Maria Lijo
Family Medicine · Morris Plains, NJNPI 1538129168
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 87 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. It is spread thinly across 18 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 21.7% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $460 and has fallen 97.4% since, to $12 in 2022.
Across 87 payments — averaging $11.65 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$220
- Merck$124
- Lilly USA, LLC$106
- Pfizer$80
- Boehringer Ingelheim$77
- Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc.$73
- plus $334 from 12 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$1,013100%
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(2 entities) | 26 | $220 |
| Merck | 9 | $124 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 8 | $106 |
| Pfizer | 6 | $80 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 6 | $77 |
| Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. | 6 | $73 |
| Novo Nordisk | 5 | $60 |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 3 | $41 |
| Amgen | 3 | $41 |
| Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc. | 3 | $41 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $27 |
| Amarin Pharma, Inc. | 2 | $24 |
| AstraZeneca | 2 | $23 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 2 | $23 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 1 | $14 |
| Novartis | 1 | $14 |
| GSK | 1 | $14 |
| Vanda Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $12 |
How this compares
$1,013 in reported general payments places this provider in the 65th percentile of 2,084 family medicine providers in New Jersey.
Other family medicine in Morris Plains
- Mikhail VarshavskiChatham$1.4M
- Janet ColeFar Hills$466K
- Matthew PintoMarlton$239K
- Jennifer CaudleSewell$226K
- Jeffrey LevineNew Brunswick$195K
- Jennifer AmicoNew Brunswick$159K
- Dena LacaraFairfield$122K
- Gaurang BrahmbhattHoboken$89K
- Juan LatorreHoboken$71K
- Sally MravcakJersey City$64K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.