Lee Simon
Rheumatology · Boston, MANPI 1457494932
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $575,902 of the $600,301 with a category attached, or 95.9%. 17 manufacturers reported payments, led by Amgen at 56.7% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $236,600 and has fallen 91.7% since, to $19,532 in 2025. Among rheumatology clinicians in MA 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 163 payments — averaging $3682.83 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Amgen$341K
- Pfizer$61K
- Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH$57K
- Teikoku Pharma USA, Inc.$26K
- Eli Lilly$21K
- Lilly USA, LLC$19K
- plus $77K from 11 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$575,90296%
- Speaking & faculty fees$16,3343%
- Travel & lodging$7,4871%
- Food & beverage$5770%
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 | 69 | $340,668 |
| Pfizer | 10 | $60,750 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH | 18 | $56,504 |
| Teikoku Pharma USA, Inc. | 3 | $25,618 |
| Eli Lilly | 6 | $20,944 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 13 | $18,921 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 8 | $18,357 |
| Strongbridge US Inc. | 6 | $16,589 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 9 | $8,729 |
| EMD Serono, Inc. | 1 | $7,475 |
| Rigel Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 4 | $7,298 |
| Aurinia Pharma U.S., Inc. | 5 | $6,771 |
| AbbVie | 4 | $5,419 |
| Autolus Inc | 2 | $2,890 |
| Pacira Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $1,688 |
| GSK | 3 | $1,650 |
| Tonix Medicines, Inc. | 1 | $30 |
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
$600,301 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 265 rheumatology providers in Massachusetts.
Other rheumatology in Boston
- Marilyn PikeBoston$1.4M
- John StoneBoston$926K
- Jeffrey SparksBoston$299K
- Tanya LaidlawBoston$244K
- Tuhina NeogiBoston$242K
- Michael WeinblattBoston$228K
- Michael BrennerBoston$115K
- Zachary WallaceBoston$106K
- Flavia CastelinoBoston$96K
- Joerg ErmannBoston$92K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.