Lauren Handelman, MD
Allergy & Immunology · Newton, MANPI 1548358930
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 99.8% of the total across 708 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 33 manufacturers reported payments, led by AstraZeneca at 25.9% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $3,060, 2.6 times the $1,160 reported in 2019.
Across 708 payments — averaging $21.01 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AstraZeneca$4K
- GSK$2K
- Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc.$1K
- Pfizer$825
- AbbVie$760
- Blueprint Medicines Corporation$655
- plus $6K from 27 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$14,845100%
- Education$290%
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 | 154 | $3,847 |
| GSK | 97 | $1,715 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 61 | $1,336 |
| Pfizer | 43 | $825 |
| AbbVie | 33 | $760 |
| Blueprint Medicines Corporation | 23 | $655 |
| CSL Behring | 27 | $582 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 19 | $569 |
| Novartis | 30 | $552 |
| Sanofi | 23 | $548 |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 41 | $548 |
| Amgen(2 entities) | 37 | $539 |
| Kaleo, Inc. | 26 | $464 |
| Biocryst US Sales Co., LLC | 13 | $302 |
| Pharming Healthcare, Inc. | 11 | $233 |
| Grifols USA, LLC | 11 | $194 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 7 | $168 |
| Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. | 9 | $154 |
| Aimmune Therapeutics, Inc. | 8 | $151 |
| Incyte Corporation | 7 | $141 |
| ARS Pharmaceuticals Operations, Inc. | 6 | $137 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 4 | $93 |
| Covis Pharma GmbH | 4 | $71 |
| Cycle Pharmaceuticals Inc | 2 | $66 |
| Alk-abello, Inc | 3 | $62 |
| Eyevance Pharmaceuticals LLC | 2 | $26 |
| Octapharma USA, Inc. | 1 | $25 |
| Invivyd Inc | 1 | $25 |
| Ionis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $24 |
| Bio Products Laboratory USA, Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Shire North American Group Inc | 1 | $17 |
| Nestle Healthcare Nutrition Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 1 | $11 |
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
$14,874 in reported general payments places this provider in the 75th percentile of 114 allergy & immunology providers in Massachusetts.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Breo ElliptaFluticasone/Vilanterol | 22 | $8,768 |
| Arnuity ElliptaFluticasone Furoate | 20 | $5,391 |
| Epinephrine | 30 | $5,299 |
| Advair HfaFluticasone Propion/Salmeterol | 11 | $3,275 |
| Albuterol Sulfate HfaAlbuterol Sulfate | 50 | $1,004 |
| Fluticasone-SalmeterolFluticasone Propion/Salmeterol | 13 | $704 |
| Ipratropium Bromide | 16 | $441 |
| Montelukast Sodium | 12 | $144 |
| Triamcinolone Acetonide | 12 | $83 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| GSKBreo Ellipta, Arnuity Ellipta | $1,715 | $14,15942 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 75th percentile of 114 allergy & immunology providers in Massachusetts.
Other allergy & immunology in Newton
- Wanda PhipatanakulBoston$679K
- Jonathan BayukNorthampton$420K
- Kathleen BuchheitBoston$224K
- Francisco BonillaLeominster$188K
- Aleena BanerjiBoston$133K
- Margo StevensonSturbridge$98K
- Jeffrey GelfandBoston$84K
- Paul MaglioneBoston$66K
- Maria CastellsGardner$65K
- Ami MehraChelmsford$64K
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.