Keith Choate
Dermatology · New Haven, CTNPI 1609058080
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by speaking fees: $318,488 of the $362,388 with a category attached, or 87.9%. 9 manufacturers reported payments, led by Janssen Scientific Affairs, LLC at 53.6% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $156,135 and has fallen 98.7% since, to $2,091 in 2025. Among dermatology clinicians in CT 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 306 payments — averaging $1184.27 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Janssen Scientific Affairs, LLC$194K
- AbbVie$91K
- Lilly USA, LLC$48K
- Johnson & Johnson$18K
- Tanabe Pharma America, Inc.$8K
- Biocryst Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$2K
- plus $2K from 3 others
Across 86 payments — averaging $3868.17 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$150K
- Boehringer Ingelheim$88K
- Janssen Research & Development, LLC$40K
- Mayne Pharma Commercial LLC$23K
- Regeneron$17K
- Sanofi$11K
- plus $4K from 1 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$27,7798%
- Speaking & faculty fees$318,48888%
- Travel & lodging$11,0863%
- Food & beverage$4,9841%
- Education$510%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Janssen Scientific Affairs, LLC | 131 | $194,121 |
| AbbVie | 104 | $90,575 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 35 | $47,699 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 23 | $18,383 |
| Tanabe Pharma America, Inc. | 8 | $7,800 |
| Biocryst Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $2,091 |
| Biocryst US Sales Co., LLC | 1 | $1,650 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 1 | $35 |
| Pfizer | 2 | $33 |
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
$362,388 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 222 dermatology providers in Connecticut.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Skyrizi PenRisankizumab-Rzaa | 27 | $575,640 |
| TremfyaGuselkumab | 24 | $330,081 |
| Taltz AutoinjectorIxekizumab | 28 | $286,315 |
| Dupixent PenDupilumab | 37 | $161,698 |
| Cosentyx Unoready PenSecukinumab | 15 | $104,942 |
| SiliqBrodalumab | 13 | $66,691 |
| XolairOmalizumab | 13 | $35,428 |
| OpzeluraRuxolitinib Phosphate | 15 | $30,840 |
| Acitretin | 69 | $27,017 |
| Clobetasol Propionate | 65 | $2,402 |
| Tacrolimus | 18 | $1,879 |
| Isotretinoin | 12 | $1,472 |
| ValacyclovirValacyclovir Hcl | 33 | $1,228 |
| ClaravisIsotretinoin | 16 | $975 |
| Triamcinolone Acetonide | 62 | $740 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Johnson & JohnsonTremfya | $18,383 | $330,08124 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 222 dermatology providers in Connecticut.
Other dermatology in New Haven
- Christopher BunickNew Haven$661K
- David LeffellNew Haven$94K
- Mariam TotonchyNew Haven$52K
- Lisa DonofrioNew Haven$38K
- Richard AntayaNew Haven$37K
- Leonard MilstoneNew Haven$31K
- William DamskyNew Haven$23K
- Michael GirardiNew Haven$20K
- Jeffrey CohenNew Haven$18K
- Mary TomaykoNew Haven$13K
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.