Joseph Markenson
New York, NYNPI 1164485637
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by speaking fees: $121,898 of the $176,717 with a category attached, or 69.0%. 12 manufacturers reported payments, led by AbbVie at 37.7% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $85,200 and has fallen 100.0% since, to $32 in 2023.
Across 209 payments — averaging $845.53 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$67K
- Amgen$22K
- Sanofi$17K
- Bristol Myers Squibb$16K
- Lilly USA, LLC$15K
- E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C.$15K
- plus $26K from 6 others
Across 4 payments — averaging $4987.50 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.
- E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C.$20K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$36,43821%
- Speaking & faculty fees$121,89869%
- Travel & lodging$13,8758%
- Food & beverage$4,4443%
- Education$620%
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 | 78 | $66,627 |
| Amgen(2 entities) | 26 | $21,857 |
| Sanofi | 13 | $17,161 |
| Bristol Myers Squibb | 20 | $15,700 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 26 | $15,038 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 3 | $14,675 |
| Novartis | 24 | $9,405 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 11 | $8,790 |
| GSK | 4 | $4,336 |
| EMD Serono, Inc. | 1 | $3,000 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $87 |
| Pfizer | 2 | $42 |
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.