Joel Kremer
Albany, NYNPI 1457447419
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (58.9%), speaking fees and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 15 manufacturers reported payments, led by Gilead at 27.9% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $98,672 and has fallen 99.7% since, to $309 in 2023.
Across 127 payments — averaging $940.58 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Gilead$33K
- F. Hoffmann-la Roche AG$24K
- Pfizer$20K
- E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C.$18K
- Sanofi$7K
- Regeneron$6K
- plus $12K from 9 others
Across 68 payments — averaging $42,024 each. Payments tied to a research study. These frequently flow through the physician to a hospital or research institution rather than to the physician personally.
- AbbVie$2.1M
- Novartis$760K
- Eli Lilly$12K
- F. Hoffmann-la Roche AG$7K
- Pfizer$4K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$70,31459%
- Speaking & faculty fees$40,11734%
- Travel & lodging$6,6976%
- Food & beverage$2,0512%
- Education$2760%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Gilead | 26 | $33,355 |
| F. Hoffmann-la Roche AG | 13 | $23,508 |
| Pfizer | 8 | $20,170 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 21 | $17,521 |
| Sanofi | 11 | $6,966 |
| Regeneron | 4 | $6,057 |
| Novartis | 1 | $5,050 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 18 | $2,642 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 3 | $2,039 |
| Eli Lilly | 9 | $1,250 |
| AbbVie | 3 | $565 |
| Genentech, Inc. | 5 | $200 |
| Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc. | 1 | $83 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 3 | $37 |
| GSK | 1 | $12 |
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.
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.