Joseph Soufer
Internal Medicine · Waterbury, CTNPI 1699797290
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by travel and lodging: $1,385 of the $2,135 with a category attached, or 64.9%. Eli Lilly accounts for 83.9% of it on its own, with 2 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $1,791 and has fallen 98.0% since, to $35 in 2025.
Across 40 payments — averaging $53.37 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Eli Lilly$2K
- Novo Nordisk$309
- Merck$35
Across 4,851 payments — averaging $4499.42 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.
- Eli Lilly$9.5M
- Modernatx, Inc.$3.7M
- Senseonics, Incorporated$1.1M
- Novo Nordisk AS$1M
- AstraZeneca$700K
- Amgen$666K
- plus $5.1M from 34 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$1,38565%
- Food & beverage$45922%
- Education$29014%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Eli Lilly | 29 | $1,791 |
| Novo Nordisk | 10 | $309 |
| Merck | 1 | $35 |
How this compares
$2,135 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 2,067 internal medicine providers in Connecticut.
Other internal medicine in Waterbury
- Elie HelouWaterbury$80K
- Joseph PrunerWaterbury$19K
- David DeluciaWaterbury$17K
- Steven RyderWestport$3.9M
- Nancy BrownNew Haven$1.6M
- Arthur DecillisMadison$1M
- Charles MontanoCromwell$970K
- Gary BlickNorwalk$683K
- Scott GottliebStamford$508K
- Jeffrey KatzOxford$361K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.