Jorge Serje, MD
Internal Medicine · Brooklyn, NYNPI 1285681643
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 90.9% of the total across 891 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 46 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 10.3% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. Reporting peaked in 2020 at $4,729 and has fallen 57.3% since, to $2,020 in 2025. Among internal medicine clinicians in NY with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 5% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 891 payments — averaging $21.17 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AstraZeneca$2K
- Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.$2K
- Novo Nordisk$1K
- Boehringer Ingelheim$1K
- Lilly USA, LLC$1K
- AbbVie$1K
- plus $10K from 40 others
Across 597 payments — averaging $2192.83 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.
- Genentech, Inc.$373K
- Eli Lilly$318K
- Exact Sciences$240K
- Pfizer$77K
- AbbVie$73K
- Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc.$57K
- plus $172K from 9 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$1,4478%
- Food & beverage$17,14191%
- Education$2741%
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.
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
$18,863 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 9,771 internal medicine providers in New York.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 151 | $172,159 |
| EliquisApixaban | 94 | $81,565 |
| LinzessLinaclotide | 117 | $77,124 |
| JanuviaSitagliptin Phosphate | 76 | $71,681 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 85 | $71,330 |
| VascepaIcosapent Ethyl | 119 | $60,386 |
| TradjentaLinagliptin | 47 | $57,588 |
| XifaxanRifaximin | 17 | $50,411 |
| FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol | 40 | $49,754 |
| EntrestoSacubitril/Valsartan | 45 | $48,152 |
| OzempicSemaglutide | 47 | $42,451 |
| KerendiaFinerenone | 32 | $40,777 |
| MounjaroTirzepatide | 33 | $38,902 |
| Trelegy ElliptaFluticasone/Umeclidin/Vilanter | 49 | $37,255 |
| RybelsusSemaglutide | 17 | $36,837 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Boehringer IngelheimJardiance, Tradjenta, Synjardy, Jentadueto | $1,253 | $249,410222 claims |
| MerckJanuvia, Janumet | $474 | $94,26495 claims |
| PfizerEliquis | $442 | $81,56594 claims |
| Novo NordiskOzempic, Rybelsus | $1,448 | $79,28864 claims |
| AbbVieLinzess | $1,151 | $77,124117 claims |
| AstraZenecaFarxiga, Breztri Aerosphere, Airsupra | $1,941 | $71,88675 claims |
| Johnson & JohnsonXarelto | $290 | $71,33085 claims |
| Lilly USA, LLCMounjaro, Trulicity | $1,194 | $59,14254 claims |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLCXifaxan, Trulance | $1,033 | $58,62628 claims |
| GSKTrelegy Ellipta, Breo Ellipta | $593 | $53,13280 claims |
| NovartisEntresto | $837 | $48,15245 claims |
| BayerKerendia | $1,038 | $40,77732 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 95th percentile of 9,771 internal medicine providers in New York.
Other internal medicine in Brooklyn
- Bruce BergerBrooklyn$3.4M
- Jesi RamoneBrooklyn$627K
- Manish ParikhBrooklyn$236K
- Samuel UterBrooklyn$136K
- David DoveEast Hampton$12.3M
- Nicholas RobinsonBuffalo$2.9M
- Stephen SaletanNew York$2.6M
- Ziad AliNew York$2M
- Scott BeegleAlbany$1.9M
- Anthony MartinezBuffalo$1.6M
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.