- Tom FinkelsteinPhoenix$1K
- Bianca BrunelliPhoenix$996
- Anne HendersonPhoenix$878
- Marla RejbiPhoenix$606
- Rajiv SiddaramuPhoenix$443
- Girish SwaminathPhoenix$295
- Kristina BalanguePhoenix$281
- Jay PatelPhoenix$271
- Brian GansPhoenix$198
- Oliver WaldropPhoenix$79
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.