Keith Bernstein, MD
Rheumatology · Chesterfield, MONPI 1447273727
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 250 payments — averaging $19.09 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AstraZeneca$491
- Amgen$482
- GSK$453
- Johnson & Johnson$424
- AbbVie$394
- Novartis$334
- plus $2K from 34 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$4,773100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AstraZeneca(2 entities) | 25 | $491 |
| Amgen(2 entities) | 25 | $482 |
| GSK | 26 | $453 |
| Johnson & Johnson(2 entities) | 27 | $424 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 16 | $394 |
| Novartis | 17 | $334 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 16 | $290 |
| Novo Nordisk | 9 | $158 |
| Medtronic | 3 | $148 |
| Abbott | 7 | $147 |
| Pfizer | 8 | $135 |
| UCB, Inc. | 6 | $116 |
| Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 6 | $87 |
| Sanofi | 4 | $84 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 4 | $83 |
| Amarin Pharma, Inc. | 6 | $79 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 5 | $78 |
| Dexcom, Inc. | 4 | $69 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 4 | $65 |
| Recordati_rare_diseases_inc. | 3 | $64 |
| Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals, Ltd. | 2 | $60 |
| Radius Health, Inc. | 2 | $50 |
| Corcept Therapeutics | 2 | $48 |
| Xeris Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $46 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 2 | $39 |
| Bayer | 2 | $36 |
| Amryt Pharma Holdings Ltd | 2 | $35 |
| Sandoz | 2 | $31 |
| Sequel Med Tech, LLC | 1 | $30 |
| Esperion Therapeutics, Inc. | 2 | $27 |
| Daiichi Sankyo Inc. | 1 | $26 |
| Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals International, PLC | 1 | $23 |
| Mylan Specialty L.p. | 1 | $22 |
| Amneal Pharmaceuticals LLC | 1 | $20 |
| Optinose US, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| ANI Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Acerus Pharmaceuticals Corporation | 1 | $18 |
| Grifols USA, LLC | 1 | $17 |
| Fresenius Kabi USA, LLC | 1 | $15 |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
How this compares
$4,773 in reported general payments places this provider in the 60th percentile of 134 rheumatology providers in Missouri.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Humira(Cf) PenAdalimumab | 27 | $287,017 |
| Enbrel SureclickEtanercept | 25 | $197,082 |
| BenlystaBelimumab | 27 | $126,747 |
| EnbrelEtanercept | 16 | $123,429 |
| ActemraTocilizumab | 25 | $116,324 |
| EliquisApixaban | 76 | $70,911 |
| RasuvoMethotrexate/Pf | 12 | $15,779 |
| TrulicityDulaglutide | 14 | $15,554 |
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 16 | $15,082 |
| Trelegy ElliptaFluticasone/Umeclidin/Vilanter | 11 | $11,845 |
| MultaqDronedarone Hcl | 13 | $10,371 |
| Hydroxychloroquine Sulfate | 206 | $8,513 |
| MethotrexateMethotrexate Sodium | 321 | $7,727 |
| ArexvyRsvpref3 Antigen/As01e/Pf | 27 | $7,687 |
| Tresiba Flextouch U-100Insulin Degludec | 14 | $6,738 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| GSKBenlysta, Trelegy Ellipta, Arexvy | $453 | $146,27865 claims |
| AmgenEnbrel | $482 | $123,42916 claims |
| PfizerEliquis | $135 | $70,91176 claims |
| Lilly USA, LLCTrulicity | $290 | $15,55414 claims |
| Boehringer IngelheimJardiance | $83 | $15,08216 claims |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLCMultaq | $65 | $10,37113 claims |
| AbbVieSynthroid | $394 | $3,39334 claims |
| Amneal Pharmaceuticals LLCLevothyroxine Sodium | $20 | $1,370172 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 60th percentile of 134 rheumatology providers in Missouri.
Other rheumatology in Chesterfield
- James EstherChesterfield$10K
- Donica BakerChesterfield$9K
- Nivedita NagamChesterfield$9K
- Faye CohenChesterfield$7K
- Linda HuntChesterfield$7K
- John ErvinKansas City$18.7M
- David TrueSpringfield$15.8M
- Ghaith NoaisehKansas City$1.6M
- Anne WinklerCarthage$1.6M
- Alfred KimSaint Louis$1.2M
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.