Marcia Halpern
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 83 payments — averaging $21.27 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$891
- Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$198
- UCB, Inc.$86
- Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc.$74
- Neurelis, Inc.$68
- Amgen$66
- plus $382 from 13 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$83347%
- Food & beverage$93353%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AbbVie | 8 | $891 |
| Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 39 | $198 |
| UCB, Inc. | 4 | $86 |
| Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. | 4 | $74 |
| Neurelis, Inc. | 4 | $68 |
| Amgen | 3 | $66 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 3 | $65 |
| AstraZeneca | 3 | $64 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 2 | $40 |
| Biogen | 2 | $36 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company Ltd. | 2 | $30 |
| Boston Scientific | 2 | $29 |
| Vertical Pharmaceuticals, LLC | 1 | $23 |
| MDD US Operations, LLC | 1 | $22 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 1 | $17 |
| GE HealthCare | 1 | $16 |
| Novartis | 1 | $14 |
| Catalyst Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Bristol Myers Squibb | 1 | $12 |
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.
- Duopa$833
How this compares
$1,765 in reported general payments places this provider in the 55th percentile of 941 neurology providers in Pennsylvania.
Other neurology in Phila
- David WeismanAbington$9.3M
- Amit Bar-OrPhiladelphia$7.7M
- Thomas LeistPhiladelphia$5.8M
- Jan DrappatzPittsburgh$4M
- Lauren ElmanPhiladelphia$3.3M
- David IrwinPhiladelphia$2.5M
- Paula ClemensPittsburgh$2.1M
- Anoopum GuptaPittsburgh$2M
- Daniel KremensPhiladelphia$1.9M
- Frances JensenPhiladelphia$1.8M
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.