Louis Difazio
Internal Medicine · Bronx, NYNPI 1245231083
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 91.5% of the total across 93 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 19 manufacturers reported payments, led by AstraZeneca at 24.4% of the total.
Across 93 payments — averaging $21.16 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AstraZeneca$480
- Novo Nordisk$287
- Amgen$225
- Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC$149
- Astellas Pharma US Inc$135
- Acorda Therapeutics, Inc$96
- plus $595 from 13 others
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$965%
- Food & beverage$1,80192%
- Education$714%
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 | 22 | $480 |
| Novo Nordisk | 10 | $287 |
| Amgen | 13 | $225 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 8 | $149 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 4 | $135 |
| Acorda Therapeutics, Inc | 4 | $96 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 6 | $90 |
| Merck | 5 | $80 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 4 | $72 |
| Tactile Systems Technology Inc | 1 | $68 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 3 | $60 |
| AbbVie | 3 | $50 |
| Novartis | 3 | $45 |
| Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc. | 2 | $28 |
| EMD Serono, Inc. | 1 | $27 |
| GSK | 1 | $24 |
| Amarin Pharma, Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $18 |
| Sanofi | 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.
- Ozempic$125
How this compares
$1,968 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 9,771 internal medicine providers in New York.
Other internal medicine in Bronx
- Jason LeiderBronx$694K
- Bulent AtacBronx$647K
- Timothy KanterBronx$630K
- Shervin MortazaviBronx$374K
- Elizabeth Jenny-AvitalBronx$185K
- Meyer HalberstamBronx$143K
- David DoveEast Hampton$12.3M
- Bruce BergerBrooklyn$3.4M
- Nicholas RobinsonBuffalo$2.9M
- Stephen SaletanNew York$2.6M
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.