Kimberly Polito
Physician Assistant · Brick, NJNPI 1588715296
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 96.0% of the total across 635 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 27 manufacturers reported payments, led by Amgen at 24.1% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $2,793 and has fallen 91.2% since, to $247 in 2025. Among physician assistant clinicians in NJ 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 635 payments — averaging $13.97 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Amgen$2K
- AbbVie$2K
- Johnson & Johnson$940
- Pfizer$845
- AstraZeneca$717
- Lilly USA, LLC$400
- plus $2K from 21 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$8,51296%
- Education$3574%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Amgen(2 entities) | 195 | $2,139 |
| AbbVie | 116 | $1,757 |
| Johnson & Johnson(2 entities) | 65 | $940 |
| Pfizer | 75 | $845 |
| AstraZeneca | 31 | $717 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 31 | $400 |
| Novartis | 24 | $399 |
| UCB, Inc. | 23 | $348 |
| Aurinia Pharma U.S., Inc. | 16 | $273 |
| Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc. | 11 | $210 |
| ANI Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 7 | $121 |
| Sanofi | 5 | $110 |
| GSK | 7 | $91 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 2 | $88 |
| Radius Health, Inc. | 4 | $64 |
| Organon | 4 | $59 |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 3 | $58 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 4 | $54 |
| Sandoz | 2 | $32 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 2 | $29 |
| Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 2 | $28 |
| Bioventus LLC | 1 | $25 |
| Biotronik NRO, Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Kyowa Kirin, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 1 | $17 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 1 | $15 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $13 |
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
$8,869 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 2,726 physician assistant providers in New Jersey.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| RinvoqUpadacitinib | 20 | $148,746 |
| Xeljanz XrTofacitinib Citrate | 23 | $132,624 |
| Enbrel SureclickEtanercept | 17 | $129,581 |
| Humira(Cf) PenAdalimumab | 15 | $115,167 |
| EnbrelEtanercept | 12 | $86,445 |
| Hydroxychloroquine Sulfate | 257 | $8,177 |
| OxycontinOxycodone Hcl | 12 | $6,944 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 240 | $6,701 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 130 | $6,173 |
| MethotrexateMethotrexate Sodium | 136 | $3,458 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 266 | $1,615 |
| Prednisone | 261 | $1,400 |
| Colchicine | 29 | $1,252 |
| Gabapentin | 91 | $932 |
| Leflunomide | 21 | $856 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AbbVieRinvoq | $1,757 | $148,74620 claims |
| AmgenEnbrel | $2,139 | $86,44512 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 2,726 physician assistant providers in New Jersey.
Other physician assistant in Brick
- Chandni BhalodiaBrick$13K
- Paul LamartinaBrick$10K
- Christina CelmerBrick$9K
- Alexa HetzelEast Windsor$588K
- Nicole Schmid DavisHamilton$148K
- Todd NewmanHoboken$73K
- Patrick McGinnShrewsbury$72K
- Tatiana Dell'aquilaNutley$43K
- Nicole ColucciRiverdale$36K
- Salvatore SciurbaMiddletown$25K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.